HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted Jan 25, 2017, 6:10 AM
Docere Docere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 7,364
Your municipality's 1950 boundaries

What were the boundaries of your city or town in 1950? What is the approximate land area and population in this area today?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted Jan 25, 2017, 11:27 AM
SignalHillHiker's Avatar
SignalHillHiker SignalHillHiker is online now
I ♣ Baby Seals
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Sin Jaaawnz, Newf'nland
Posts: 34,641
The first census of St. John's post-Confederation was in 1951, so close enough.

At that time, the City of St. John's had 52,873 people and was largely limited to what is today the downtown core. 1945 was the most recent expansion of the municipal boundary to that point, when it was extended to include Churchill Park - directly adjacent to downtown. Most the city and (as is still the case today) its suburbs were separate municipalities or unincorporated areas.

In 1951, two federal electoral districts correspond almost exactly with the borders of today's CMA and at that time had a combined population of 111,454.
__________________
Note to self: "The plural of anecdote is not evidence."
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 2:15 AM
speedog's Avatar
speedog speedog is offline
Moran supreme
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,579
Calgary 1950 - 127,000. Calgary 2016 - 1,235,171.
__________________
Just a wee bit below average prairie boy in Canada's third largest city and fourth largest CMA
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #4  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 2:31 AM
Denscity Denscity is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Within the Cordillera
Posts: 12,493
Haha in 1950 we were a 4 year old village!
__________________
Castlegar BC: SSP's hottest city (43.9C)
Lytton BC: Canada’s hottest city (49.6C)
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #5  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 2:42 AM
GreaterMontréal's Avatar
GreaterMontréal GreaterMontréal is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,575
Montréal 1951

City : 1,021,520
Island : 1,320,232
Metropolitan : 1,539,308
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #6  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 2:56 AM
manny_santos's Avatar
manny_santos manny_santos is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: New Westminster
Posts: 4,990
London's boundaries back then were much smaller. Most of what is now the west half of London was not yet part of the city. UWO was outside the city. When Highway 401 was built, it was quite aways south of the city.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #7  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 3:14 AM
vid's Avatar
vid vid is offline
I am a typical
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Thunder Bay
Posts: 41,172


Population of Port Arthur and Fort William in 1951 was 66,108. Including the surrounding townships, the population of the area was probably somewhere around 72,000.

Port Arthur and Fort William merged in 1970 to form Thunder Bay, and the geographic townships of McIntyre (part of Shuniah) and Neebing (part of Neebing) were annexed by Thunder Bay at the same time to form the modern city limits.

Shuniah was formed in 1871, comprising the townships of McTavish, MacGregor, McIntyre, Neebing, Blake, Crooks and Pardee. The latter four split from Shuniah in 1882 to form the municipality of Neebing. Port Arthur split from Shuniah in 1884, Fort William split from Neebing in 1892. The other townships were created at later dates.

I don't know exactly why the dividing line between McIntyre and Oliver is further west, but I think it might have something to do with the creation of Port Arthur.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #8  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 3:22 AM
Docere Docere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 7,364
Toronto's 1950 area (old city minus Forest Hill village/Swansea) has a population of around 710,000 in the 2011 census. Certainly higher now.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #9  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 3:45 AM
speedog's Avatar
speedog speedog is offline
Moran supreme
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,579
Calgary's boundaries as they've changed over the years, we're probably 7-8 times in physical area from 1950 to 2017...

__________________
Just a wee bit below average prairie boy in Canada's third largest city and fourth largest CMA
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #10  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 4:13 AM
Architype's Avatar
Architype Architype is offline
♒︎ Empirically Canadian
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 🍁 Canada
Posts: 11,902
Vancouver has had the same boundaries since 1929, when it amalgamated with Point Grey and South Vancouver. The population was 228,193 in 1929, and 344,833 in 1951. (edit: except for very minor changes in the UBC area.)
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #11  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 12:43 PM
Laceoflight's Avatar
Laceoflight Laceoflight is offline
Montérégien
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Montréal, QC <> Paris, FR
Posts: 1,230
Quote:
Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal View Post
Montréal 1951

City : 1,021,520
Island : 1,320,232
Metropolitan : 1,539,308
Here's something homemade to visualize the limits :-)


Last edited by Laceoflight; Jan 26, 2017 at 2:01 PM. Reason: adding populations
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #12  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 4:30 PM
MonkeyRonin's Avatar
MonkeyRonin MonkeyRonin is offline
¥ ¥ ¥
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 9,852
Quote:
Originally Posted by Docere View Post
Toronto's 1950 area (old city minus Forest Hill village/Swansea) has a population of around 710,000 in the 2011 census. Certainly higher now.

The downtown core alone has grown by 50,000 since 2011, so it must be around 800,000 by now. In comparison it was at 675,754 in 1951 (1,176,622 in the metro area), so it's not a huge gain relative to the length of time, though it is a little more significant when compared against it's bottomed-out 1981 population of 599,217.

The ~90 sqkm 1915 boundaries of the city, which remained relatively unchanged until 1998:

__________________
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #13  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 5:27 PM
Acajack's Avatar
Acajack Acajack is offline
Unapologetic Occidental
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Province 2, Canadian Empire
Posts: 67,665
In 1951 the area currently encompassed by the City of Gatineau had 13 (count 'em!) separate municipalities. Most of the names have been long-forgotten, although some were quite interesting like "Templeton-Est, Partie-Est", which was east of Templeton-Est and even further east of Templeton itself.

The population of the whole wider area at that time was about 75,000. Today for all of Gatineau it's about 275,000.

The central area of Hull has grown fairly slowly. It had about 45,000 people at the time. 67 years later it has around 70,000 people.

Buckingham had 7,000 people at the time. Today it has just over 10,000.

The territory of the pre-merger former city of Gatineau had just 5,000 people in 1950. Today it has about 125,000.

I would have thought that Aylmer, which is one of the older areas, would have been larger in 1950 but it only had 5 or 6,000 people. Today it has around 40,000.
__________________
Amber alerts welcome at any time
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #14  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 5:35 PM
Franco401 Franco401 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Fredericton
Posts: 1,203
Fredericton amalgamated with Devon in 1945, the beginning of the current North-South divide.

It wasn't until 1973 that we amalagmated with Silverwood, Nashwaaksis, Barker's Point and Marysville, nearly doubling our population from 24000 to 43000.

Key: Devon is the small green square on the Northside.
Silverwood is Dark Red and on the Southside to the west.
Nashwaaksis is the three zones in the western part of the Northside.
Barker's Point is light green in the east corner of the Northside.
Marysville is the green area north of Barker's Point.

ward boundaries

source
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #15  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 7:41 PM
Docere Docere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 7,364
What CTs does the pre-1950 area of your city include?

Toronto is tracts 1-142, excluding 50.01 and 50.02 and 130-133.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #16  
Old Posted Jan 26, 2017, 11:56 PM
thurmas's Avatar
thurmas thurmas is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Posts: 7,595
Winnipeg in 1951 was 354,069 people

Historical 1951 map: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3036/...150039b7_z.jpg
Reply With Quote
     
     
End
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:56 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.