Will Calgary become the third largest city in Canada?
Mapplepie @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:08 am
My friend told me that the city of Calgary in Alberta will become the third largest city in near future. But I dont agree with this saying 'cause this city has longer period of cold days than warm days in a year though it is really a beautiful city. I am afraid of its coldest temperature in winter. How do you think about it?
Zipperfish @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:12 am
Third largest city in Alberta, maybe. 
Scape @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:56 am
Might have got that mixed up with 3rd most beautiful in Canada
Tman1 @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:00 pm
It has Chinooks which makes it warmer than most prairie cities.
Streaker @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:19 pm
Calgary is less than half the size of Vancouver and is also smaller than Ottawa, so it'll be a very long time before it ever becomes the nation's third largest city, if in fact it ever does....
Canadian_Mind @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:24 pm
Streaker Streaker:
Calgary is less than half the size of Vancouver and is also smaller than Ottawa, so it'll be a very long time before it ever becomes the nation's third largest city, if in fact it ever does....
I thought ottawa has a pop. of 500 000 people, not just under or over a million.
Tman1 @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:30 pm
Streaker Streaker:
Calgary is less than half the size of Vancouver and is also smaller than Ottawa, so it'll be a very long time before it ever becomes the nation's third largest city, if in fact it ever does....
Calgary's population give or take a hundred thousand, is 1 million and is the fourth largest in Canada so it could happen.
RUEZ @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:43 pm
According to NationMaster.com Calgary allready is the third largest city. Let's not forget that Vancouver's population is only about 500k, it's only the metropolitan population that brings it over 1 million.
Streaker @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:44 pm
$1:
Calgary's population give or take a hundred thousand, is 1 million and is the fourth largest in Canada so it could happen.
$1:
I thought ottawa has a pop. of 500 000 people, not just under or over a million.
Ottawa's pop. is just under 1.2 million (metro area), if memory serves me. Calgary is booming and could surpass Ottawa in size in maybe ten years, possibly even sooner, but it would still take decades for Calgary to become larger than Vancouver.
The only way Calgary becomes Canada's third largest city in our lifetimes is if Quebec separates and takes Montreal with it....
Streaker @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:49 pm
RUEZ RUEZ:
According to NationMaster.com Calgary allready is the third largest city. Let's not forget that Vancouver's population is only about 500k, it's only the metropolitan population that brings it over 1 million.
The tricky part in all this is are we talking about the cities alone or are we including their suburbs as well? If we're talking about metropolitan areas then Calgary is nowhere near Vancouver in size.
Canadaka @ Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:00 pm
yes big dirrence between city and an urban area or greater area.
Tman1 @ Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:17 am
Streaker Streaker:
RUEZ RUEZ:
According to NationMaster.com Calgary allready is the third largest city. Let's not forget that Vancouver's population is only about 500k, it's only the metropolitan population that brings it over 1 million.
The tricky part in all this is are we talking about the cities alone or are we including their suburbs as well? If we're talking about metropolitan areas then Calgary is nowhere near Vancouver in size.
Yes that is tricky but suburbs are part of the city is it not? For example the Bronx and Queens in New York etc.. I always thought so.
Tman1 @ Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:23 am
Would it not be simpler to just turn it into one mega city like Toronto or would that be more harmful than beneficial?
ShepherdsDog @ Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:33 am
GVRD reaches all the way out to Aldergrove. What is the population of Calgary's equivalency?
RUEZ @ Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:36 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
GVRD reaches all the way out to Aldergrove. What is the population of Calgary's equivalency?
If you count Metro area's Calgary is fifth with 1.15 million.