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[BrandonTO416]

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the Toronto CMA is the undisputed population growth capital of North America.

The Canadian Census is held every 5 years, and here are the latest results.

Toronto CMA 2001 = 4,682,897
Toronto CMA 2006 = 5,813,149

Source:
http://en.wikipedia....9_by_population

Those aren't estimates, and those numbers aren't including new land area included between 2001 and 2005. What is even more interesting is that adjoining urban CMA's of Oshawa and Hamilton are not included, and if they were the Toronto metropolitan area would currently stand as 6.9 million people.

The Toronto area is undergoing a huge growth spurt like none other, and its amazing to watch it grow. Over 1.1 million people have moved in between 2001 and 2006, and that's just the immediate CMA.

[punchbuggy]

heckles, on Jun 13 2007, 08:20 PM, said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the Toronto CMA is the undisputed population growth capital of North America.

The Canadian Census is held every 5 years, and here are the latest results.

Toronto CMA 2001 = 4,682,897
Toronto CMA 2006 = 5,813,149

Source:
http://en.wikipedia....9_by_population

Those aren't estimates, and those numbers aren't including new land area included between 2001 and 2005. What is even more interesting is that adjoining urban CMA's of Oshawa and Hamilton are not included, and if they were the Toronto metropolitan area would currently stand as 6.9 million people.

The Toronto area is undergoing a huge growth spurt like none other, and its amazing to watch it grow. Over 1.1 million people have moved in between 2001 and 2006, and that's just the immediate CMA.

If you will count the other CMAs, don't forget Kitchener and Barrie too because tons of those guys Work and play in Toronto as well, making it almost like 7.5milion

[mgman]

punchbuggy, on Jun 15 2007, 03:24 PM, said:

If you will count the other CMAs, don't forget Kitchener and Barrie too because tons of those guys Work and play in Toronto as well, making it almost like 7.5milion

a growth of over a million people in five years, that is extremely impressive. Where are all these people coming from. Are they immigrants or are they Canadians from other areas.

[johnathan]

heckles, on Jun 13 2007, 09:20 PM, said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the Toronto CMA is the undisputed population growth capital of North America.

The Canadian Census is held every 5 years, and here are the latest results.

Toronto CMA 2001 = 4,682,897
Toronto CMA 2006 = 5,813,149

Source:
http://en.wikipedia....9_by_population

Those aren't estimates, and those numbers aren't including new land area included between 2001 and 2005. What is even more interesting is that adjoining urban CMA's of Oshawa and Hamilton are not included, and if they were the Toronto metropolitan area would currently stand as 6.9 million people.

The Toronto area is undergoing a huge growth spurt like none other, and its amazing to watch it grow. Over 1.1 million people have moved in between 2001 and 2006, and that's just the immediate CMA.

We have to be careful of these figures.  The last Canadian census published a Toronto CMA figure of 5,113,149 and a GTA population (extrapolated from their figures using the most generally accepted inclusions of the City of Toronto and surrounding Regional Municipalities of York, Durham, Peel, and Halton) of 5,555,912.  Only if you include the CMA of Barrie and the City of Orangeville which are sometimes included in the GTA definition that you arrive at a population of 5,759,898 (close the the 5.8 Million figure).  There are other areas in between Barrie and Orangeville that would bring it right to the 5.8 Million but these aren't generally accepted as the GTA yet.  Despite, this, the City of Toronto softly disputes the Census which is for the first time performed by a private company than the government and states that their population is closer to 2.8 Milllion (go to the City of Toronto website for details, there is a published report), almost 300,000 more people than the Census reported...which would put the CMA figure as defined by the Census at 5.4 Million, the GTA at 5.8 Million, and the extended GTA at 6.1 Million.  

Sorry for all that, but its important to note that the CMA figure as reported in this linked wikipedia article is not 5.8 Million, regardless of how you look at it, though the 5.8 Million figure is the ACCEPTED population by most people, media, and institutions in Ontario.

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Regardless, growth in Toronto is still huge;  Without providing you detailed and linked references, If it is not the leader in large Metropolitan growth in U.S./Canada then it is certainly in the Top 5.  Actual construction of large buildings is likely #1  by # of buildings over 12 storeys in Toronto proper (not including CMA or GTA).

mgman, on Jul 6 2007, 02:14 PM, said:

a growth of over a million people in five years, that is extremely impressive. Where are all these people coming from. Are they immigrants or are they Canadians from other areas.

Regardless of the actual figure (not really 1 million), the growth is served mostly by immigration, and a little bit by natural growth.  On average, and without providing sources, Canada accepts somewhere in the neighbourhood of 250,000 people a year, of which 60-80% goes to the Greater Toronto Area.

[maddawg5]

mgman, on Jul 6 2007, 02:14 PM, said:

a growth of over a million people in five years, that is extremely impressive. Where are all these people coming from. Are they immigrants or are they Canadians from other areas.

Answers:

You should know the majority of the immigrants that go to live in Toronto is mostly immigrants from northern China. You should visit Agincourt in Scarborough in Toronto. Probably more than half the writing you see is in Chinese as well as English. And the new Shopper's Drug Mart near Agincourt Mall even has Chinese and English above the isles. Agincourt is actually nicknamed "Asian-court".

Edited by maddawg5, 19 August 2007 - 10:56 AM.

[tombroen]

heckles, on Jun 13 2007, 08:20 PM, said:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the Toronto CMA is the undisputed population growth capital of North America.

The Canadian Census is held every 5 years, and here are the latest results.

Toronto CMA 2001 = 4,682,897
Toronto CMA 2006 = 5,813,149

Source:
http://en.wikipedia....9_by_population

Those aren't estimates, and those numbers aren't including new land area included between 2001 and 2005. What is even more interesting is that adjoining urban CMA's of Oshawa and Hamilton are not included, and if they were the Toronto metropolitan area would currently stand as 6.9 million people.

The Toronto area is undergoing a huge growth spurt like none other, and its amazing to watch it grow. Over 1.1 million people have moved in between 2001 and 2006, and that's just the immediate CMA.

Those # look suspicious to me  - TO grows at roughly 100,000 per year.  Longer term I think Calgary wins: CMA = 600,000 in 1981 and 1,200,000 in 2006 - doubling in 25 years in pretty amazing!

[Jack_Stuart]

It looks like very weel for all the Great Toronto Area. I think it´s a true. Toronto becomes a dominant economical power in the North America. Many factors confirm my words. This trend continued in June, when housing starts increased by 1.7 per  cent to 197,400 annualized units, as reported by the Canada Mortgage and  Housing Corporation. This was the highest boost in construction  activity since July 2010. Ontario was the leader of new home  construction, as there was an enormous 24.1 per cent rise in  construction activity for new apartments and condos. The current situation changes very fast, but Toronto still presents a growing process at the moment.

Source: http://jamiesarner.c...tion-slow-down/

I´m really proud for Toronto! On the other hand, every positive factors should indicate also negative influences on the city. We will see.