I guess it's not a huge surprise, as most of us were expecting this to happen sometime this year or next. I thought I'd open a thread to discuss this.
These numbers are estimates using the same boundaries as the 2006 census, so no, the communities to the south still aren't included.
http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm
Some more info broken down
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-214-...0/t021-eng.htm
Here's a link to Statscan's
commuting flow data
Link to explanation of delineation rules (forward commuting rules, etc..)
For interest sake, here is link to some info discussing the upcoming expansions of CMA boundaries, and it look like Calgary's communities to the south aren't planned to be added
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138.../hl-fs-eng.htm
Calgary now Canada's fourth largest metropolitan area
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