Glenco
Senior Member
Crazy to think that when I moved here in 1967 the population was 450,000
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David A
Senior Member
... and if you look at todays inflation rates, one of the lowest rates of any major cities. I feel current this immigration is more sustainable as it is not based on the ups and downs of the oil economy
Yeggy
Active Member
That’s (inflation rate) largely due to the fact our housing hasn’t exploded and we often have some of the cheapest gasoline costs.
Edmonton’s commitment to building housing is paying off. Lets hope we can maintain it.
Avenuer
Senior Member
Do you have the table with those rates to share? Very interested to see what it says
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
I don't have reposting permission. You might be able to access through a library.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Maybe at the UofA Rutherford. I am surprised no media outlet shared that.
Airboy
Senior Member
https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/20373/edmonton/population
Interesting to see how fast Edmonton was growing in the 50s and 60s. hell when I was born the pop was 278000
Interesting to see how fast Edmonton was growing in the 50s and 60s. hell when I was born the pop was 278000
Garneau2Go
Active Member
That's an interesting website, when I was born the Metro was a bit over 850,000. It's wild to think the city's population has nearly doubled in my lifetime and I'm not very old.
I'm excited personally and really want this growth to translate to more opportunities here. As far as I'm concerned come and help us build a better city.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
future gowth rates on that site seem out of date given current immigration numbers, but interesting historical data
Yeggy
Active Member
All I see
All I see when i look at these charts is an area of over 3 million people that should be selling itself as the Calgary/Edmonton corridor.
Yeggy
Active Member
All I see
All I see when i look at these charts is an Area of over 3 million that should be selling itself as the Calgary/Edmonton corridor.
David A
Senior Member
Calgary really does not want to promote Edmonton and I suspect vice versa. Probably Red Deer really does not want to promote either.
Each place is geographically distinct, has their own characteristics and the marketing is different for each.
Each place is geographically distinct, has their own characteristics and the marketing is different for each.
Yeggy
Active Member
Exactly my point! Stronger as a whole, despite what each municipality wants.
If the province was smart they would connect it all by rail and market the corridor. Its literally the one of the most wealthy and dense population areas for 1000’s of km.
From a cbc article.
The Edmonton-Calgary corridor accounts for six per cent of Alberta's land area, the report notes, but is home to nearly 78 per cent of the population, making it "the most urbanized area of the province."
By 2051, it's expected that 81 per cent of Albertans will live within the corridor.
But we know why this doesnt happen
a) Calgary/Banff eats up so much money and space b) the rural base would loose its collective *#}+
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occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Bad idea. People want to invest in cities, not abstract corridors.
Yeggy
Active Member
Are you telling me that business decisions dont rely on the census information of “abstract” areas.
Is it really abstract if it is easily definable, and interconnected by near continuous communities, economic joint intreats, investment and one of the busiest transport corridors in canada.
it seems pretty definable to me, so
definable it has wiki pages not to mention government reports about it. I mean even the GoA acknowledges it as a thing, and we all know how hard that can be for them at times.