Which of the following cities will reach 1 million first?? - Page 3

vid · #41 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:09 AM**

The article for pickle is titled Gherkin. (We only call them pickles in North America)

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornichon

Ayreonaut · #42 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by vid

The article for pickle is titled Gherkin. (We only call them pickles in North America)

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornichon

Is that why that building's called that?

vid · #43 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:12 AM**

Yep.

jeffwhit · #44 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:14 AM**

Where are Quebec's influx of residents coming from? Rural Quebec?

Nicko999 · #45 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:15 AM**

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Where are Quebec's influx of residents coming from? Rural Quebec?

yes

Rico Rommheim · #46 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by jeffwhit

Where are Quebec's influx of residents coming from? Rural Quebec?

yep, coupled with a small baby boom

osmo · #47 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:34 AM**

def. not winnipeg they have had a population drop for some time now.. and the only new influx in that population are immigrints .. im a immigrint myself.. but its hard when u come here and have to work from the bottom and worj your way up

i dont think any will hit a million in 25 years.. but my guess would be hamilton.. only because its so close to toronto

Ayreonaut · #48 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 1:54 AM**

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Yep.

Lol,
- "what's that?"
- "Oh nothing, just a big fucking pickle."

tkoe · #49 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 4:02 AM**

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MolsonExport · #50 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 4:24 AM**

waterloo. Why? RIM!

asher11 · #51 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 4:28 AM**

The Hammer for sure. So many people I work with (in the financial district) already live there and the housing is cheap (by our standards). We'll eventually swallow it up - it's only 40 miles away.

LordMandeep · #52 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 4:37 AM**

the thing is as houses got expensive in the GTA, people either just moved more towards Milton and further North and East or bought Condo's....

Greco Roman · #53 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 4:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by osmo

def. not winnipeg they have had a population drop for some time now.. and the only new influx in that population are immigrints .. im a immigrint myself.. but its hard when u come here and have to work from the bottom and worj your way up

i dont think any will hit a million in 25 years.. but my guess would be hamilton.. only because its so close to toronto

Wow. You clearly are misinformed, arn't you skippy? Where do you get your wisdom from?

Winnipeg has never actually had a population drop at least in the last 20-30 years, just was stagnant for a bit. Now the population is growing, and the city has the third fastest growing economy for cities in the country. I don't know if it will be the first, but I sure as hell am not discounting it out like some people are on this forum

MonkeyRonin · #54 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 5:27 AM**

Mississauga.

Nicko999 · #55 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 5:34 AM**

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Mississauga.

Mississauga is not in the three cities proposed!

mbeaumont · #56 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 6:55 AM**

I think Quebec City, its been doing surprisingly well lately, and even though I dont live there anymore, when I go back I constantly see new developments everywhere, the first 21 years of my life I lived there it seemed to stagnant but its changed now

and for the black people, I was able to go weeks without ever seeing one in Quebec, mind you I didn't really go downtown or Sainte Foy much, I would usually stick in the suburbs

hexrae · #57 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 7:03 AM**

I know nothing of Hamilton or Quebec, so I'll stick to what I know.

Manitoba has the nominee program, although other provinces are expected to attempt to replicate it's success. Manitoba is also gaining ground on the inter-provincial migration. Success for Manitoba is success for Winnipeg, although of course not all of Manitoba's population growth is seen in Peg city.

Getting to our opinions, I'd love to see all cities hit the 7 digit mark in my lifetime. But to do the math that's about a 900,000 combined growth in Canada's population. Given the amount of time it will take these cities to reach 1 million, there's too many variables to determine who will reach the magic number first. To give an answer, of course Winnipeg will reach 1 million first

trueviking · #58 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 8:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by osmo

def. not winnipeg they have had a population drop for some time now..

yeah, uh...guess again....winnipeg's population has not once ever declined....never....and it is currently growing at its fastest rate in 20 years.

according to the somewhat ambiguous population estimates in the other thread, quebec is growing faster than winnipeg, which is growing faster than hamilton, but i would think that sitting within such a huge population base, hamilton will reach 1m first....the population pressure on it will grow as toronto expands.

of course, when the world economy switches from being petroleum based to hydrogen, then winnipeg will be the new calgary and all bets are off.

jeffwhit · #59 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 8:44 AM**

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waterloo. Why? RIM!

You really think RIM is going to directly or indirectly lead to a doubling in population of the KW metro? I would bet Hamilton or Winnipeg over KW, or Quebec by a long way. KW is just too far behind in the race, and Quebec isn't drawing nearly enough immigration (if any,) and virtually no migration from outside of the province. Between Hamilton and Winnipeg I would still bet Winnipeg since there is a general flow to the west of population.

Rico Rommheim · #60 Posted **Feb 9, 2008, 8:48 AM**

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You really think RIM is going to directly or indirectly lead to a doubling in population of the KW metro?

The man was joking, whit.

I believe the old Q gonna make it first. Why? Because Quebec city is the mother of all the dominion's cities and as such has the god-given authority to grow faster than others. Or maybe you can all just fuck offz2