Canadian Census

[KingSweden]

Any big news come out of this release? I imagine Toronto and Vancouver are still booming...

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Any big news come out of this release? I imagine Toronto and Vancouver are still booming...

Metro Montreal has a gigantic lead on Metro Vancouver in terms of population today. Montreal is just over 4 million, and Vancouver is just under 2.5 million. Montreal will be Canada's second city for a long time to come. But, Vancouver does have a much higher yearly rate of growth, when do you think Vancouver will pass Montreal if current trends continue? 40-50 years?

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

[Sol]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

[Boston Bread]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

If it was oil, it wouldn't be surprising.

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

That might be it. Maybe higher Aboriginal, Filipino and Mennonite populations have something to do with this?

[Tintrlvr]

I mean, Ontario has a lot of declining "Rust Belt"-type areas, doesn't it? While Manitoba doesn't? Toronto is growing quickly but I thought is mostly doing so by sucking all of the people from the rest of province in so doesn't contribute much to net provincial growth.

[Hatman 🍁]

I mean, Ontario has a lot of declining "Rust Belt"-type areas, doesn't it? While Manitoba doesn't? Toronto is growing quickly but I thought is mostly doing so by sucking all of the people from the rest of province in so doesn't contribute much to net provincial growth.

Well, SW Ontario and the North are declining, but the rest of the provinces is growing.. slowly. Another surprise in the census was how some older suburbs were declining in population (like Markham-Thornhill).

[King of Kensington]

The Markham side of Thornhill developed quite a bit earlier than the Vaughan side.  Markham side is more 1960s/1970s era suburbia and is very much an extension of the Bayview/Leslie corridor in North York in urban form as it developed pretty much right after.  In contrast Vaughan was pretty much undeveloped before 1980.  

[DC Al Fine]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

If it was oil, it wouldn't be surprising.

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

That might be it. Maybe higher Aboriginal, Filipino and Mennonite populations have something to do with this?

You might be onto something there. I did a quick skim of census growth in Manitoba by riding. Provencher was one of the fastest growing ridings.

[Hatman 🍁]

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

If it was oil, it wouldn't be surprising.

The biggest surprise in my opinion was that Manitoba has a higher growth rate than Ontario.

Oil?

No oil there.

Manitoba has a significantly higher birth rate than Ontario. Most recent data I got (2013) has MB at 1.91 and ON at 1.51.

That might be it. Maybe higher Aboriginal, Filipino and Mennonite populations have something to do with this?

You might be onto something there. I did a quick skim of census growth in Manitoba by riding. Provencher was one of the fastest growing ridings.

Yeah, and I noticed Steinbach saw a large population growth.

[cinyc]

I'm not sure whether it's really that much of a surprise, but the Calgary CMA passed the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA to become the fourth largest metro area in Canada... and the Edmonton CMA is nipping at Ottawa's heels at number 6, just 2,357 residents behind Ottawa. 

The Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA's population topped 500,000 for the first time (?) in 10th place.