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Originally Posted by Go4Gold
Not sure how valid of a statement this is, but I heard/read somewhere that once a city surpasses the 1 Million in residence, does it not receive more Federal funding for infrastructre, transit,...? So it might be a good thing?
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Given that Calgary will only be the third city in Canada with +1 million people, I wold suspect such a policy is for metro population rather than city population. If that is the case, Calgary would have begun to receive that extra funding a few years ago.
Also, speaking of rapid growth, according to the 1978 Encyclopedia Britannica, Airdrie had a population of ~670 at that time. This years census put it over 29,000. The entire Calgary Metro is probably pushing 1.25 million by now.