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Originally Posted by YannickTO
Hi !!
If it came down to you, which Canadian cities would you merge together? Forget the politics, forget the feasibility, we're just fantasy talking for now.
I'm mostly familiar with Quebec municipalities and here are my ideas for new merged cities, in the near future.
1 - Disraeli (the city and the parish) [3 498]
2 - Plessisville (the city and the parish) [9 332]
3 - Joliette (with all its surrounding municipalities - Joliette, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Thomas, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare ) [60 075]
4 - Beloeil (with all its surrounding municipalities -> I don't know if it would be better to merge each shore of the Richelieu separately, as there is a strong sense of belonging on both sides, east shore being Mont-Saint-Hilaire with Otterburn Park [27 232], and west shore, Beloeil with Saint-Mathieu and McMasterville [30 470])
5 - Roussillon (Saint-Constant, Candiac, Sainte-Catherine, Delson) -> Maybe this should be named Saint-Constant, the historical parish that gave birth to both Sainte-Catherine and Delson. I'd add Saint-Mathieu [53 951]
6 - Chateauguay (with Mercier and Léry) [63 453]
7 - Saint-Eustache (with Deux-Montagnes and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, and maybe Pointe-Calumet and Saint-Joseph-du-Lac) [93 867]
8 - Blainville (with Boisbriand, Sainte-Thérèse and Rosemère)
9 - Terrebonne with Mascouche [159 086]
10 - Repentigny with Charlemagne [89 908]
11 - L'Épiphanie (the city and the parish)
12 - Brossard with La Prairie (-> I'd add Saint-Philippe and Candiac to recreate the old parish of La Prairie de la Magdeleine, downtown core being old La Prairie [137 547]
13 - Chambly (with Carignan and Richelieu) [42 922]
14 - L'Île-Perrot (all cities on the island) [38 398]
15 - Les Coteaux (all cities from Ontario border to Coteau-du-Lac) -> excellent idea for this sprawling area [22 302]
Any other cities in the country you feel should merge together? We could even list the name of new cities with its «new« population.
Thanks!!
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Pretty good list for Quebec. Municipalities in Quebec are pretty small in area. I would in fact merge every urban agglomeration where the urban fabric is continuous. I'd add some to your list here :
16 -
Sainte-Thérèse (the former greater municipality of Sainte-Thérèse : Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville, Boisbriand, Rosemère, Bois-des-Filion, Lorraine)
[143 999]
17 -
Sorel (Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel. Maybe Saint-Robert)
[43 468]
18 -
Victoriaville (Victoriaville, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Saint-Albert)
[50 122]
19 -
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Val-Morin, Val-David)
[18 034]
20 -
Saint-Sauveur (Saint-Sauveur, Piedmont, Morin-Heights)
[17 467]
21 -
Prévost (Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac)
[25 827]
21 -
Mont-Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant, Lac-Supérieur, Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré)
[15 127]
22 -
Lac-Mégantic (Lac-Mégantic, Nantes, Frontenac, peut-être Piopolis)
[9 276]
23 -
Chandler (Chandler, Grande-Rivière, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé)
[11 788]
24 -
Paspébiac (Paspébiac, New Carlisle, Hope)
[5 062]
25 -
Mont-Joli (Mont-Joli, Sainte-Flavie, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage and maybe the small town of Price)
[9 514]
26 -
La Pocatière (La Pocatière and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière)
[5 717]
27 -
Québec (back with Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L'Ancienne-Lorette, adding Notre-Dame-des-Anges, and Lac-Delage)
[578 117]
28 -
Montréal (Refusion of the whole island, with bilingual boroughs guaranteed where needed. This whole un-merger thing made no sense and was total electoral bulls**t)
[1 997 706]
29 -
Mont-Saint-Bruno (Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Basile-le-Grand)
[43 894]
30 -
Valcartier (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier and Shannon, with the military base in the middle)
[8 954]
31 -
Sainte-Catherine (Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Lac-Saint-Joseph, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac)
[9 526]
32 -
Saint-Raymond (Saint-Raymond and Lac-Sergent)
[10 694]
33 -
Waterloo (Waterloo, Warden and Shefford)
[11 535]
34 -
Cowansville (Cowansville, East Farnham, Brigham)
[15 952]
35 -
East Angus (East Angus, Westbury)
[4 828]
36 -
Windsor (Windsor, Val-Joli, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton)
[9 174]
37 -
Maniwaki (Maniwaki, Déléage, Egan-Sud)
[6 582]
38 -
Donnacona--Cap-Santé (Donnacona, Cap-Santé)
[10 505]
39 -
Beaupré (Beaupré, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Joachim, Saint-Férréol-les-Neiges)
[11 101]
etc.
It's probably going to raise some debates, but in any case, the municipalities in Québec are too numerous, and merging them where they seem to form a greater community wouldn't seem bad at first.