When did it become apparent Calgary and Edmonton would surpass Winnipeg?

[thurmas]

Feel free to discuss

[goodgrowth]

When Alberta struck oil and Winnipeg struck "wait why we are living here"?

[Coldrsx]

When Winnipeg went all in on Sears and horse rigging.

[J.OT13]

Winnipeg's decline started with the opening of the Panama Canal, when it lost importance as a rail hub. This event is what propelled Vancouver to surpass Winnipeg.

The Great Depression further stunted the city's growth and it never fully recovered.

[Acajack]

Thurmas: Lookin' for love in all the wrong places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIuryZ8JUJM

[thurmas]

I would say the 1970s oil boom was the final nail in the coffin and Calgary and Edmonton never looked back.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Surpass in what way? Was there a competition that I missed?

When was it apparent that apples would surpass oranges? :)

[Coldrsx]

As part of this... Calgary started pulling away from Edmonton in the late 70s, with 1988 solidifying that move.

[GoTrans]

1. Manitoba doesn't have much oil.
2. Manitoba only has 1 mountain, Riding Mountain National Park whereas Alberta has many more thus creating tourist demand.
3. CF18's maintenance contract granted to Bombardier in Montreal instead of Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg
4. Aviation improvements allow for flights over Winnipeg which rendered previous maintenance facilities unnecessary.
5. Mosquitos, Winnipeg has to spray them, unlike Calgary
6. Floods, The Red and Assiniboine Rivers flood almost every year unlike Calgary where floods are infrequent.

[esquire]

In some respects it's kind of wild that Winnipeg has reached the population level that it has... 841,000 in the CMA and closing in on a million.

Given the huge growth steadily pulling people away to Ontario, BC and Alberta pretty well since WWII, it's very easy to imagine a Halifax or Saskatoon sized Winnipeg.

[Drybrain]

In some respects it's kind of wild that Winnipeg has reached the population level that it has... 841,000 in the CMA and closing in on a million.

Given the huge growth steadily pulling people away to Ontario, BC and Alberta pretty well since WWII, it's very easy to imagine a Halifax or Saskatoon sized Winnipeg.


Indeed, but Winnipeg had already surpassed 200,000 people before the Depression, due to the boom of the preceding few decades, whereas Saskatoon and Regina were less than one-quarter of that. Incumbent's advantage, I imagine. (Halifax was about half of that, at100,000 people, so midway between the Saskatchewan's cities and Winnipeg--where interestingly it still is today).

[MolsonExport]

Feel free to discuss

I think it was all the fault of Quebec separatism.

Calgary and Edmonton surged passed Winnipeg around the time that Montreal was eclipsed by Toronto?

Coincidence? I think not.

:youmad:

[Architype]

When did it become apparent Calgary and Edmonton would surpass Winnipeg?

Feel free to discuss

It was all related to Okotoks and oil, Calgary surpassed Winnipeg around 1963.
When oil was discovered in Turner Valley in 1914, Okotoks quickly became a regional oil distribution centre. It earned the title "Heart of the Oilfields" because equipment stopped on the rail line in Okotoks before completing its road journey to Turner Valley.

The economic upturn came in the late 1970s.

Between 1963 and 1970.

[whatnext]

It was all related to Okotoks and oil, Calgary surpassed Winnipeg around 1963.


Between 1963 and 1970.

But when did Okotoks surpass Maple Creek?

[MonctonRad]

It was all related to Okotoks and oil, Calgary surpassed Winnipeg around 1963

There are just too many darn things to do in Okotoks. Winnipeg couldn't compete.

Calgary is closer to Okotoks therefore got all the benefits from this association.