Population of Canadian Metro Areas (July 2014)

[Jets4Life]

Map of the Calgary Census Metropolitan Area.




I would expect that the M.D. of Foothills will be added to the immediate south of Calgary sometime in the near future.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by troutman

Calgary has been the fastest growing metro area (over 1,000,000 people) in North America in the last decade

Am I misunderstanding this statement? I don't think Calgary grew by 1 M people in 10 years.

So a statement that's worded in a concise and easy to understand format doesn't make sense to a lawyer and leaves a lot open for interpretation?

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

So a statement that's worded in a concise and easy to understand format doesn't make sense to a lawyer and leaves a lot open for interpretation?

There is some ambiguity in that "1,000,000 people" could refer to either the size of Calgary when the fast growth started, or the amount of growth in 10 years. Clearly the former was intended, but the latter is how I first read it. It was beat into us in legal writing to avoid grammatical ambiguity. A more concise way to make the statement would be;

For cities with a metro area greater than 1,000,000 people in North America, Calgary had the fastest growth in the last decade.

We are trained to look for or close loop-holes.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Edmonton isn't a dump like some make it out to be

Strongly disagree. It's just a rapidly growing dump.

[Acey]

Worse still, it's a cold and miserable dump.