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UrbanWaterloo

02-05-2010, 02:57 AM

Population of Census Metropolitan Areas
Canada-Wide
Link (http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/DEMO05A-eng.htm)

Kitchener = 492,400 (10th Largest CMA)

<table width="500px"><tbody><tr><th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-1" class="cst-tbl-header1"> </th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-2" class="cst-tbl-header1">2008</th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-3" class="cst-tbl-header1">2009</th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-4" class="cst-tbl-header1">2010</th></tr> <tr><th id="tbl-dltableunit-1-1" class="cst-tbl-unit1"> </th> <th id="tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-unit" colspan="3">persons (thousands)</th></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">St. John's (N.L.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">187.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">189.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">192.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Halifax (N.S.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">392.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">397.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Moncton (N.B.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">132.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">134.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">137.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saint John (N.B.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">127.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">128.0</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saguenay (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">151.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">151.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">152.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Québec (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">738.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">745.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">754.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Sherbrooke (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">192.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">194.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">197.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Trois-Rivières (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">144.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">145.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">146.5</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Montréal (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,765.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,818.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,859.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.-Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,200.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,218.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,239.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Kingston (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">159.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">161.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">162.5</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Peterborough (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">120.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">121.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">121.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Oshawa (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">354.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">359.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">364.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Toronto (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,535.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,634.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,741.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Hamilton (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">729.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">734.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">740.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">St. Catharines-Niagara (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">404.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1"><font color="red">Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (Ont.)</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">481.7</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">486.9</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">492.4</font></td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Brantford (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">137.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">138.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">139.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Guelph (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">135.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">136.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">138.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">London (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">485.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">489.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">492.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Windsor (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">333.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">332.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">330.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Barrie (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">187.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">189.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">190.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Greater Sudbury (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">165.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">164.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">164.7</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Thunder Bay (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.7</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Winnipeg (Man.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">732.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">742.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">753.6</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Regina (Sask.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">205.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">210.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">215.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saskatoon (Sask.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">251.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">258.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">265.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Calgary (Alta.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,187.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,220.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,242.6</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Edmonton (Alta.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,127.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,156.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,176.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Kelowna (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">175.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">178.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">178.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Abbotsford-Mission (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">168.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">171.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">174.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Vancouver (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,279.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,337.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,391.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Victoria (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">348.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">354.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">358.1</td></tr></tbody></table>

UrbanWaterloo

02-05-2010, 02:57 AM

Population of Census Metropolitan Areas (July 1, 2009)
February 4, 2010 | Link (http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm)

Kitchener = 489,100 (11th Largest CMA)

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UrbanWaterloo

02-05-2010, 03:54 AM

Battle For 4th
Calgary | Ottawa-Gatineau | Edmonton
Ottawa-Gatineau has very healthy growth but just can't compete with the Alberta Boom. Calgary has taken over 4th Place; Edmonton appears on track to hit the 5th spot during the latter half of this decade.

Battle For 7th
Québec | Winnipeg | Hamilton
Less than a 1% gap separates these cities. It appears as though Winnipeg has the momentum. Despite Hamilton's proximity to Toronto it's the laggard of the group.

Battle For 10th
London | Kitchener
Not content simply being known as the city with the closest 2008 Federal Election contest; Kitchener is also part of the closest Metro Population race. A mere 200 people, or 0.04%, separate what is by far the tightest battle in Canada. With it's significantly higher growth rate, Kitchener should take the lead in 2010.

Battle For 12th
St. Catharines-Niagara | Halifax
With St. Catharines-Niagara effectively stalled look for Halifax to take the crown within 2 or 3 years. The zero growth of St. Catharines-Niagara is especially shocking given it's proximity to Toronto (the same distance as our own Kitchener CMA).

Battle For 14th
Oshawa | Victoria | Windsor
In two years the Gap between Motor City East and Motor City West has doubled. Will Windsor, the worst declining city in the country, ever shake off the Detroit Blues? Likely at some point, however by then Oshawa will have this battle locked up from Toronto's spillover.

Battle For 19th
Sherbrooke | Barrie | St. John's
Could anyone have predicted this? Canada's fastest growing metro in the 2006 census, Barrie, is the laggard of the pack.

Battle For 22nd
Kelowna | Abbotsford-Mission
The Battle of British Columbia. Which one will be that province's 3rd largest city?

Battle For 24th
Greater Sudbury | Kingston
A city of mineral wealth vs. a city of stone buildings. Brawn vs. Brain. I'll give Kingston the edge by the 2016 census, especially if High Speed Rail gets approved and funded.

Five Fastest Growing CMAs
Calgary: 3.22%
Saskatoon: 2.88%
Edmonton: 2.49%
Vancouver: 2.14 %
Kelowna: 2.06%

For reference, Kitchener was exactly in the middle of the pack at #17.

Five Slowest Growing (or Outright Declining) CMAs
Windsor: -0.57%
Thunder Bay: -0.56%
Saguenay: 0.00%
St. Catharines - Niagara: 0.05%
Greater Sudbury: 0.24%

Spokes

02-05-2010, 07:18 AM

Im a little surprised we weren't higher on the list of fastest growing CMA's

UrbanWaterloo

02-08-2010, 03:06 PM

I was too, it's the dominance of the West which is hurting our standing. Although I also believe when the 2011 Census comes out we'll be higher than 17/33 nationwide. Think of it like a competitor always coming in 2nd place. They may never win a specific timeset, however as long as nobody else is constantly coming in first, they might end up with a 1st place showing. It's the possibility of having a better overall standing than any specific score. During the 2006 Census we came in 7/33 for population growth. I don't expect us to repeat as highly, but I think we can still make the top third in Canada.

It's interesting to note, when you zoom in from all of Canada to just Ontario, we're one of the growth leaders in this province. If the province itself can get back on it's feet, that should hopefully help our nationwide standings again too.

Ontario CMAs

01. Toronto 1.68%
02. Ottawa-Gatineau 1.61%
03. Oshawa 1.52%
04. Kitchener 1.28%
05. Barrie 1.17%

06. Guelph 0.97%
07. Hamilton 0.91%
08. London 0.78%
09. Kingston 0.75%
10. Brantford 0.58%

11. Peterborough 0.25%
12. Greater Sudbury 0.24%
13. St. Catharine's-Niagara 0.05%
14. Thunder Bay -0.56%
15. Windsor -0.57%

IEFBR14

11-09-2010, 04:22 PM

We’re now [an even bigger mouthful] the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Census Metropolitan Area (http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/809640)
It’s official. Cambridge is out from under the shadow of Kitchener when the federal government distributes data about the local population and economy.

After requests from local city and Waterloo Region council, we are now the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Census Metropolitan Area – not the Kitchener Census Metropolitan Area.

An October letter from Statistics Canada to Cambridge city hall confirmed the change. Nothing has changed as far as data collected or distributed about the local economy and population, but some Cambridge politicians previously grumbled that the second-largest city in the region deserved more prominence when potential investors look up economic data.

Wellesley and Wilmot townships are not part of the CMA.

UrbanWaterloo

02-03-2011, 09:16 AM

492.4
10th largest CMA in Canada!!!

UrbanWaterloo

02-03-2011, 09:18 AM

Population of Census Metropolitan Areas (As Of July 1)
2006 Census Boundaries
February 3, 2011 | Link (http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/DEMO05A-eng.htm)

<table width="500px"><tbody><tr><th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-1" class="cst-tbl-header1"> </th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-2" class="cst-tbl-header1">2008</th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-3" class="cst-tbl-header1">2009</th> <th id="tbl-dltableheader-1-4" class="cst-tbl-header1">2010</th></tr> <tr><th id="tbl-dltableunit-1-1" class="cst-tbl-unit1"> </th> <th id="tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-unit" colspan="3">persons (thousands)</th></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">St. John's (N.L.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">187.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">189.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">192.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Halifax (N.S.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">392.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">397.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Moncton (N.B.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">132.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">134.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">137.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saint John (N.B.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">127.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">128.0</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saguenay (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">151.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">151.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">152.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Québec (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">738.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">745.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">754.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Sherbrooke (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">192.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">194.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">197.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Trois-Rivières (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">144.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">145.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">146.5</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Montréal (Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,765.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,818.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">3,859.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.-Que.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,200.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,218.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,239.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Kingston (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">159.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">161.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">162.5</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Peterborough (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">120.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">121.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">121.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Oshawa (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">354.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">359.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">364.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Toronto (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,535.7</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,634.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">5,741.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Hamilton (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">729.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">734.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">740.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">St. Catharines-Niagara (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">403.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">404.4</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1"><font color="red">Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (Ont.)</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">481.7</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">486.9</font></td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data"><font color="red">492.4</font></td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Brantford (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">137.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">138.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">139.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Guelph (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">135.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">136.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">138.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">London (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">485.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">489.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">492.2</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Windsor (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">333.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">332.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">330.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Barrie (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">187.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">189.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">190.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Greater Sudbury (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">165.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">164.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">164.7</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Thunder Bay (Ont.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">126.7</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Winnipeg (Man.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">732.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">742.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">753.6</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Regina (Sask.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">205.8</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">210.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">215.1</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Saskatoon (Sask.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">251.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">258.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">265.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Calgary (Alta.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,187.3</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,220.4</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,242.6</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Edmonton (Alta.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,127.6</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,156.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">1,176.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Kelowna (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">175.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">178.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">178.9</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Abbotsford-Mission (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">168.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">171.9</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">174.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Vancouver (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,279.5</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,337.2</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">2,391.3</td></tr> <tr><td scope="row" class="cst-tbl-r1">Victoria (B.C.)</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-2 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">348.1</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-3 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">354.0</td><td headers="tbl-dltableheader-1-4 tbl-dltableunit-1-2" class="cst-tbl-data">358.1</td></tr></tbody></table>

UrbanWaterloo

02-03-2011, 09:56 AM

Population of CMAs As Of July 1, 2010 (Largest to Smallest)

CMA | Population | Growth 2009-10

1. Toronto (Ont.)|
5,741,400 |
1.90%

2. Montréal (Que.)|
3,859,300 |
1.06%

3. Vancouver (B.C.)|
2,391,300 |
2.31%

4. Calgary (Alta.)|
1,242,600 |
1.82%

5. Ottawa-Gatineau (Ont.-Que.) |
1,239,100 |
1.69%

6. Edmonton (Alta.)|
1,176,300 |
1.71%

7. Québec (Que.)|
754,400 |
1.18%

8. Winnipeg (Man.)|
753,600 |
1.51%

9. Hamilton (Ont.)|
740,200 |
0.76%

10. Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (Ont.)|
492,400 |
1.13%

11. London (Ont.)|
492,200 |
0.65%

12. St. Catharines-Niagara (Ont.)|
404,400 |
0.15%

13. Halifax (N.S.)|
403,200 |
1.38%

14. Oshawa (Ont.)|
364,200 |
1.42%

15. Victoria (B.C.)|
358,100 |
1.16%

16. Windsor (Ont.)|
330,900 |
-0.33%

17. Saskatoon (Sask.)|
265,300 |
2.83%

18. Regina (Sask.)|
215,100 |
2.23%

19. Sherbrooke (Que.)|
197,300 |
1.23%

20. St. John's (N.L.)|
192,300 |
1.32%

21. Barrie (Ont.)|
190,900 |
0.90%

22. Kelowna (B.C.)|
178,900 |
0.45%

23. Abbotsford-Mission (B.C.)|
174,300 |
1.40%

24. Greater Sudbury (Ont.)|
164,700 |
-0.12%

25. Kingston (Ont.)|
162,500 |
0.93%

26. Saguenay (Que.)|
152,200 |
0.40%

27. Trois-Rivières (Que.)|
146,500 |
0.76%

28. Brantford (Ont.)|
139,100|
0.65%

29. Guelph (Ont.)|
138,200 |
1.17%

30. Moncton (N.B.)|
137,300 |
1.78%

31. Saint John (N.B.)|
128,000 |
0.63%

32. Thunder Bay (Ont.)|
126,700 |
0.16%

33. Peterborough (Ont.) |
121,100 |
0.08%

UrbanWaterloo

02-03-2011, 11:36 AM

Five Fastest Growing CMAs
Saskatoon: 2.83%
Vancouver: 2.31%
Regina: 2.23%
Toronto: 1.90%
Calgary: 1.82%

Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo was #18. :RpS_thumbdn: Let it be known I'm disappointed in this ranking, and feel we should be growing faster than Victoria, Quebec, Sherbrooke, St. John's, Halifax & Moncton for a 12th place finish up near the top 1/3rd.

Five Slowest Growing (or Outright Declining) CMAs
Windsor: -0.33%
Greater Sudbury: -0.12%
Peterborough: 0.08%
St. Catharines - Niagara: 0.15%
Thunder Bay: 0.16%

Largest Upswings
Growth Change From 2009-2010
Saguenay: +0.46%
Quebec: +0.19%
Ottawa-Gatineau: +0.18%
Thunder Bay: +0.16%
Halifax: +0.14%

Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo was #12 (+0.05%). Our adjusted growth rate increased from 1.08% (2008-09) to 1.13% (2009-10). It's good to see we're heading back up in the right direction, but our growth rate is still too slow.

Largest Slowdowns
Growth Change From 2009-2010
Kelowna: -1.32%
Calgary: -0.97%
Edmonton: -0.85%
Victoria: -0.54%
Abbotsford-Mission: -0.38%

Haljackey

02-03-2011, 10:59 PM

Population of CMAs As Of July 1, 2010 (Largest to Smallest)

CMA | Population | Growth 2009-10

10. Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (Ont.)|
492,400 |
1.13%

11. London (Ont.)|
492,200 |
0.65%

Gah you kicked us out of the top 10! :RpS_tongue:

Kinda sad for London, but well-deserved for K-W. Who didn't see this coming? The 2011 census numbers will most likely back up this estimate.

Besides, London's metro area is a joke, unlike K-W's.

Spokes

02-03-2011, 11:02 PM

Gah you kicked us out of the top 10! :RpS_tongue:

Kinda sad for London, but well-deserved for K-W. Who didn't see this coming? The 2011 census numbers will most likely back up this estimate.

Besides, London's metro area is a joke, unlike K-W's.

It's going to be tough for both London and Waterloo Region to be in the top 10 as there's a HUGE gap between 9 and 10.

Between 7 and 9 though is fairly close.

Urban_Enthusiast86

02-04-2011, 02:05 AM

Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo was #18. :RpS_thumbdn: Let it be known I'm disappointed in this ranking, and feel we should be growing faster than Victoria, Quebec, Sherbrooke, St. John's, Halifax & Moncton for a 12th place finish up near the top 1/3rd.

Five Slowest Growing (or Outright Declining) CMAs
Windsor: -0.33%
Greater Sudbury: -0.12%
Peterborough: 0.08%
St. Catharines - Niagara: 0.15%
Thunder Bay: 0.16%

Note how all of the slowest growing CMAs are in Ontario. I think this is the typical pattern of recessions. Ontario, with its huge manufacturing base and lack of natural resources, bears the brunt of it. It was that way for us in the early 90s, no? But we rebounded strong, and see no reason why we can't today. Even Calgary and Edmonton have gone through periods of decline/slow growth.

Besides, as you can see, K-C-W is doing a lot better than most of its other Ontario counterparts.

BuildingScout

02-04-2011, 06:32 AM

Besides, London's metro area is a joke, unlike K-W's.

In fact, if one used any sensible definition of CMA for London, KWC overtook it in population about ten years ago.

UrbanWaterloo

02-04-2011, 06:32 AM

Besides, as you can see, K-C-W is doing a lot better than most of its other Ontario counterparts.

Yes, we stack up much better within Ontario, although we did slip one spot from 4th to 5th over the past year as Guelph's growth picked up.

Ontario CMAs

01. Toronto 1.90%
02. Ottawa-Gatineau 1.69%
03. Oshawa 1.42%
04. Guelph 1.17%
05. Kitchener 1.13%

06. Kingston 0.93%
07. Barrie 0.90%
08. Hamilton 0.76%
09. London 0.65%
10. Brantford 0.65%

11. Thunder Bay 0.16%
12. St. Catharine's-Niagara 0.15%
13. Peterborough 0.08%
14. Greater Sudbury -0.12%
15. Windsor -0.33%

Spokes

02-04-2011, 08:40 AM

Surprising the big gap between the top 5 and the middle 5 and the middle 5 and the bottom 5.

Haljackey

02-04-2011, 03:54 PM

In fact, if one used any sensible definition of CMA for London, KWC overtook it in population about ten years ago.

Well K-W's metro is also kinda skewed, but it's the opposite of London's. A typical metro has a main city with a good chunk of the population surrounded by smaller ones. London's one main city with hardly anything around it. K-W has no main city.

BuildingScout

02-04-2011, 05:08 PM

Well K-W's metro is also kinda skewed, but it's the opposite of London's.

London CMA includes St Thomas, a town located 25km of farmland away from its closest point in London.

natcordev

02-05-2011, 12:11 PM

We’re number 10! We’re number 10!
Feb 04 2011 | Jeff Outhit | Record staff | LINK (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/481952--we-re-number-10-we-re-number-10)

WATERLOO REGION — Cheer this: we’re now the 10th biggest urban area in the country. Barely.

Statistics Canada estimates that after a long chase, the urban population of Waterloo Region surpassed nearby London by 141 people in 2010.

If this milestone of 492,390 people holds through the 2011 census, economic promoters say it should help us compete on the world stage.

For example, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo will show up more often on top-10 lists prepared for investors and job-seekers.

“You know, Letterman doesn’t have an 11th,” quipped Iain Klugman, chief executive of Communitech, a local technology association.

“Size really does matter when people are making location decisions,” he said. “We need more people, to fuel the opportunities that we have with our companies.”

Population estimates are for census metropolitan areas, which have at least 100,000 residents and are defined by commuting patterns. Our metropolitan area is Waterloo Region excluding the townships of Wilmot and Wellesley. London’s area includes London and seven nearby communities.

Spokes

02-05-2011, 12:24 PM

BuildingScout

02-05-2011, 12:34 PM

It's a really good point that we'll make it on top 10 lists where we hadn't before. I hadn't thought of that. Should definitely help us. It'd be interesting to see if other experts think it'll help us grow.

I've actually seen over the years a few Federal programs limited to "the top 10 cities by population (CMA)", so yes, this means we would be listed where we otherwise wouldn't. I've also seen similar lists from industry for actual cities as opposed to CMAs which means we do not appear anywhere near the top ten since we are split between Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.

Spokes

02-05-2011, 12:38 PM

I've actually seen over the years a few Federal programs limited to "the top 10 cities by population (CMA)", so yes, this means we would be listed where we otherwise wouldn't. I've also seen similar lists from industry for actual cities as opposed to CMAs which means we do not appear anywhere near the top ten since we are split between Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.

Do you remember off hand what kind of programs they were?

BuildingScout

02-05-2011, 12:43 PM

Do you remember off hand what kind of programs they were?

I can't recall the details, but here's something along the lines of what I've seen: federal government announces they will fund construction of large sport facilities. They put out a call for proposals, program is limited to top ten cities in the country, with applications to be accepted/rejected on an individual basis.

Haljackey

02-05-2011, 10:46 PM

It's a really good point that we'll make it on top 10 lists where we hadn't before. I hadn't thought of that. Should definitely help us. It'd be interesting to see if other experts think it'll help us grow.

I don't think it will help you guys as much as you think. Waterloo Region already has a lot going on, economically speaking.

London doesn't have much going for itself these days. Seeing it kicked out of the top 10 would definitely put it even further under the radar.

I guess we'll see who "wins" for sure in the 2011 Census. :RpS_tongue:

BuildingScout

02-06-2011, 08:20 AM

London doesn't have much going for itself these days. Seeing it kicked out of the top 10 would definitely put it even further under the radar.

I have good friends in London and in Windsor, and frankly, given their bleak descriptions of their economic situation the growth rates reported for those two cities were unexpectedly high.

Do they really want me to believe that after the biggest car collapse in history only 2200 souls left Windsor looking for employment elsewhere?

Rowe

02-06-2011, 11:42 AM

I think the main reason why Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo didn't grow as much is simple because we didn't really "grow."

Yea there is tons of opportunities, but we didn't really see many suburbs or condos pop up; even then most of the people who bought those were from the Region (baby boomers, professionals).

I think once our high rise condo market matures, downtowns become more vibrant, and youth/students encouraged to stay the region... we will see massive growth.

Spokes

02-06-2011, 01:10 PM

Waterlooer

02-07-2011, 03:50 PM

Region expanding
Feb 07, 2011 | 570 News | Link (http://www.570news.com/news/local/article/180207--region-expanding)

Waterloo Region has cracked the top ten on the list of biggest urban areas in the country.

Our municipality now has a population of more than 492,000 people, almost a few hundred more than London and Regional Chair Ken Seiling says our place on this list reinforces the growth projections that have been made over the past decade.

"We know growth is coming, we know we're an attractive community, with a high quality of life, but to maintain that we have to plan for the future, and this region has a long history of doing forward-looking planning," Seiling told 570's Gary Doyle show on Monday.

He points to the region's strategic plan, which involved using greenbelts to stop rural sprawl and planning a roadway and transit system that can cope with growth.

Seiling says the growth we are now seeing here is being driven by the region's ability to move forward with the times and he says the key to accommodating growth in the future will be rapid transit.

UrbanWaterloo

02-08-2012, 08:37 AM

NUMBER 10!!

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<table id="tPopDwell" class="PRODUCTDATA" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="This table presents the 2011 and 2006 population counts and the 2011 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for census metropolitan areas. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2006 and 2011."> <caption class="hidden">Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2011 and 2006 censuses</caption> <thead style="display:table-header-group"> <tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="ROWSTUBHDR">Geographic name</th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="3" class="COLSTUBSNR">Population</th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2" class="COLSTUBSNR">Private dwellings, 2011</th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="COLSTUBHDR">Land area in square kilometres, 2011</th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="COLSTUBHDR">Population density per square kilometre, 2011</th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2" class="COLSTUBSNR">Population national rank</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2011</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2006</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">% change</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">Total</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">Occupied by usual residents</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2011</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2006</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Toronto (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">5,583,064</td> <td class="DATACELL">5,113,149</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 9.2</td> <td class="DATACELL">2,079,459</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,989,705</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5,905.71</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 945.4</td> <td class="DATACELL">1</td> <td class="DATACELL">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Montréal (<acronym title="Quebec">Que.</acronym>) <a href="#symbol-dagger" title="Quebec - Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements">†</a></td> <td class="DATACELL">3,824,221</td> <td class="DATACELL">3,635,556 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Montréal)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.2</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,696,210</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,613,260</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4,258.31</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 898.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">2</td> <td class="DATACELL">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Vancouver (<acronym title="British Columbia">B.C.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">2,313,328</td> <td class="DATACELL">2,116,581</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 9.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">949,565</td> <td class="DATACELL">891,336</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,882.55</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 802.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">3</td> <td class="DATACELL">3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Ottawa - Gatineau (<acronym title="Ontario/Quebec">Ont./Que.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,236,324</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,133,633 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Ottawa - Gatineau)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 9.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">526,627</td> <td class="DATACELL">498,636</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 6,287.03</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 196.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">4</td> <td class="DATACELL">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Calgary (<acronym title="Alberta">Alta.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,214,839</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,079,310</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 12.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">488,451</td> <td class="DATACELL">464,001</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5,107.55</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 237.9</td> <td class="DATACELL">5</td> <td class="DATACELL">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Edmonton (<acronym title="Alberta">Alta.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,159,869</td> <td class="DATACELL">1,034,945</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 12.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">482,249</td> <td class="DATACELL">450,786</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 9,426.73</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 123.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">6</td> <td class="DATACELL">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Québec (<acronym title="Quebec">Que.</acronym>) <a href="#symbol-dagger" title="Quebec - Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements">†</a></td> <td class="DATACELL">765,706</td> <td class="DATACELL">719,153 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Québec)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 6.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">361,447</td> <td class="DATACELL">345,892</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3,349.12</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 228.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">7</td> <td class="DATACELL">7</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Winnipeg (<acronym title="Manitoba">Man.</acronym>) <a href="#symbol-dagger" title="Manitoba - Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements">†</a></td> <td class="DATACELL">730,018</td> <td class="DATACELL">694,668</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">304,779</td> <td class="DATACELL">291,316</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5,303.09</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 137.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">8</td> <td class="DATACELL">8</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Hamilton (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">721,053</td> <td class="DATACELL">692,911</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">294,150</td> <td class="DATACELL">282,186</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,371.85</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 525.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">9</td> <td class="DATACELL">9</td> </tr> <tr style="color:red;"> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">477,160</td> <td class="DATACELL">451,235</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">191,739</td> <td class="DATACELL">181,493</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 827.43</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 576.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">10</td> <td class="DATACELL">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">London (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">474,786</td> <td class="DATACELL">457,720</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">211,260</td> <td class="DATACELL">195,056</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,665.62</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 178.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">11</td> <td class="DATACELL">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">St. Catharines - Niagara (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">392,184</td> <td class="DATACELL">390,317</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 0.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">174,338</td> <td class="DATACELL">160,455</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,397.51</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 280.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">12</td> <td class="DATACELL">12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Halifax (<acronym title="Nova Scotia">N.S.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">390,328</td> <td class="DATACELL">372,858</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">177,295</td> <td class="DATACELL">165,153</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5,495.71</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 71.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">13</td> <td class="DATACELL">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Oshawa (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">356,177</td> <td class="DATACELL">330,594</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 7.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">134,034</td> <td class="DATACELL">129,698</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 903.51</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 394.2</td> <td class="DATACELL">14</td> <td class="DATACELL">14</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Victoria (<acronym title="British Columbia">B.C.</acronym>) <a href="#symbol-dagger" title="British Columbia - Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements">†</a></td> <td class="DATACELL">344,615</td> <td class="DATACELL">330,088</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.4</td> <td class="DATACELL">167,229</td> <td class="DATACELL">153,328</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 696.15</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 495.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">15</td> <td class="DATACELL">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Windsor (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">319,246</td> <td class="DATACELL">323,342</td> <td class="DATACELL"> -1.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">137,098</td> <td class="DATACELL">126,843</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,022.31</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 312.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">16</td> <td class="DATACELL">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Saskatoon (<acronym title="Saskatchewan">Sask.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">260,600</td> <td class="DATACELL">233,923</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 11.4</td> <td class="DATACELL">110,314</td> <td class="DATACELL">104,237</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5,214.52</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 50.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">17</td> <td class="DATACELL">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Regina (<acronym title="Saskatchewan">Sask.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">210,556</td> <td class="DATACELL">194,971</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 8.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">90,262</td> <td class="DATACELL">85,731</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3,408.28</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 61.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">18</td> <td class="DATACELL">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Sherbrooke (<acronym title="Quebec">Que.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">201,890</td> <td class="DATACELL">191,410 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Sherbrooke)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">99,913</td> <td class="DATACELL">91,099</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,459.61</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 138.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">19</td> <td class="DATACELL">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">St. John's (<acronym title="Newfoundland and Labrador">N.L.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">196,966</td> <td class="DATACELL">181,113</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 8.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">84,542</td> <td class="DATACELL">78,960</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 804.65</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 244.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">20</td> <td class="DATACELL">20</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Barrie (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">187,013</td> <td class="DATACELL">177,061</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">72,817</td> <td class="DATACELL">68,495</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 897.83</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 208.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">21</td> <td class="DATACELL">21</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Kelowna (<acronym title="British Columbia">B.C.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">179,839</td> <td class="DATACELL">162,276</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 10.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">83,836</td> <td class="DATACELL">74,942</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,904.86</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 61.9</td> <td class="DATACELL">22</td> <td class="DATACELL">22</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Abbotsford - Mission (<acronym title="British Columbia">B.C.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">170,191</td> <td class="DATACELL">159,020</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 7.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">63,821</td> <td class="DATACELL">59,317</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 605.18</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 281.2</td> <td class="DATACELL">23</td> <td class="DATACELL">23</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">160,770</td> <td class="DATACELL">158,258</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">72,736</td> <td class="DATACELL">67,767</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3,410.62</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 47.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">24</td> <td class="DATACELL">24</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Kingston (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">159,561</td> <td class="DATACELL">152,358</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">73,889</td> <td class="DATACELL">65,965</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,938.92</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 82.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">25</td> <td class="DATACELL">26</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Saguenay (<acronym title="Quebec">Que.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">157,790</td> <td class="DATACELL">156,305 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Saguenay)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">73,766</td> <td class="DATACELL">69,507</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,564.02</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 61.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">26</td> <td class="DATACELL">25</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Trois-Rivières (<acronym title="Quebec">Que.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">151,773</td> <td class="DATACELL">144,713 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Trois-Rivières)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.9</td> <td class="DATACELL">74,837</td> <td class="DATACELL">70,138</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,041.15</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 145.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">27</td> <td class="DATACELL">27</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Guelph (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">141,097</td> <td class="DATACELL">133,698 <a href="#symbol-apop" title="Population, 2006 - Adjusted figure due to boundary change (Guelph)">A</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.5</td> <td class="DATACELL">59,362</td> <td class="DATACELL">54,868</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 593.52</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 237.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">28</td> <td class="DATACELL">28</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Moncton (<acronym title="New Brunswick">N.B.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">138,644</td> <td class="DATACELL">126,424</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 9.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">62,403</td> <td class="DATACELL">58,294</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,406.31</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 57.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">29</td> <td class="DATACELL">29</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Brantford (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">135,501</td> <td class="DATACELL">124,607</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 8.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">55,115</td> <td class="DATACELL">52,726</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,073.11</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 126.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">30</td> <td class="DATACELL">30</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Saint John (<acronym title="New Brunswick">N.B.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">127,761</td> <td class="DATACELL">122,389</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 4.4</td> <td class="DATACELL">56,775</td> <td class="DATACELL">52,281</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3,362.95</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 38.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">31</td> <td class="DATACELL">32</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Thunder Bay (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">121,596</td> <td class="DATACELL">122,907</td> <td class="DATACELL"> -1.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">56,071</td> <td class="DATACELL">52,062</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2,556.37</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 47.6</td> <td class="DATACELL">32</td> <td class="DATACELL">31</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML">Peterborough (<acronym title="Ontario">Ont.</acronym>)</td> <td class="DATACELL">118,975</td> <td class="DATACELL">116,570</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 2.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">53,730</td> <td class="DATACELL">48,848</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,506.90</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 79.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">33</td> <td class="DATACELL">33</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

UrbanWaterloo

02-08-2012, 09:03 AM

A shocking growth rate for the City of Waterloo, 1.3%? What happened?

Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses
February 8, 2012 | Statistics Canada | Link (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=203&CMA=541&S=0&O=D&RPP=25)

<table id="tPopDwell" class="PRODUCTDATA" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="This table presents the 2011 and 2006 population counts and the 2011 dwelling counts, land area, population density and population ranking for Canada, the selected census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, and the census subdivisions in that census metropolitan area or census agglomeration. It also shows the percentage change in the population counts between 2006 and 2011. In addition, the table shows the census subdivision type."> <caption class="hidden">Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses</caption> <thead style="display:table-header-group"> <tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="ROWSTUBHDR">Name</th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="COLSTUBHDR">Type<sup><a href="#FootCSDType" title="Note 1">1</a></sup></th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="3" class="COLSTUBSNR">Population</th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2" class="COLSTUBSNR">Private dwellings, 2011</th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="COLSTUBHDR">Land area in square kilometres, 2011</th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="COLSTUBHDR">Population density per square kilometre, 2011</th> <th scope="colgroup" colspan="2" class="COLSTUBSNR">Population rank, 2011</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2011</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">2006</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">% change</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">Total</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">Occupied by usual residents</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">National</th> <th scope="col" class="COLSTUBHDR">Prov. / Terr.</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="BLD"> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO">Canada <a href="#symbol-dagger" title="Canada - Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements">†</a></td> <td class="DATACELL"> </td> <td class="DATACELL">33,476,688</td> <td class="DATACELL">31,612,897</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.9</td> <td class="DATACELL">14,569,633</td> <td class="DATACELL">13,320,614</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 8,965,121.42</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3.7</td> <td class="DATACELL"> </td> <td class="DATACELL"> </td> </tr> <tr class="BLD"> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO">Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="Census metropolitan area">CMA</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">477,160</td> <td class="DATACELL">451,235</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">191,739</td> <td class="DATACELL">181,493</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 827.43</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 576.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">10</td> <td class="DATACELL">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML INDENT2">Kitchener</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="City">CY</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">219,153</td> <td class="DATACELL">204,668</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 7.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">89,603</td> <td class="DATACELL">86,374</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 136.79</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,602.1</td> <td class="DATACELL">22</td> <td class="DATACELL">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML INDENT2">Cambridge</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="City">CY</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">126,748</td> <td class="DATACELL">120,371</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 5.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">47,818</td> <td class="DATACELL">46,460</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 113.00</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,121.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">38</td> <td class="DATACELL">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML INDENT2">Waterloo</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="City">CY</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">98,780</td> <td class="DATACELL">97,475</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1.3</td> <td class="DATACELL">42,984</td> <td class="DATACELL">37,517</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 64.02</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 1,542.9</td> <td class="DATACELL">52</td> <td class="DATACELL">25</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML INDENT2">Woolwich</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="Township">TP</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">23,145</td> <td class="DATACELL">19,658</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 17.7</td> <td class="DATACELL">8,046</td> <td class="DATACELL">7,913</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 326.17</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 71.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">177</td> <td class="DATACELL">67</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ROWSTUBCELLMONO NRML INDENT2">North Dumfries</td> <td class="DATACELL alnlf"><acronym title="Township">TP</acronym></td> <td class="DATACELL">9,334</td> <td class="DATACELL">9,063</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 3.0</td> <td class="DATACELL">3,288</td> <td class="DATACELL">3,229</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 187.44</td> <td class="DATACELL"> 49.8</td> <td class="DATACELL">424</td> <td class="DATACELL">152</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

WatDot

02-08-2012, 09:19 AM

garthdanlor

02-08-2012, 09:30 AM

Interesting stuff. Can't imagine that we will climb above the 10th spot for a very long time, if ever. More likely to see a city like Oshawa jump above us before that happens.

Quite surprised that Kitchener is the fastest growing city in the region. Thought that Cambridge would have that honour. Also very surprised that the KWC metro area is fourth on the list in terms of density.

markster

02-08-2012, 09:40 AM

Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont./Que.) 1,236,324
Calgary (Alta.) 1,214,839

Ottawa holds on to #4!!

Statistics Canada counts renters, but they can be notoriously difficult to track down and get to actually fill out their forms. Also, many of them likely are still being counted as living at their "permanent" address, i.e. mom and dad's place.

As for the relative growth rates, Waterloo has reached almost full build-out, whereas Kitchener is still developing large greenfields in the southwest and east. It will take a lot more than 144 Park and the Red Condos for intensification in Waterloo to match greenfield growth in Kitchener. All the student towers will help, but we can see that it's tough to count students. There might be a secondary effect if a lot of student houses/townhouses in the 'burbs become re-occupied by non-students.

BuildingScout

02-08-2012, 10:05 AM

There might be a secondary effect if a lot of student houses/townhouses in the 'burbs become re-occupied by non-students.

This has been happening for six or seven years already. Pretty much as soon as new residence construction was approved on Seagram/Lester students started withdrawing from house rentals. In my neck of the woods not a single house has been converted to student rental in the last five years.

markster

02-08-2012, 10:46 AM

In my neck of the woods not a single house has been converted to student rental in the last five years.
My open question is not whether houses have stopped converting to student rental, but rather if student rental is actively converting back to family housing.

Newgrad

02-08-2012, 12:10 PM

Statistics Canada must ignore the student population for Waterloo.

I worked in a census office during the 2006 census so I might be able to provide some insight. StatsCan wouldn't ignore students. Most of the census work is typically done in the summer when students are away- that's when they send out the enumerators to track down those who didn't respond. I'm not allowed to say much about the processes, but I can tell you that a lot of student housing was probably labelled as 'vacant' because there wasn't any response to attempts at communication.

bcwessel

02-08-2012, 03:39 PM

Also very surprised that the KWC metro area is fourth on the list in terms of density.

I wouldn't pay much attention to that particular figure. The ways in which CMA boundaries are composed can vary widely from place to place. Take Ottawa, for instance. It's metro boundary extends nearly 50 kms east, west, and south beyond anything one might consider the actual city (or even its most outer suburbs). As a result, it's population density is quite low, despite it having a reasonably dense, urban core. It's more a reflection of how close an urban area's neighbours are than anything else.

metropolis

02-09-2012, 11:01 AM

I wouldn't pay much attention to that particular figure. The ways in which CMA boundaries are composed can vary widely from place to place. Take Ottawa, for instance. It's metro boundary extends nearly 50 kms east, west, and south beyond anything one might consider the actual city (or even its most outer suburbs). As a result, it's population density is quite low, despite it having a reasonably dense, urban core. It's more a reflection of how close an urban area's neighbours are than anything else.

Case in point London and KWC. London has over 3 times the square km in land area that KWC does. Some basic math making the two constant shows an alomst identical density despite the census showing London has being quite a bit less dense.

BuildingScout

02-15-2012, 02:34 AM

Statistics Canada must ignore the student population for Waterloo. The City of Waterloo website has 121,700 and I believe the City signs have 126,000 or something posted. Either that or Waterloo is so hardcore Conservative now they refuse to complete a census.

The number for the City of Waterloo does not pass the smell test. Just the number of new houses and units built in the last three years alone far exceeds the supposed increase of 1312 people.

The Record touches on this issue today with the article
Did census miscount Waterloo? (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/671757--did-census-miscount-waterloo)

To which the answer seems to be an emphatic yes. Did they take the census during reading week or during the April end of term break? what gives?

garthdanlor

02-15-2012, 09:35 AM

In the first table in this thread, it shows the KWC cma population as approx 492000 in 2010 while the latest census data is showing us at approx 477000 in 2011 (which is less than the 2008 number in the first table). What's going on with these numbers?

edit: OK, I.m assuming that the first set of numbers was the population for the entire region while the 2011 numbers aren't including all the townships. A little confusing.

WatDot

02-15-2012, 11:43 AM

The number for the City of Waterloo does not pass the smell test. Just the number of new houses and units built in the last three years alone far exceed the supposed increase of 1312 people.

The Record touches on this issue today with the article
Did census miscount Waterloo? (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/671757--did-census-miscount-waterloo)

To which the answer seems to be an emphatic yes. Did they take the census during reading week or during the April end of term break? what gives?

Agreed. Something is not right. Yikes can't believe I'm agreeing with an Outhit article!!!! :RpS_tongue:

Pheidippides

02-15-2012, 11:59 PM

The census was administered May 9, 2011; it has been done in early May for some time now.

Students may be enumerated in the region, but they are allocated and counted in their place of permanent residence (be that within the region or elsewhere). Students are enumerated in their usual place of residence (which is often in their parent’s Census household). The Census population for Waterloo Region does not include post-secondary students who are temporarily residing in Waterloo Region.

This is why the region publishes its own population estimates that use the census counts as a base and builds in such factors as building permit and construction activity. The 2011 year-end estimates should be coming back to planning and works shortly I would think (unless they will wait for the 2011 DA level data to be released to start their calculations).

YEAR END 2010 POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD ESTIMATES FOR THE REGION OF WATERLOO
To: Chair Jim Wideman and Members of the Planning and Works Committee
March 8, 2011 | Report: P-11-024 (http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/8ef02c0fded0c82a85256e590071a3ce/A042A56368CE7E4685257849004F1CF5/$file/P-11-024.pdf?openelement)

So, given all of the above, and that we know a large proportion of the construction in Waterloo has been for student (http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/discoveringTheRegion/resources/2010_BUILDING_PERMIT_ACTIVITY_AND_GROWTH_MONITORIN G.pdf) housing the estimate may not be off as far as it may seem at first (although it does still seem low with the amount of housing built on the west side/outside of the university areas in the 2006-2010 (http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/discoveringTheRegion/resources/NewResidentialUnitsbyStructureType2000-2010.pdf) time period (about 900 single detached by my estimate from past building activity (http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/ArchivedAgendasMinutes.asp#pw) reports)).

A do vaguely recall that there was a problem identified with the 2006 census data for our region. I think it had to do with the aged population (55+) was either under or over estimated due to some missed or double counted senior's residences; I can't recall exactly.

Also, our CMA also had one of the highest census net undercoverage rates in 2006 at 6.17% (nationally it was 2.67%); the 2011 rates are not yet known.

WaterlooNative

02-16-2012, 08:58 PM

These census numbers only count the net gain for Waterloo. I would be interested to see how the population proshifted. Did we have a lot of empty-nesters move to Kitchener or elsewhere? Or are there a lot of houses that are empty (there's at least one in my neighbourhood like that) waiting for the price to go up?