The census shows that 82 per cent of Canadian population live in large and medium-sized cities across the country, one of the highest concentrations among G7 nations. “The municipalities located on the edge of the (census metropolitan areas) are growing faster than the municipalities located (in the centre) of the census metropolitan area,” said Laurent Martel, director of the demography division at Statistics Canada. “Demographers call cities population sinks for a reason,” Haan said. Calgary and Edmonton were the fastest growing cities between 2011 and 2016, with Calgary leap-frogging Ottawa for fourth-largest overall behind the big three of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Nationally, growth slowed to about one per cent annually between 2011 and 2016, an extra 1.7 million people.

Source: National Post February 08, 2017 13:38 UTC