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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
KW is not part of the GTA. When London had Go Train service, did you consider it part of the GTA? It is like saying that Philadelphia is part of New York City.
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The entire Waterloo region is a satellite urban area of Toronto and has seen pretty much the exact same growth rates as the City of Toronto and the surrounding regions of Durham, York, Peel and Halton.
Less than 20 years ago, Hamilton and Halton were barely considered part of the GTA…now it’s referred to as the GTHA. It is one giant continuous urban area whether people like it or not.
50 years ago, regions of Peel, York and Durham would never be part of Greater Toronto….Scarborough and North York were considered its suburbs! But the city and region grew and here we are.
The region continues to grow and now places like Niagara, Wellington, Brantford, Waterloo, Dufferin and Peterborough are considered its fringe.
The London GO train was only a pilot project as Doug Ford was interested in making GO Ontario’s version of VIA….but they axed it once Amtrak announced they would be restarting the Chicago-Detroit-Toronto train which would bypass London.
https://www.gotransit.com/en/system-map
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A city is not all of a sudden bigger and better because of some ridiculously expansive enumeration scheme.
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This has nothing to do with population, Toronto has cemented itself as the largest city in Canada and it will likely hold onto that for the foreseeable future.
Just a few replies above mine you once again had someone using GDP of the GTA and comparing it to the Metropolitan Areas of Seattle, Boston and some other American cities and claiming they were more important and had a larger GDP LOL.
Americans classify Metropolitan areas differently than Canada, hence the GDP of an American city is inflated or a Canadian city is less when comparing the two.
The mental gymnastics that some folks play to discredit and downplay the rise of Toronto is absolutely astounding.
If you’re going to compare American city GDP’s to Toronto’s GDP, then the playing field needs to be even.