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Originally Posted by Joborule
Holy shiet, this city has just exploded in growth in a matter of 50 years hasn't it? Makes me wonder how much further this city will be in 20-30 years.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#Demographics
Over the last 60 years, the first 30 of those years saw extremely explosive growth. From a city the size of Regina to a city the size of Winnipeg. The population in 1981 was over 4.5 times what it was in 1951 (which helps explain why the Corral was a perfectly acceptable arena for this city when it was built in the early 50s).
By comparison, the last 30 years have been relatively calm, not quite doubling what the population was in 1981.
In 30 years, I'd expect the population to be in the 1.6-1.8 million range, with the boundaries expanded accordingly, but probably not significantly further than where they are today.
Here's a good illustration of how "built-out" the city was in 2005:
http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+H...of+Calgary.htm There are still a lot of undeveloped gaps in there.