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Originally Posted by Beltliner
Chestermere itself is expanding westward to become an official Edge City
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Minor quibble: an edge city is a suburb that becomes a major centre of commerce and industry in addition to having a large residential population. Calgary doesn't even have any major office districts outside of the downtown area so there's nothing that even remotely resembles an edge city. Chestermere is just an ordinary suburb.
A good Canadian example of a true edge city would be Richmond, BC. It is at once a residential suburb, Vancouver's second-largest centre of employment, a major transportation hub and a retail mecca.