The Annual Development Report for 2008 is out!
Lots of good information!
"St. Laurent seems poised to reactivate its own
expansion plans, first announced in 2006 but left dormant
since."
"The share of Ottawa’s population living inside the Greenbelt
has dipped below the psychological threshold of 60% for the
first time, and is estimated at 59.3% as of year-end 2008.
Downtown’s6 share is being kept stable by condominium
developments; it remained at 10.8%, unchanged from the
previous year. The urban centres outside the Greenbelt
have a 30.9% share of the population, while the rural area
was home to 9.9% of Ottawans. (Table 6)
In the urban centres outside the Greenbelt, the population
grew by almost 10,000 people to an estimated 277,145. The
population of Downtown was estimated at 96,697, a 0.5%
increase over 2007. The urban area inside the Greenbelt
outside Downtown had a population estimated at 435,708,
0.5% lower than the previous year, reflecting ongoing
declines in average household size despite continued
housing intensification. In the rural area the population
reached 88,600, up 1.1% from 2007."
Linear Mode
