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Originally Posted by Locke
Its kind of 'Cherry Picking' stats.
Calgary is one of the biggest Metropolitan populations in Canada, but most other major metro areas (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, etc.) include the populations of all the little Parasite communities and Cities anywhere nearby.
Calgary is just Calgary.
'Vancouver' is a half-dozen Cities combined, ditto Toronto, etc.
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Metro Calgary, or the CMA, includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere), three towns (Cochrane, Irricana, Crossfield), one village (Beiseker), and one First Nations reserve (Tsuu T'ina including RedwoodMeadows). Calgary Regional Partnership includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere), nine towns (Banff, Black Diamond, Canmore, Cochrane, Irricana, Nanton, Okotoks, Strathmore, and Turner Valley), and one townsite (RedwoodMeadows). Calgary's population is somewhere between 1.3-1.4M people. It also covers just over 5,100 sq km.
Greater Montreal has a population of just over 4M and covers just over 4,200 sq km. Metro Vancouver Regional District has a population of 2.46M and covers an area of 826 sq km.