What Small Canadian Cities Do You Want To See As Bigger Centres

[BretttheRiderFan]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

i believe Reginas population has reached 220,000 already way way off on that stat.

Like I said the stats are from the 2001-2006 census growth rates so obviously it's not entirely accurate, just showing what would happen if those growth rates continued.

[JHikka]

St. John's, Halifax, Thunder Bay, & Regina/Saskatoon.

No real particular reason for each. St. John's would continue to be the centre for everything in NFLD, Halifax would continue it's upward growth. Thunder Bay becomes a larger centre in Northern Ontario, and either of the Saskatchewan cities become more important in the prairies.

The bigger cities are always important, but it's just as fun watching the mid-size places grow.

[TallBob]

I feel the prosperity of the provinces will be the determining factor in how large some smaller cities grow. Also, small cities prosper the large cities prosper more. I also feel Saskatewan and Manitoba will do better than anticipated. Just my opinion.

[Andy6]

I'd guess that as business becomes more Internet based, there will be a lot of people leaving the Toronto area, and some other larger cities, for smaller more 'livable' places. I'd expect that Halifax, Fredericton, Saint John, Peterborough, Orillia, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Regina, Saskatoon and Victoria, among others, will be big beneficiaries of this movement over the next 50 years.

If I could come up with a catchy name for this theory, and stretch it into book-length, I could be the new Richard Florida.

[Black Star]

Hey pretty cool thread.

Who knows what the future holds.

But...Calgary surpassing Van...lol.

Anyway just an observation.

I see Edmonton as the dark horse. But we all know bigger is not better.

The people..the character...and of course the Downtown and its restaurants lol.

[suburbanite]

Churchill, Manitoba. We need a deep sea northern port .

[Spoolmak]

If calgary could surpass van, then Vancouver could and Should surpass mtl.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

Churchill, Manitoba. We need a deep sea northern port .

That's a good point about a northern port. Tuktoyaktuk could be a maja playa in the future.

With global warming, routes in the Arctic are opening up along with the possibility of oil and gas exploration. There could also be a gas pipeline and port set up near Tuktoyaktuk at the mouth of the Mackenzie.

[Tone]

Originally Posted by Spoolmak

If calgary could surpass van, then Vancouver could and Should surpass mtl.

Seriously? You're aware that Montreal is almost twice the size of Vancouver and is adding more people than Vancouver every year right?

[caltrane74]

After Toronto, Vancouver adds the most people.

54,000 more people added last year.

[Tone]

^Your right, my mistake! (only 41,000 for Montreal)

Anyway, i looked more for the last decade growth which gave me 433,000 for Montreal and 404,000 for Vancouver.

[eemy]

After visiting it briefly for the first time, I think Yellowknife would make a fantastic larger city - say, 100k or so. The location would be breathtaking for a city that size.

[kool maudit]

only polemicists (hi, mark steyn) extrapolate demographic data more than a few years into the future.

[floobie]

Basically everything, honestly. The sheer distances between some major population centres are pretty ridiculous at times.

[halifaxboyns]

I definately see the potential in Halifax to become a major centre beyond what it is now. The growth rate will put the end population well beyond 425,000 as was expected in their regional plan by 2027 - the population now is 408,000 (give or take). If the shipyard lands either the big or small ship contract, it will create lots of jobs which I suspect will be another draw for people to Halifax.

I honestly could see HRM hitting 700,000 if it does things right - granted that would be in 40 years.

St. John's is an interesting cookie. It will always be the centre of NFLD, but I don't know if I see it growing past 200,000 in 40 years. I'm just not sure on that.

London and Hamilton are great little cities, from what I've seen or read. They have tremendous potential to be bigger, especially Hamilton. I suspect the importance of the Hamilton airport will grow over the coming years as Pearson becomes more congested.

[north 42]

I think Regina and Saskatoon will be very interesting to watch grow, kind of like their Alberta counterparts have grown.

Halifax would also make sense to grow, given that it's the main centre of commerce in on east coast. St Johns also would be fun to watch grow.

Here in Ontario, Windsor, London, K-W, and Hamilton would also be great to see grow and prosper again. Southern Ontario has so much potential to have many large growing urban centres, especially outside of the GTA.

Yellowknife has great potential to grow, it already has a great skyline for it's tiny population.

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by Jamaican-Phoenix

St. John's, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Chicoutimi/Saguenay, Gatineau, Ottawa, London, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor, North Bay, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Kelowna, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Victoria, Yellowknife, Iqaluit.

This one. I like this one.

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by BretttheRiderFan

Like I said the stats are from the 2001-2006 census growth rates so obviously it's not entirely accurate, just showing what would happen if those growth rates continued.

Cool that's a really neat list - just goes to show how much growth rates can change in a few years.

I know it's been said a few times already, but looking solely at Regina as an example, it already has around that population. 50 yrs early.

[PoscStudent]

Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

St. John's is an interesting cookie. It will always be the centre of NFLD, but I don't know if I see it growing past 200,000 in 40 years. I'm just not sure on that.

St. John's population is probably around 195,000 at the moment so I cannot imagine it would be that hard to reach 200,000 over the next 40 years.

[whiteford]

1: Red Deer
2: Victoria
3:prince Rupert
4:Halifax
5:kelowna