100 years out. Where will your city be in a century.

[Spocket]

I was browsing some of the threads and it dawned on me that so much has changed from a century ago, that things will inevitably be vastly different a century from now. So, what do you predict will happen to your city over the next century and where will it stand (so to speak) nationally?

I'm currently in Edmonton but consider Winnipeg "my" city. Naturally, I'm going to be pretty biased although I'll try not to be.

Edmonton, I believe, will likely survive climate change better than virtually any other city. Not being a meteorologist, however, I obviously am just speculating.
It's already diversified in countless ways and with the slowdown in oil demand, may hit a big wall but I don't think it'll be as bad as further south down the QEII.

Winnipeg is probably one of the few cities poised to benefit massively from climate change. I don't know that it'll boom or anything but with access to Hudson Bay basically stemming from Winnipeg, it couldn't hurt. I imagine, at least, that it won't turn into a ghost town or anything.

[Loco101]

This goes for many cities and towns across Canada but I'm sure that the population will be much more diverse and we will rely much more on immigration. I also see more urbanization of smaller communities including mine with larger apartment and condo complexes due to them costing less than building new roads and infrastructure.

As for mining here, the gold boom will eventually end but there will still be new mines opening for gold and other metals and minerals. Technological advances are the big unknown but will certainly play a huge role.

Timmins will survive climate change and the farming area around Matheson will benefit. I'm not saying warming temperatures are all that good for the natural environment here but the people will enjoy warmer temperatures.

[905er]

Brampton is already a lost cause... 100 years out.. I can only imagine but I'm glad I won't be here to find out.

[WhipperSnapper]

More populous and poorer. How long can the US afford to rebuild after natural disasters before they become too costly or dangerous? Abandonment would fracture the remaining nation and decrease the overall wealth of our largest trading partner.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by 905er

Brampton is already a lost cause... 100 years out.. I can only imagine but I'm glad I won't be here to find out.

In my experience, diversity is an idyllic construct that barely exists in reality. Toronto has a statistical diverse population. The largest Bay Street employers also have statistical diverse employment. However, the different ethnicities in both situations typically operate/live segregated. That could break up Canada in the future as power shifts.

[Truenorth00]

100 years out. Ottawa will have fully sprawled from Carleton Place to Kemptville to Rockland. Transit will be even worse. Traffic will be worse. Everybody will spend 3 hrs commuting in their autonomous car because the main employer (the federal government) still doesn't want to have public servants work from home.

[KnoxfordGuy]

Fredericton, as has been the case for the last 240 years, will just continue slow and steady growth and be knowledge and tech based. It has a blooming tech industry now. Still be a government and university city and have fully grown into Oromocto and base Gagetown. Be about the size St. John's, NFLD is now with twice the current population of 75,000ish.

[Glow Fun City]

Vancouver will be even more rainy (except for the annual summer drought)

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by 905er

Brampton is already a lost cause... 100 years out.. I can only imagine but I'm glad I won't be here to find out.

You're saying that and live in Mississauga?

How is Brampton lost? I was there not long ago and I don't understand what makes it not so good or whatever according to some.

[905er]

Originally Posted by Loco101

You're saying that and live in Mississauga?

How is Brampton lost? I was there not long ago and I don't understand what makes it not so good or whatever according to some.

I'm from Mississauga, now living in Brampton. The city has, over the last 5 other 6 years more specifically, become completely run down. Completely full of trash and litter.. filthy roads, no beautification whatsoever... many residents are treating streets/neighbourhoods like open air trash cans with little or no respect for their neighbours. The amount of littering is beyond absurd... Moreover neighbourhoods look like parking lots... single family homes with 6-7 cars parked on the lot.. folks with complete disregard for laws or rules of the road. The whole city has fallen, it is a total disgrace for a city it's size. Increasing crime is a major issue as well along with high taxation, but nothing to show for it.

[logan5]

One hundred years is a long way out. Even in 50 years, things will be radically different. Imagine the effect on a city where very few people actually work, because of robotics and automation, and there are vastly superior transportation systems - underground vacuum trains, personal vtols (vertical take-off and landing vehicles) that allow you to travel from point A to point B quickly and cheaply.

So if you are living in the Vancouver area, and you don't have to work, and you can quickly and cheaply travel around a vast area, the most desirable places to live that are just way too inconvenient to live today, then become an option.

I predict that all the remote islands located between Vancouver and Vancouver Island become populated, along with all the coast lines, which there is a lot of in SW BC.

Large suburbs like Surrey and Langley will depopulate, while islands like Texada, Galiano and coastal areas heading up to Powell River and Tofino will become much more populated.

The inner city will remain populated, because there will be those who prefer that city vibe, but overall, the total Metro population will decline significantly.

[ScreamingViking]

Hamilton:

• Steel will be a historical footnote in the story of the city's economy, and likely most "heavy" industry with it. I expect that the wave of food production will also be gone in 100 years, or at least smaller despite current efforts.
• The city will be more fully integrated into the Toronto-beast's orbit. Despite that regional integration, people will still say it is its own city with a unique character.
• Transportation connections and local transit will continue to improve. The airport might even have a proper terminal by then. The port will have again shifted focus from steel and agricultural products, but remain the largest Canadian one on the Great Lakes. Rail gets more important again.
• Height limit is lifted in the next few decades, but while the central city's development has spread out there may not be more than a few towers that break the currently burgeoning table-top. EDIT: Maybe "Landmark Place/Century 21" has collapsed due to neglect and been replaced by something else.
• More articles about how Hamilton is a great place to live, though the urbanization front will have spread far beyond to the north, west, south, and east of town (east into Niagara; a continuation of what's been happening).
• Trade with the U.S. will have survived the Trump presidency years and bounced back some, which helps Hamilton's economy, but a more global approach has led to local changes that take advantage of the city's transportation advantages. It's even more of a trade "gateway" for the Toronto-sphere, as well as the rest of south-western Ontario.
• EDIT: Empty downtown lots are finally filled, even the one by Gore Park where buildings collapsed in the "early" 21st century. But it will take some time for this to happen.
• EDIT 2: The streets are still awful, with cracked pavement and potholes. But city council applauds reconstructions that have made a difference.

[ScreamingViking]

I wonder how many buildings in many cities that we now loathe will still be standing, perhaps even labelled as "heritage" structures?