SMayo
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something drastic would have to happen for Alberta to make up a 4 million person gap in 25 years
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BASE
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My quirky watch is to see Western Canada's 4 provinces become bigger than Ontario's population in my lifetime. Longer shot during my life would be AB & BC combined overtaking Ontario population.
Markyeg
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Even passing BC in population will take quite awhile. 700 000 is quite a gap and I think we’re still 20+ years away from that.
AB has been growing quick the last few years (compared to the rest of the country), but BC is still a desirable place to live for most people and the COL advantages we used to have over BC (and ON) aren’t as great as they used to be, so I’d anticipate the flow from BC/ON to eventually slow down from what we’ve seen recently.
AB has been growing quick the last few years (compared to the rest of the country), but BC is still a desirable place to live for most people and the COL advantages we used to have over BC (and ON) aren’t as great as they used to be, so I’d anticipate the flow from BC/ON to eventually slow down from what we’ve seen recently.
Glenco
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According to Imperial Statistics BC in 2041 and Quebec in 2086.
David A
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Alberta has a lot of land it is easy to develop, BC has a lot of mountains and oceans which while very nice really constrain growth and development. So only those able to afford very high prices will go to or stay in BC, which will really constrain their growth, whereas our growth will be not very constrained.
policyenthusiast
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I don't know where to put this, but it is interesting.
archited
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^ Lot's of overtime bonuses for those St. Albert inspectors!
BASE
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Looks like Beaumont is booming and Scona county is the opposite based on those housing starts per person.
TAS
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Is it a matter that Strathcona County is out of developable land until Bremner gets going? Numbers are so low there so not sure what explanation is.
VaultBoy
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Glenco
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I suppose we can now claim to have a population of 5.1million.
EdmTrekker
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I think dark light maps also tell a story - like the around Edmonton vs some other places. There is google and of course ones like this: https://www.nightearth.com/?@53.520432,-113.640436,6.485256802280103z&data=$bWVsMg==&lang=en
archited
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From 1971 to around 2021, BC's population grew by approximately 130% and Alberta's by roughly 166%. If there is no change in growth patterns (although Alberta has more recently received increasing cross-border (Provincial) migration numbers from primarily B.C. and Ont.) then we might expect Alberta's population in the next 50 years to be 8,383,000 and B.C.'s to be 7,422,000. That said there is nothing saying that the change rates will remain consistent with the past 50 years.
policyenthusiast
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Edmcowboy11
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Maybe I'm just thinking of Pie in the Sky types of predictions but I do think that if we did get a high-speed rail between Edmonton and Calgary it would all of a sudden turn two fairly big cities into a mega region that could attract far more people. In my perfect world, Edmonton and Calgary would continue to grow as it has been growing, but because of a high-speed train traveling between Edmonton to Red Deer to Calgary and back, I would love to see City of Red Deer really start to Boom in population due to the fact that they can have a cheaper place to buy rent or build and yet still work in either Edmonton or Calgary and easily get there quickly. Also some companies could potentially headquarter in Red Deer and have employees simply commute into Red Deer if they lived in Edmonton or Calgary. Maybe this idea is far fetched, but I think the desirability of our two major cities would be increased significantly if time between each would be minimal instead of what it is right now.