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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
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.
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4th for metropolitan.
Perhaps 5th if Ottawa is over a million?