Canadian Cities that are LARGER than you think (Population).

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @Urban_Atlas
    @Urban_Atlas  15 часов назад +7

    Just to be clear, I’m not arguing for, or against using a specific metric to measure city size. Both city proper and city metro area population metrics have their place in Geography. I’m just looking at populations in certain city boundaries that surprised me.

    • @bhangg_high
      @bhangg_high 14 часов назад +4

      No need to explain this to the Trolls! Great video once again!

    • @hillbillydeluxe27
      @hillbillydeluxe27 10 часов назад

      Edmonton has hot summers??? You said “surprisingly hot summers”. The only reason it’s ‘surprising’ is because you’d be surprised to find it has any heat in Edmonton during the summer! The coldest winter I’ve ever spent was that one summer in Edmonton.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  10 часов назад

      @@bhangg_high thanks brother, appreciate you!

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 10 часов назад +1

      @@hillbillydeluxe27 I'm from Edmonton. It's routine to hit 36c on the humidex in Summer now. I'm a 4th generation Albertan and the climate had gotten much more extreme as of late. Hotter hot's and colder colds...

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 10 часов назад +1

      Great video. My thesis is that wherever affordable mass market housing is being marketed and built people will go. Hence why Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa are doing well comparatively speaking to the Vancouver's, Toronto's and Montreal's where being priced out of the market is increasingly becoming commonplace. If these cities want to keep adding people they will need to make affordable housing their #1 issue one way or another.

  • @ComedyDude1231
    @ComedyDude1231 13 часов назад +44

    Despite Edmonton being so far north, what a lot of people dont know is that Edmonton experiences milder winters than Winnipeg, which is much further south

    • @DJansen-z5e
      @DJansen-z5e 10 часов назад +2

      Edmonton is drier though. Manitoba is a humid cold. I'm albertan. It's a bit different. I remember it getting to 55 when handing out resumes and it felt like -35 in Winnipeg lol

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 10 часов назад +3

      100% The Rocky Mountain's shadow effect has advantages and disadvantages.. In this case the dry cold helps. An Albertan -25c is much warmer feeling than an Ottawa -05c. Believe me.

    • @michaeldowson6988
      @michaeldowson6988 9 часов назад +1

      Winter temps in Vancouver stay above freezing, but with 100% humidity, it feels chillier.

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL 9 часов назад

      @@stickynorth Meanwhile, the Hudson Bay isn't doing any favours for the climates of places to the east, at the same latitudes...

    • @JesusFriedChrist
      @JesusFriedChrist 7 часов назад

      Not by much. Chinooks hit often from Pincher Creek to Calgary, and rarely reach farther north than Red Deer

  • @Tygearianus
    @Tygearianus 7 часов назад +8

    Gaming with an American from Texas, who was shocked I hadn't heard of his hometown of like 50,000 people but had never heard of Edmonton, home to a million.... shock.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Ar-qd2lx
      @Ar-qd2lx 3 часа назад +2

      Typical American lol 😅. Usually they only know Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal...

    • @RellHaiser1
      @RellHaiser1 3 часа назад +1

      Greetings fellow Edmontonian! I hope you also pointed out to your Texan acquaintance that Alberta is pretty much Canada's version of Texas 🙂

  • @billsanderson1442
    @billsanderson1442 10 часов назад +9

    Ottawa is also a regional municipality with extensive rural area. It is larger by area than the country of Luxembourg. The cities that surprised me while travelling on business were Saskatoon and London, ON. The city of Gatineau across the river from Ottawa is also surprisingly large.

  • @marks.3303
    @marks.3303 6 часов назад +3

    I'm actually often surprised that so many well-known US cities like San Francisco, Boston and Seattle are under one million.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  6 часов назад +1

      Yea surprisingly, the majority of their metro populations are actually outside the city proper.

    • @marks.3303
      @marks.3303 6 часов назад +1

      @@Urban_Atlas According to Wikipedia, only 9 US cities are over 1 million. With the population of the US being what it is, I would have thought it was more.

  • @BlacqueJacqueShellacque_
    @BlacqueJacqueShellacque_ 10 часов назад +5

    Prince George and Sudbury were both a lot larger than I expected. Especially the Greater Sudbury area.

  • @frankmerrill2366
    @frankmerrill2366 4 часа назад +2

    As an American, I'm surprised not seeing Brampton among the four cities. Gotta say that Ottawa caught me a little off-guard, though, and I was there only eight weeks ago. But, if you're showcasing four cities, there's only room for four - that's how that works, lol. Missisauga, though, was the very first one that came to my mind before I "looked".

  • @kameronb
    @kameronb 14 часов назад +8

    Ha. I grew up in Surrey and it is surprising every time I go there. New buildings, sure, but new roads, intersections, neighbourhoods, and traffic. It’s weird to see pockets that align with my memories that have no recognizable elements around them because there’s new development all around it. Surreal.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  14 часов назад +1

      Surrey’s growth is actually crazy!

    • @beak3669
      @beak3669 10 часов назад +1

      Surreal... mix of fact and fantasy...fantastic !

  • @thepagecollective
    @thepagecollective 4 часа назад +3

    Not Canadian but still surprised how big Edmonton turns out to be. Made me think of East Texas with the energy economy, right down to the sister cities.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад +1

      Yea and it’s growing fast!

  • @JayDeeMC
    @JayDeeMC 6 часов назад +3

    I live in Edmonton, and the climate here is actually better than Winnipeg. Winter is very sunny and fairly dry. We tend to not get the huge dumps of snow Calgary gets, as they're closer to the mountains. But they are also at a higher altitude, and can get bitterly cold. But they also get a much stronger chinook. Summers in Edmonton are generally supposed to be fairly wet. We normally get 2 or 3 thunderstorms a week throughout summer, but the last few years have been incredibly dry. That is not normal. In the last 4 years, summers have also been getting far more days above 30 degrees. This past summer, after I spent 2 weeks in Tokyo where it was averaging 37-38 degrees with high humidity, we returned to Edmonton to very similar temperatures, but drier. But it did not feel cooler because of the intensity of the sun. But I would say that summer is absolutely beautiful here, and with the amount of greenspace in the city, the outdoors are very busy.
    My wife is from Japan, and she has come to love Edmonton. Why? Because it is a comfortable city to live in, has great access to Japanese food (among other ethnic foods), great festivals, a growing train system (she's from Japan, I lived there for 11 years, and we love being able to get around by train), amazing outdoor activities, and it's not boring. So many people who don't live in Edmonton think it's boring, but there's actually a lot going on.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад +2

      I share a similar experience, my wife is actually from Edmonton, so I have visited Edmonton several times in the last few years. To be honest, during my first visit I was pleasantly surprised!
      Great outdoor spaces, LRT system, Housing was reasonable, food options were good. Only thing I did not like was how sprawling parts of the city felt. In the summers, it was 35 degrees, but it felt much better than the 30 degrees in Hamilton where I live. Edmonton was much more comfortable, whereas southern Ontario is incredibly muggy!
      Overall, I personally wouldn't mind living in Edmonton myself. Thanks for your comment! Love reading first hand experiences like this :)!

    • @frankmerrill2366
      @frankmerrill2366 4 часа назад +2

      37-38 in Tokyo...WOAH, is that supposed to happen there?

    • @JayDeeMC
      @JayDeeMC 3 часа назад +1

      @@Urban_Atlas Yeah, it rarely gets muggy here. The LRT system is growing, now building out to West Edmonton Mall. I actually live in one of the sprawling parts of the city, but we have good connections to get to other areas.

    • @JayDeeMC
      @JayDeeMC 3 часа назад +1

      @@frankmerrill2366 Mid 30s is fairly normal in summer. Just to the north of Tokyo, in Saitama, it regularly gets up to 38 or 39 in summer, and is one of the hottest parts of the country.

  • @cavetroll666
    @cavetroll666 15 часов назад +6

    I used to work for the city of Missisauga and Toronto and they are growing like crazy thanks for the content

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  15 часов назад +1

      I also worked for the City of Mississauga LOL

    • @cavetroll666
      @cavetroll666 14 часов назад +1

      @Urban_Atlas I did the grass and snow removal for bus stops 🙃

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  10 часов назад

      @@cavetroll666 awesome! I worked at City of Mississauga as an intern in their planning department LOL. Transportation Demand Management and Transportation Planning!

    • @cheesewedge3015
      @cheesewedge3015 9 часов назад

      always saw that place grow, Weird to see as a person from Georgetown

  • @rickywinthrop
    @rickywinthrop 7 часов назад +2

    The Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge/Guelph urban aglomeration is the better part of 1 million at this point and growing. Great area and only getting bigger and better

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      Yea thats a good one aswell. Being from Southern Ontario, seen it grow rapidly in the last 20 years or so! Always thought Waterloo was a great place to live.

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth 10 часов назад +3

    As an Edmontonian and 4th generation Albertan I am never surprised by our population numbers. OTHERS are but I'm not. Even visiting Washington or Oregon will make any Albertan feel like an alien because they don't know where that is or how many people live there despite being about 12 hours away by car. For the record, Alberta will add its 5th million resident in the next few months according to last estimates...
    What did surprise me is the trend towards secondary centres or edge cities which is a far more common American concept than what we see here. But Surrey and Mississauga are proving to become quite the alternative urban hubs almost outshining their OG nearby rivals. Kudos.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      Always love reading your comments brother! You always have great insights. For me Surrey is probably the biggest surprise, almost unheard of that a secondary city (suburb city) starts to approach the primary city in the metro area and will even surpass it soon. Perhaps, Surrey will become the primary city ? Its dependent on Surrey City Council and planning how they control the growth and designate land uses and potentially even provide incentives for corporations to relocate? It's a fascinating situation and probably the first of its kind in Canada.

  • @scottfreedom9845
    @scottfreedom9845 12 часов назад +3

    You made mention of Halifax. I’m from the east coast and it doesn’t surprise me on its size, people I talk to in the prairies(where I’ve lived for the last 20 years) are shocked to find out its population is almost half a million.
    Honourable mention to Quebec City (560k). Seems to fade away because Montreal is far more well known.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  11 часов назад

      Yea others have also mentioned Halifax, could have added it as most people aren’t aware of its size. A justified addition!

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth 10 часов назад +3

    I think we should rename Lotusland officially as the Greater SURREY Regional District as it's soon to be the largest city in the Lower Mainland.. And it will soon have the tallest tower too if that approved project gets shovels in the ground. Seriously though it goes to show you how affordable housing is the largest driver of population growth these days hence why the second tier Canadian large cities and markets are doing so well... Aka Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa. I suspect Hamilton, Winnipeg and Quebec City will soon join this list because again the affordability and quality of life compared to the cost of living. I think a lot more people would rather be "Hot in Cleveland" these days than struggling to survive the unliveable conditions of your Toronto's, New York's, Vancouver's and Los Angeles' so to speak...

  • @francoisroberge5882
    @francoisroberge5882 8 часов назад +2

    RE: Ottawa- Gatineau is an integral part of Ottawa and that would elevate the population numbers close to 1.5 million (the CMA has two portions, ON and QC)

  • @jsjajd88i3okejd9oo
    @jsjajd88i3okejd9oo 6 часов назад +4

    Brampton is 700k. Surprised its not on here. Right beside Mississauga.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  6 часов назад

      Had in on here initially, decided to just keep one, didn’t want to the video to be Ontario heavy.

    • @jeremythebeer8609
      @jeremythebeer8609 5 часов назад

      @@Urban_Atlas Perhaps tweak the video and call Mississauga and Brampton the Peel Region? Practically the same.

    • @nightshift3635
      @nightshift3635 43 минуты назад +1

      the video was about Canadian cities ,,,, lol

  • @kingmadhatter45
    @kingmadhatter45 15 часов назад +14

    Looking to move to Edmonton either summer of 2025 or 2026 (CAF member won't know until I talk to the career manager at the end of January) I'm not bothered by the weather I already lived in Grande Prairie and Yellowknife.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  15 часов назад +1

      Tbh the weather isn’t actually all that bad. Summers are actually beautiful, esp coming from southern Ontario where summers can be horribly humid.

    • @kingmadhatter45
      @kingmadhatter45 14 часов назад +1

      @Urban_Atlas currently in the maritimes I really miss the dry cold/heat of the prairies/north

    • @DJansen-z5e
      @DJansen-z5e 10 часов назад

      It's a city of crime and criminals now. Public transportation is dangerous as hell. Homelessness is outrageous. I had a friend from gta and another from Florida who lived in 38 states over 44 years and they both said they've never seen such a demonic place in their lives

    • @kingmadhatter45
      @kingmadhatter45 10 часов назад

      @@DJansen-z5e lol

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 9 часов назад +1

      @@DJansen-z5e That's true of every large major North American city thanks to devastating budget cuts to social welfare programs that keeps vulnerable people from tipping into drug addiction and homelessness. Alas you'd rather just be a sour face complainer than actually look to see what's causing the problem. Typical...

  • @dragonlair9469
    @dragonlair9469 10 часов назад +3

    Ottawa's size is misleading because Ottawa was amalgamated with 11 regional municipalities including Gloucester, Nepean, Orleans and Kanata which were each about the same size as the old Ottawa in population.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  10 часов назад +2

      That’s a great point! Makes sense as to why the density is so low!

    • @marks.3303
      @marks.3303 6 часов назад +1

      When amalgamation happened in Ontario the population shot up in several cities. Hamilton had a steady population of around 300,000 for years. With amalgamation, it's now 600,000 (for the city proper) and 800,000 for the metro area.

  • @beak3669
    @beak3669 10 часов назад +2

    Love Your work !

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  9 часов назад +1

      @@beak3669 appreciate you 🙏

  • @Nouvellecosse
    @Nouvellecosse Час назад

    I've long noticed that Canada is different from the US in that many US cities are surrounded by a large collection of small suburbs while that is rarely the case in Canada. In Canada we either have a central city that covers most of the metro area leaving no (or few) separate suburbs at all, or there are a small number of very large suburbs. You can see the single city model in Calgary, Alberta, Winnipeg, and Halifax, while you can see the few large suburbs model in Toronto and Vancouver. Montreal is a slight exception but even its suburbs are fewer and larger than you'd typically see in the US.

  • @VEGAS-NERVE
    @VEGAS-NERVE 12 часов назад +7

    Halifax should’ve been included. It’s probably the city with the biggest gap between its actual population and how others perceive it. Cities like Mississauga are expected to be big (for the most part), but most people outside Atlantic Canada genuinely believe Halifax is a quaint fishing village. Obviously it’s no Toronto or Ottawa, but for being so isolated from any other big cities, it seems huge.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  11 часов назад +1

      Fair enough, i debated adding it as well. Could have easily done so. A justified addition!

  • @DLBBALL
    @DLBBALL 9 часов назад +3

    Good video. I've got some nitpicks though...
    I'd say Milton is southwest of Mississauga, and Oakville is south of Mississauga. Rather than as you described in the video.
    I think some other cities like Halifax could've gotten onto this list, however. Most cities you've mentioned seem oddly populous at first, but you could probably think of some reasons as to why they're so big even without being a huge geography nerd (e.g. Mississauga/Surrey being in the metropolitan areas of 2 of Canada's biggest and most well-known cities, and Edmonton being economically prosperous/important). Most don't expect any Atlantic Canadian cities to be more than just "city" in name.
    And I think there's some issues with how you clipped your mic audio to fit the video, it seems like you're clipping the end off your mic audio too soon.
    It might seem like I'm being overly critical, but I'm merely sharing my feedback, I'm not trying to hurt or insult. Good video as a whole, though.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  9 часов назад +1

      Appreciate you! Those are all great points.

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL 9 часов назад +1

      @@Urban_Atlas Hopefully I didn't come off as too negative. As otherwise, the video is pretty good.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  9 часов назад +1

      @@DLBBALL no you didn’t, I don’t mind constructive criticism, I’m new to RUclips and still learning slowly, and suggestions are appreciated. As long as it’s not anything rude or personal towards me it’s all good!

  • @tamagotchidoctor5207
    @tamagotchidoctor5207 10 часов назад +1

    I liked the video and the concept. Maybe consider Oshawa to the east of Toronto with a growing population of 414,405

  • @jenniferparent452
    @jenniferparent452 8 часов назад

    Just another banger video! Great stuff :D :D

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  8 часов назад

      Appreciate the kind words! 😊

  • @jamesdavidsmith4033
    @jamesdavidsmith4033 2 часа назад

    Excellent information as usual.
    On another note..
    The most desirable city in Canada is Penticton. Climate, location, and recreation contribute to its success.

  • @MegaGlupe
    @MegaGlupe 9 часов назад +1

    I dont think anyone is surprised by Edmonton or ottawa since theyre major Canadian cities. Id say any city without a pro sports team over 400k would be surprisingly large.

    • @frankmerrill2366
      @frankmerrill2366 3 часа назад

      Ottawa surprised me, mostly because I wasn't aware of its amalgamation with a few former suburbs.

  • @abubakrqureshi64
    @abubakrqureshi64 13 часов назад

    This is one of my favorite urban atlas video, always love learning about our cities, in thr flip side some ofnthe comparison cities you show could be another video called cities that are surprisingly small!

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  11 часов назад

      I agree! I might make that video next.

  • @babopoper
    @babopoper 2 часа назад

    By population for sure they are large especially Mississauga and Surrey, but on the other side, both of the municipalities are large in land sizes and flat (most of it) which make it easy to crate a relatively affordable housing market compare to the Core City like Vancouver and Toronto. Keep it up my fellow planner, waves from BC.

  • @HebaAbuBakr-g7t
    @HebaAbuBakr-g7t 14 часов назад

    This is really cool! Thank you for sharing

  • @anjumqureshi7093
    @anjumqureshi7093 12 часов назад

    Great work. Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  11 часов назад

      You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @tytn9978
    @tytn9978 4 часа назад +1

    Interesting! I can understand Surrey's growth, given the west coast climate; not so clear on why Edmonton has grown instead of Calgary? Any thoughts on this?

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  3 часа назад

      Calgary has grown as well! But for me Edmonton was more surprising, Calgary has a more favourable climate I think, a more robust and now diversified economy. It’s closer to the US and the gateway the Rockies (Banff, Yoho). Thus Calgary’s growth was more expected so to speak. Edmonton caught be off guard both when I visited and when I researched the population numbers!

  • @ianstuart5660
    @ianstuart5660 15 часов назад +1

    Very interesting content, friend!
    👍👍

  • @DeathNight77
    @DeathNight77 10 часов назад

    Thanks for this content very interesting as always.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  10 часов назад

      You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @michaelqu
    @michaelqu 2 часа назад

    Same with Scandinavian cities, Stockholm is located at the same latitude as Juneau AK but has the population of greater Seattle

  • @asmrfan6543
    @asmrfan6543 13 часов назад +1

    Interesting video. I never really think about places like Mississauga and Surrey, when I think of Canadian cities. It's their metro center that usually gets most of the focus.
    As an idea for another unique video on cities, I've always been curious about how cities act as a 'region of influence', based on industry. For example, Vancouver is debatably the hub for lumber exports.. so what territory does it cover as the dominant industry, and where is the border where oil becomes the dominant industry in and around Alberta? Ie, for cities over 500K, if you created a map of their borders as if all the farmland were part of that city's metro, up until it touched the border of the next industry-type, you'd have a super metro population, in a sense of all cities.
    If you wanted to categorize oil on the map, too, you'd probably have to split up Edmonton with northern influence, and Calgary with southern influence. Perhaps that influence reaches part-way into Saskatchewan, but does it include Regina and Saskatoon, or is wheat the dominant industry in Sask? The prairies would probably be dominated by Winnipeg, with the wheat industry, of course, but Winnipeg also is the nearest metro area to most of northern Ontario too, so one could argue Winnipeg's influence stretches as far as Thunder Bay, where the wheat gets shipped to Europe. The east coast would be dominated by Halifax, with fisheries, and so on.
    Now, if you consider the industrial influences by region, I'd be curious what region has the biggest population. Edmonton and Winnipeg, for example, might be larger economic hubs than their census data indicates. Maybe Toronto isn't as dominant as we think it is, and thus perhaps we should re-think which zones get budgeted the most money, as a result.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  3 часа назад +2

      That is an excellent idea, but one that may be difficult to execute and analyze.
      Could be done using GIS Tools but would probably require a significant amount of research! But, I like the way you think, this would actually be great topic for a potential Thesis paper! Thank for you the insights!

  • @devinklassen9769
    @devinklassen9769 2 часа назад

    Love that you are talking about "cities proper" and not metro areas, census, areas, etc...

  • @maxzytaruk8558
    @maxzytaruk8558 36 минут назад

    Born and raised in Surrey, It's hugeeee but doesnt have the infrastructure to handle all the people coming

  • @clifffraser7433
    @clifffraser7433 14 часов назад

    Love your content keep up the great work. Surrey (whose population is projected to surpass that of Vancouver city) has the ambition to be its own metropolitan area - combining with the other cities south of the Fraser - and thus avoiding the high tax download from Vancouver (which has four times the debt of Surrey).

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  11 часов назад

      It would be interesting to see what happens in the future as Surrey continues to grow and develop!

  • @glennelliott708
    @glennelliott708 5 часов назад

    Google earth looks like they need to revisit Surrey. Way more high rises now

  • @mrWonderphilly
    @mrWonderphilly 6 часов назад

    Mississauga also has a great waterfront. I worked there for years and originally hated it... Horrible traffic, huge Bleak industrial areas, etc)... but ended up liking the older less built up parts, the waterfront, and the parks. Not for me but I can see why people live there.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад +1

      South Mississauga is a great place to live, shame it’s so expensive 🥲

  • @nightshift3635
    @nightshift3635 45 минут назад

    you hinted at edmontons value to the north but could have gone deeper into albertas/edmontons value for supply to the NWT .. and maybe saskatoon should have been mentioned as it is growing as well and its value to northern saskatchewan minerals/resources

  • @tinma5066
    @tinma5066 5 часов назад

    As a Vancouverite, I knew you would pick Surrey. The city proper covers a huge area including the hills where most people live on and the farmlands all the way to the southern border. However, the growth of the city is not without drawbacks. Like most Canadian cities, Surrey is a car-centric suburban hell with wide residential streets and huge lots for huge homes. Many cul-de-sacs within the half-mile city blocks makes walking to bus routes awkward and discouraged. The city has a reputation of attracting crime and gangs due to proximity with the border and lax surveillance in the farmlands. Now, they can get away with taller glass and concrete condos without a height restriction like Vancouver does because of Coast Mountains NIMBYism. The SkyTrain is finally expanding further along the Fraser Highway. Surrey shares the same problems with Vancouver by proximity but a few things have gotten better over the decades.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      Interesting! thank you for leaving this comment, I truly enjoy reading the opinions, experiences and first-hand knowledge from a local perspective! I have yet to visit Surrey, even though I have been to Vancouver several times. I did notice the fact the away from downtown Vancouver the buildings are taller which makes sense due to Van's height restrictions. I would be interested in looking into Surrey crime statistics. Surrey's growth probably surprised me the most, eventually it will surpass Vancouver. Will Vancouver one day be part of the greater Surrey area LOL? Thank you for your insights :)!

    • @tinma5066
      @tinma5066 3 часа назад +1

      @@Urban_Atlas Thanks for response!
      Surrey has a significant chunk of industrial jobs in Metro Vancouver, they're building new industrial parks over old pasture lands in the south. Growth will be limited to be near transportation hubs because single-family detached is dominant. Most retail still relies on parking lot paradise, outside of Vancouver proper there is a Walmart for every 100000 citizens.
      Since the legalization of marijuana, the drug cartel has died down a lot along with the gun trade.

  • @brizybutterfly
    @brizybutterfly 17 минут назад +1

    wow your info on Saskatoon is out of date, our population is well over 300,000, probably a little over 350,000 tbh

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  3 минуты назад

      I think you mean your metro area population is over 350k. I’m referring to the city proper population.

  • @ronansanjuan
    @ronansanjuan 9 часов назад

    Thanks to Eastern Canadian cities restructuring/amalgamation that happened in late 1990s, many of the main urban hubs has amalgamated with surrounding cities, towns and farmlands to make 1 large city. This happened to Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, London, Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, etc (although some former cities in Quebec voted to demerge) - and thus see a jump in their population growth.

    • @frankmerrill2366
      @frankmerrill2366 4 часа назад

      I noticed a number of Chicoutimi signs when I was up in Saguenay in the middle of November. Is that a case of the former city embracing its identity as (now) a neighborhood, or did they demerge?

    • @Taeolas
      @Taeolas 3 часа назад

      One reason Mississagua is still independent is because that city fought tooth and nail to NOT be part of the Greater Toronto Amalgamation back then. And because they have Pearson Airport, Mississagua had enough power to make that stick. If that city's leadership had given in to the amalgamation back then, we would need a new 4th city for this video.

    • @ronansanjuan
      @ronansanjuan 44 минуты назад

      @@frankmerrill2366 Yeah, I think they're all part of Saguenay now, but because Saguenay is so big, they may have just left the neighborhood signs up so you'll know which part of Saguenay you're in. They do the same thing in Levis with the neighborhood in parenthesis (like Charny or St. Romuald).

  • @svenriemann3897
    @svenriemann3897 7 часов назад +1

    To all Americans who believe it's all igloos, moose and beaver pelts on a dog sled.
    Pay attention.

  • @Kiefiago
    @Kiefiago 9 часов назад +3

    Canadian cities have low population but somehow behaves twice of their sizes like for example, Calgary Alberta only has 1.5 million in it’s metro but acts like Denver Colorado with almost 3 millions habitants.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      We just pack a bigger punch :)

  • @rmdvto
    @rmdvto 15 часов назад +2

    Population within a municipal boundary is arbitrary and doesn't correlate with how large a city feels. Consumer markets, employment markets and infrastructure are all dependent on metro area populations, so metro population should be your benchmark when comparing how big a city "feels" relative to the population.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  15 часов назад +1

      This video is just looking at how populous some cities are within their urban boundary and comparing them to other cities. I could make a separate video on metro areas that are larger than you think. Not saying one metric should be used over the other.

    • @rmdvto
      @rmdvto 14 часов назад

      0:37 "this topic is subjective , which cities you find surprisingly large depends highly on your perception and bias of cities across Canada"
      8:43 "this list is based on my perception and my understanding of Canadian cities"
      The list is which cities' populations surprised you compared to how you FEEL about their size

  • @joeydepalmer4457
    @joeydepalmer4457 7 часов назад

    what is surprising about surrey? its new india

  • @JohnJack-n3v
    @JohnJack-n3v 7 часов назад

    Canadian cities that are larger than you think? Only if you’re not Canadian! And especially if you’re American!

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад

      Most people in Ontario probably have no idea about Surrey or Edmonton being so large!

  • @bernardreed6161
    @bernardreed6161 7 часов назад

    Mississauga is west of Toronto, not east.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  7 часов назад

      I said Toronto is to the east of Mississauga.

  • @the937chef
    @the937chef 9 часов назад +1

    Imagine moving to Canada to escape the US only to have it become the 51st state…..ROFL

  • @Lincoln-HRL
    @Lincoln-HRL 6 часов назад +1

    👍👍

  • @herzogsbuick
    @herzogsbuick 7 часов назад

    ahem, they just, like, revised our population, ok? anchorage is now, like, so totally at 300,000 again :-P actually i think we are they did just revise the numbers

  • @SteveK348
    @SteveK348 8 часов назад

    meh Mississauga is just Toronto

  • @JohnRedcorn-i5d
    @JohnRedcorn-i5d 5 часов назад

    Go with sq km.

  • @sergelacasse923
    @sergelacasse923 4 часа назад

    We can not compare cities like this bro. C’mon.
    Suburbs are suburbs, and délimitations are just for administration. Any city in Canada our USA have the Same fckg rules. As Read above.
    For example Ottawa has joined all rural areas for administration pumping it up.
    Bad title for this post.
    Métro areas, are the only way to compare in urbanism.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад +2

      Another video comparing metro areas coming soon as well.

    • @sergelacasse923
      @sergelacasse923 4 часа назад +1

      @ Yes! Glad to follow you up.

  • @meaches2117
    @meaches2117 13 часов назад +1

    😀

  • @Mypromiselive
    @Mypromiselive 15 часов назад +1

    I loved Edmonton when I went out west, so much better than Calgary or Vancouver IMO. Grande Prairie was nice too

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  15 часов назад +2

      I rather live in Edmonton, than southern Ontario (where i currently live)

    • @Mypromiselive
      @Mypromiselive 12 часов назад

      @@Urban_Atlas It's really nice out there, the cold isn't bad if you can keep the wind off your face. The LGBT scene is the best I've ever experienced in Canada at least citywise/outside the bush. It's very very different than Calgary anyway.

  • @Italianmarcus10
    @Italianmarcus10 6 часов назад

    Bruh what kind of list is this. Bro just listed the top 10 cities in Canada

  • @joeydepalmer4457
    @joeydepalmer4457 7 часов назад

    Reason way Edmonton is growing is NOT because of how much housing and stuff costs BUT IS because of emigrants coming into the area.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  4 часа назад +1

      Many immigrants choose to move there because it’s cheaper, and many are leaving Toronto/Vancouver to move to Edmonton because of the cheaper housing.

    • @joeydepalmer4457
      @joeydepalmer4457 4 часа назад

      @@Urban_Atlas not as cheap as you think

  • @rayvanstone3740
    @rayvanstone3740 5 часов назад

    What about Shittshtain Saskatchewan ?? I heard they just got a Giant Tiger !!!

  • @Ken-rv2qg
    @Ken-rv2qg 2 часа назад

    It’s plus five right now in red deer ab Jan 9 2025 902 pm

  • @Ken-rv2qg
    @Ken-rv2qg 2 часа назад

    Of course Edmonton’s warmer than Winnipeg look north bakers lake and Hudson Bay are right there and a thing called the ocean or northwest passage duh grade six history maybe grade3

  • @hillbillydeluxe27
    @hillbillydeluxe27 10 часов назад +1

    Edmonton is NOT hot in the summer. Maybe lukewarm at best. Maybe. I’ve always said that the coldest winter I’ve ever spent was that one summer in Edmonton.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  10 часов назад +1

      Hot by Canadian standards*.

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 9 часов назад

      It's getting hotter and hotter by the year. I'm a 4th generation Albertan and 3rd generation Edmontonian. It might not be Las Vegas hot but mid 30's is common in the summer for long periods of time. Ditto for the opposite in Winter. Long periods of -30c... Just a fact of life...

    • @hillbillydeluxe27
      @hillbillydeluxe27 9 часов назад

      @@Urban_Atlas lol…not even close…virtually everywhere in the Okanagan, especially the Osooyos area…Lytton…Lilloet…Trail…Grand Forks, all in BC, are hotter than Edmonton.

    • @Urban_Atlas
      @Urban_Atlas  9 часов назад

      @@hillbillydeluxe27 I never said Edmonton is hotter than the Okanagan region. But it can get hot, high 30s. A couple summers ago during my last visit it was Edmonton was in the high 30s.

    • @hillbillydeluxe27
      @hillbillydeluxe27 9 часов назад +1

      @@Urban_Atlas I’m just saying that southern BC is hotter and that the year I spent in Edmonton, I doubt it made it much over 26C. To be fair, I had moved from the LA basin in California. I stole the Samuel Clemens quote about how cold it was…lol👍