Winnipeg Roads & Infrastructure

[balletomane]

Winnipeg population history using current boundaries:

1901: 48,000
1911: 157,000
1921: 229,000
1931: 295,000
1941: 300,000
1951: 354,000
1961: 472,000
1971: 536,000
1981: 564,000
1991: 617,000
2001: 620,000
2011: 664,000
2021: 750,000 (my census estimate)

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by balletomane

Winnipeg population history using current boundaries:

1901: 48,000
1911: 157,000
1921: 229,000
1931: 295,000
1941: 300,000
1951: 354,000
1961: 472,000
1971: 536,000
1981: 564,000
1991: 617,000
2001: 620,000
2011: 664,000
2021: 750,000 (my census estimate)

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The population of the City of Winnipeg was estimated at 750,000 as of July 1, 2017. In 2021, the estimate is for Winnipeg to grow to 797,900

source; http://winnipeg.ca/cao/pdfs/population.pdf

[balletomane]

^Yes, I was making an estimate for the census results, not the official estimate that Statistics Canada releases annually, although the official estimates are more accurate since they are adjusted for undercounts.

I figured that the CoW will grow at a slightly faster pace 2016-2021 from 2011-2016. The city grew by 41,627 from 2011-2016, so an increase of ~45,000 from 705,244 doesn't seem unreasonable to reach ~750,000 in the 2021 census.

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by balletomane

^Yes, I was making an estimate for the census results, not the official estimate that Statistics Canada releases annually, although the official estimates are more accurate since they are adjusted for undercounts.

I figured that the CoW will grow at a slightly faster pace 2016-2021 from 2011-2016. The city grew by 41,627 from 2011-2016, so an increase of ~45,000 from 705,244 doesn't seem unreasonable to reach ~750,000 in the 2021 census.

If you look at the adjusted for under-count Statistics, the city grew by 57,800 between 2011-16. Winnipeg went from 677,800 to 735,600.

I expect Winnipeg to gain 65,000 between 2016-21. It should put the population at 800,000 at the absolute minimum.

Winnipeg is already at 750,000.

[balletomane]

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

If you look at the adjusted for under-count Statistics, the city grew by 57,800 between 2011-16. Winnipeg went from 677,800 to 735,600.

I expect Winnipeg to gain 65,000 between 2016-21. It should put the population at 800,000 at the absolute minimum.

Winnipeg is already at 750,000.

I'd be interested to see what the city's own population estimates were beyond 1996, especially during the boom years when it was likely more challenging to enumerate all households.

CoW estimate, Census, undercount
1996: 629,300 (618,477) 1.7%
2001: 637,200 (619,544) 2.8%
2006: 652,900 (633,451) 3.0%
2011: 677,800 (663,617) 2.1%
2016: 735,600 (705,244) 4.1%

[Bluenote]

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

If you look at the adjusted for under-count Statistics, the city grew by 57,800 between 2011-16. Winnipeg went from 677,800 to 735,600.

I expect Winnipeg to gain 65,000 between 2016-21. It should put the population at 800,000 at the absolute minimum.

Winnipeg is already at 750,000.

That's just crazy how fast we are growing. And yet we still have people saying the city isn't and we are still some 500k town.

[vjose32]

Can someone explain why there is a new set of lights going up on Notre Dame (just west of McPhillips). Like we need more traffic lights in that area! What they should do instead of making it easier for cars to turn left there is block left turn access, problem solved and no lights!

[jmt18325]

Originally Posted by vjose32

Can someone explain why there is a new set of lights going up on Notre Dame (just west of McPhillips).

Pedestrian Signal:

http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/c...oadway/map.asp

[esquire]

^ Makes sense to me, Notre Dame is a pretty busy stroad and a somewhat treacherous one to cross if you're a pedestrian.

[buzzg]

K gotta say I don't agree with having a separate thread for AT and bike paths... it's part of Roads and Infrastructure. If you want to just talk about bikes in the other one, cool.

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I think the city REALLY needs to rethink the plan for AT along Taylor once it's twinned. Hopefully TV can bring to their attention the absolute absurdity of the plan.

The fact it winds through the grass there is just ridiculous in itself, but why would they have it on the opposite side of the street from the entire portion east of Waverley? It makes no sense. And you know people aren't going to follow it - they'll just use the side that they actually need to go on, even if it's a sidewalk. It's even more ridiculous when you think that the bike path ALREADY EXISITS on the south side. What is the point of even moving it?!?!

It's actually driving me insane. Revisit the plan here:

http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/c...dDesignMap.pdf

[biguc]

They should have rethought everything about the Waverly underpass.

[CoryB]

^^ Agreed. The Kennaston underpass was built to handle the projected traffic from the area. Using the funding from the Waverly Underpass to upgrade Kennaston between Taylor and Portage would have been a far better use. Effectively close Waverly at Sterling Lyon except a limited local access road to the tracks and completely close the crossing. That an underpass is being built for a high speed four lane road and exits immediately to a low-speed residential street on the other side is about the dumbest move made in this province in terms of roads and that is including the Selkirk bridge to no-where.

[esquire]

^ Much of the traffic that feeds into Waverley comes from Grant and Taylor. Just because Waverley does not directly continue as a regional street right up to Academy or beyond does not mean that it is somehow unimportant... it's a busy, well travelled road.

[rkspec]

Drove down Pembina for the first time in a few years. What are the white lines in certain section of the stretch from confusion corner to Grant?

Very similar but not exactly to:
like this below

[bomberjet]

There are bike lanes at the curb if I understand this question correctly. The white lines are the divide between traffic and cyclists. At bus stops cyclists go up and behind the shelters. This is where installing curbs, which they are doing/have done further down Pembina.

[rkspec]

I have to look more closely, they are spaced like parking spots.

i missed the news so i'm out of the loop on the adjustable bike lanes.

[buzzg]

Ohhh. Yeah those are to show people where to park, just like on Sherbrook. Guess the little corner hash marks weren't clear enough.

[rkspec]

Thanks buzzg

[rrskylar]

Traffic once again super slow and bottlenecked with an increase in vehicles throughout Winnipeg as summer holidays are over for many with do nothing Winnipeg politicians in denial that Winnipeg has grown beyond 500K along with it's corespondening road infrastructure. Imagine, a Saskatoon sized increase in population (300K) with no corresponding increase in roadways!

[esquire]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Traffic once again super slow and bottlenecked with an increase in vehicles throughout Winnipeg as summer holidays are over for many with do nothing Winnipeg politicians in denial that Winnipeg has grown beyond 500K along with it's corespondening road infrastructure. Imagine, a Saskatoon sized increase in population (300K) with no corresponding increase in roadways!

Just think... if we had a decent rapid transit system, imagine how many of those cars would be off the road.