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Originally Posted by bizaro86

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/93-600-...itions-eng.htm

Seems to indicate Okotoks would qualify as part of the Calgary CMA if 50% or more of the employed persons living in Okotoks work in Calgary. I would have thought that was true, in which case it should be included. If that's not true, I'm surprised.

No, Okotoks is its own CA (census agglomerations), as are Strathmore and High River. Beiseker, on the other hand, is part of the Calgary CMA, even though it's further from downtown Calgary than Okotoks, Strathmore, or High River.

Here are all the communities in the Calgary CMA: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...S=0&O=D&RPP=25

Here's the Ottawa/Gatineau CMA: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-re...5&PR=0&CMA=505


StatsCan also has what they call "Economic Regions" and Calgary's Economic Region has a population of 1,311,022 (compared to 1,214,839 for the CMA), where Ottawa's is 1,244,909 (compared to 1,236,324 for the CMA).

The Calgary CMA's land area is 5,107.55km² and the Calgary ER is 12,645.88km². The Ottawa CMA is 6,287.03km² and the Ottawa ER is 14,521.24km².

That would seem to indicate that the Ottawa CMA number includes most of the surrounding communities, but Calgary's doesn't.


All I know is that when I visit Ottawa (which I do about once a year for work), it doesn't "feel" as big as Calgary.