"Calgary saw its third largest wave of new residents last year, with 2015 census figures showing the city’s population grew almost three per cent, but this has created challenges for communities with the most new residents.
The city’s total population now stands at 1,230,915, an increase of 35,721 from 2014. Much of the growth was concentrated in the southeast quadrant of the city, although the northwest community of Evanston took top spot for fastest growing area with 2,853 new residents.
That growth, spanning April 2014 to April 2015, was lower than last year’s record-setting-figure of 38,508 across Calgary, but easily outstrips previous projections of 25,000 used by the city to base its four-year budget. And that will present challenges to the city as it struggles to build and maintain infrastructure to accommodate Calgarians, said Mayor Naheed Nenshi."
more:
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...census-figures
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On a related note, some population figures for satellite communities around Calgary:
Airdrie 58,690
Cochrane 23,084
Chestermere 18,496
Okotoks 28,016