I looked it up a few years ago when I noticed that Beiseker is in the Calgary CMA, but closer communities like Okotoks and Strathmore aren't. It has to do with commuting data.
If a minimum percentage of the population of the smaller community commutes into the larger city for work, or a minimum percentage of the people who work in the smaller community commute from the larger city, the smaller community is included in the Census Metropolitan Area of the larger city.
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