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Originally Posted by Brutopian
Saskatoon third-fastest growing city in Canada: census 2016
By Staff The Canadian Press
Feb 8, 2017
New census data shows the population of the metropolitan area of Saskatoon outpaced the national growth rate over the last five years.
Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2016 census on Wednesday and the population of what the government agency refers to as the census metropolitan area of Saskatoon increased by 12.5 per cent since the last census in 2011.
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http://globalnews.ca/news/3235241/saskatoon-third-fastest-growing-city-in-canada-census-2016/
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I'm surprised the estimates were off by a couple thousand. They've been saying the CMA is over 300,000 for years now and apparently we haven't even hit it yet!
Also, Warman grew by 55% and is now home to over 11,000 people. That's insane. Martensville is the little brother now.
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Originally Posted by dsmmace
The public that voted on the design decided to pay more to get a replica. There were less expensive options including a cable supported bridge with less pillars proposed.
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Better a replica than a half-assed bridge they'd try to pass off as "signature".