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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim
Wow. So, unless Montreal starts buildings massive 300m skyscrapers...Edmonton will surpass the city in population? You're not serious.
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Montreal is the second densest city in Canada. Only Vancouver has more people per sq. km. But the issue isn't the population nor the density, it's more economic since having more people usually means a bigger economy but if Calgary and Edmonton surpass Montreal in population due to both cities having massive land area and both cities decide to densify, don't say I didn't warn you.
I'm actually loving Montreal and don't want it to be mired by the same problems that Philadelphia faced before 1987. Montreal holds a special place in Canada and North America as the largest French-speaking city and metro area, and a lot of the cultural amenities reflect that such as the Cirque de Soleil. If Montreal doesn't want to build supertalls, that's their prerogative but somewhere in our lifetimes if it continues to hold that outdated view of not needing supertalls and Calgary and Edmonton decides to bolster their economies by building supertalls, just don't be shocked if Calgary and Edmonton becomes number two and three, respectively in Canada's largest cities.
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Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal
You don't need skyscrapers. The city of Montreal was growing pretty fast before the covid years.
Montreal (city) : 1,784,681 , 2021 ; 1,704,694 , 2016
That is strong growth.
Calgary : 2016 , 1,239,220 ; 2021 , 1,306,784
In 2016 the difference was 465,474, in 2021 it's 477,897.
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Also, if you consider the growth rates, Calgary still has a higher five-year rate than Montreal at 5.5% over Montreal's 3.4%. and Edmonton is outperforming both cities in growth at 8.3% (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_population).