Thread: I keep hearing "Toronto is coming close to Chicago" but I dont see it
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Old Posted Nov 14, 2016, 4:37 AM
Phil McAvity Phil McAvity is offline
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Originally Posted by Waterlooson View Post
Actually, the US Census Bureau and Stats Canada use very different criteria to define a "metro area", so you are comparing apples to oranges. In the US the labor exchange ratio need only be 15% for adjacent cities to be lumped into one "metro".... whereas in Canada, the labor exchange ratio has to be at least 35%
I scoured both the US Census site and StatsCan and came up empty so could you provide a link to that info please?