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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy
I mean sustained growth rates like Calgary has had for the past 40 years. They have pretty much boomed this entire time.
Saskatoon is just growing like crazy. The CMA added 7,300 last year. To put that into perspective, that's more people than Hamilton's CMA grew by and they have 3/4 of a million people.
Looking at it now Saskatoon grew (by numbers, not as a rate) the 8th most in the entire country behind Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. That's just ridiculous.
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Oh yah, 100% agreement there. Generally, Manitoba & Saskatchewan are going to surprise people in the next decade. Saskatchewan more-so, because the growth is much more impressive - on a relative scale or not - there is so much happening there. I also hear the pub culture is lively...I have wanted to check out that for quite some time now.
But one thing I was wondering is, do you see additional population growth for people coming back? I once heard there is something like a quarter million Saskatchewanians in Alberta (or maybe it was Calgary alone
) - that's huge!!! Do you see Saskatchewans economic prowess to be a driving factor in bringing people back?
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Originally Posted by c@taract_soulj@h
The thing with Hamilton's population is that we've been in contention with Winnipeg and Quebec City for the longest time. 9th Rank since 1981 and our growth is there but it's hard to notice a difference since there are two similar cities our size.
With a smaller area like Saskatoon however, it's much more impressive when your growth percentage surpasses a large CMA's like ours. We notice a few more backyards in our neighbourhood but people in S'toon are noticing a few more neighbourhoods in your backyards if you catch my drift...keep it up!  |
Hamilton is awesome - great pub scene
Im gonna spend some time there next summer if I can.
I find Hamilton's biggest problem is being so close to Toronto, when you look at Quebec City or Saskatoon its farther from Montreal/Regina. Toronto just gobbles up all the population growth in Southern Ontario, and everyone else seems to get the left overs. On an economic level, Hamilton is extremely underrated, but regarding population growth, its tricky for that city. Winnipeg is different, cause in Winnipeg's case, its really the only major city in the entire province, and in the general region. This is one of the reasons Winnipeg is in a fortunate/unfortunate spot. Fortune - greater provincial effort with the city, as the one city's economy is inherently important to the entire province, but unfortunate because it lacks the diversity that multiple cities could bring.
Hamilton, on an economic scale, is doing
extremely well. But your avg Canadian doesn't know about that. If I lived in the GTA, I would prob live in Hamilton cause you get the most bang for your buck, and you're still a relatively quick drive away from Toronto/GTA if you want to spend some time there. Its unfortunate because similar to the shadow Edmonton has with Calgary, and thus is overlooked a lot; more so in Hamilton's case.
This is what fascinates me about Saskatchewan so much. I feel Regina and Saskatoon don't really overshadow one another the same way Calgary seems to do to Edmonton. Its more of a unity and rivalry - you can see it in the fact they have one provincial team (Roughriders) where as say Edmonton & Calgary have two separate CFL&NHL teams, so its inherently a different type of rivalry. I enjoy seeing Toon and Regina's mini rivalry, and enjoy seeing how both cities are growing.
2 things that fascinate me a lot regarding Canada: Saskatchewan and Quebec City
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