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Originally Posted by svlt
If someone threw in the Sunshine Coast, Hope or Whistler (they're a bit of a stretch I know, but often times are still seen as part of the wider reach of the Lower Mainland as the Golden Horseshoe is for Toronto) then Vancouver "MSA" would be 3.5+ million.
That actually is a wildly different number, both raw and in perception of a city size, than Wikipedia's "2.6 million", which won't get updated until the 2026 census data is out. By North American standards I would consider 4 million+ universally a "big" city no matter how much sprawl there is, and greater Vancouver area is getting really close.
For all the talk of how the sky high prices will limit growth, this city has still continued to defy the odds and grow at a staggeringly fast clip.
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Defied the odds? I am willing to bet most growth has come from one country (immigrants, international students, work visas and refugees). Many of whom are being stacked into suburban homes and condos and it's evident by the number of cars now lining up and down the road across many neighborhoods out in Surrey.
It's definitely growth. Is it ideal growth given this has rapidly occurred between 2021 and 2024 with no real infrastructure growth? Nope.