Winnipeg CMA Population in 5 Years: Predictions - Page 6

dennis1 · #**101** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 2:50 PM**

I think Winnipaeg will be at 800,000

dennis · #**102** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 3:30 PM**

^That 1 at the end of your name indicates optimism. I said 755,000, but now will say 799,999. We should hold a lotter. closest to the actual retail (since statcan charges)population wins statcan publications for one year.

vid · #**103** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 3:34 PM**

Well I am going to guess 800,001 to completely box him out of winning.

dennis · #**104** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 3:39 PM**

^Drat, I've stopped watching TPIR since Drew took over. Can I choose 800,002?

sledhead35 · #**105** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

if we hit 1 million in 5 years we will have one hell of a bottle neck

unless we get planning that is second to none and everybody starts cycling.

vid · #**106** Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by dennis

^Drat, I've stopped watching TPIR since Drew took over. Can I choose 800,002?

Me too, and I don't see why not. I'll be sad though.

1ajs · #**107** Posted **Jul 14, 2009, 5:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by dennis

^Drat, I've stopped watching TPIR since Drew took over. Can I choose 800,002?

yes its just not the same without bob

grumpy old man · #**108** Posted **Jul 14, 2009, 10:05 PM**

Great thread. Great posts.

I predict 777,999

UrbanPlannerr · #**109** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by SmileyBoy

Maybe by 2030 it'll reach a mill. I think Winnipeg will very soon overtake Quebec City as #7 in the nation.

It's weird, at one time Winnipeg was #4 in Canada, dropped all the way down to #9, and should eventually rebound a bit to #7.

You have to remember this was at a different time period, before these cities really exploded in population... I think Winnipeg can easily beat out Quebec City, it's just Hamilton that I am worried about (only because it's right by Toronto...) I'm sure when Winnipeg hits 1 million there will be plenty of change not only downtown but throughout the city.

grumpy old man · #**110** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:30 PM**

You can't even tell when one city ends and another begins in that part of Canada. Hell Mississauga is probably over a million people now. And Brampton has half the population as Winnipeg. I'll bet you most people in Winnipeg have never even heard of Brampton.

But Hamilton has had an Ikea for a few years now. And that is the real measure of a city is it not?

harls · #**111** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by UrbanPlannerr

I think Winnipeg can easily beat out Quebec City

I dunno, Quebec City isn't exactly stagnating. I think they'll be neck and neck for a while.

harls · #**112** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by grumpy old man

But Hamilton has had an Ikea for a few years now. And that is the real measure of a city is it not?

Sure is. That and free flow expressways.

grumpy old man · #**113** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:37 PM**

Unhh, ever drive on the QEW? heh heh. Nothing free flow about that highway...

harls · #**114** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:38 PM**

Sarcasm lost..

or was it?

stupid internet.

UrbanPlannerr · #**115** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 7:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by grumpy old man

You can't even tell when one city ends and another begins in that part of Canada. Hell Mississauga is probably over a million people now. And Brampton has half the population as Winnipeg. I'll bet you most people in Winnipeg have never even heard of Brampton.

exactly, I think it should all just be considered metro Toronto...

isaidso · #**116** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 8:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by UrbanPlannerr

exactly, I think it should all just be considered metro Toronto...

It should, except Hamilton. Hamilton has always been its own city, not a a bedroom community of Toronto. You can tell when you go there. It's got a real downtown.

UrbanPlannerr · #**117** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

It should, except Hamilton. Hamilton has always been its own city, not a a bedroom community of Toronto. You can tell when you go there. It's got a real downtown.

I was comparing to Winnipeg, as in Saint Boniface was once its own city and had its own downtown, but yeah I guess since I have never been but seriously need to.

grumpy old man · #**118** Posted **Aug 13, 2009, 9:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

It should, except Hamilton. Hamilton has always been its own city, not a a bedroom community of Toronto. You can tell when you go there. It's got a real downtown.

Mississauga has a much nicer "downtown" than Hamilton. But I guess that is a subjective view...

IMHO Hamilton is a bedroom community every bit as much as any city withing 100kms of Toronto.

vid · #**119** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 1:23 AM**

Hamilton isn't a bedroom community, it is a satellite city, like Kitchener/Waterloo or Brantford or Oshawa. It is a separate city with a very close relationship to a much larger city nearby, much like Selkirk has a relationship to Winnipeg but on a much larger scale.

UrbanPlannerr · #**120** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 3:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Thunder In My Pants Bay

Hamilton isn't a bedroom community, it is a satellite city, like Kitchener/Waterloo or Brantford or Oshawa. It is a separate city with a very close relationship to a much larger city nearby, much like Selkirk has a relationship to Winnipeg but on a much larger scale.

yeah but Hamilton is connected with other suburbs much like Missisaga is connected with other suburbs to downtown Toronto

Selkirk has areas of no connection to Winnipeg, Yeah I guess when you look at Tokyo, Yokohama is connected but still considered a different city so in that perspective its like that but if Mississauga is considered metro Toronto then shouldn't Hamilton be considered metro Toronto?