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Housing starts for first half of 2026 (Jan-Jun). Calgary was the leader instead of the usual 3rd place. Not a total shock as Toronto and...

Agreed. Everything is relative. Vancouver feels bigger and more urban than Calgary, and maybe on a ‘ratio’ a higher urban ratio...

The transportation right of way is definitely a factor. Most of Toronto and Vancouver's suburbs don't have large setback arterial roads...

It is going to be really interesting and exciting to see how these density numbers increase come the next census. There's been a lot of...

Interesting. I lived in Ottawa for a number of years prior to moving to the Beltline (I have since moved) and Calgary always struck me...

Here's my take on densities, a similar but slightly different analysis. I calculated densities with three changes; I used buffered...

What you’ll find is the massive drop-off is often still far denser than Calgary’s drop off. Calgarys early suburbs (1960s - 1980s) are...

It’s all CMA populations so it’s comparable and includes all suburbs within the CMA. I didn’t bother isolating for the city proper...

For the smaller cities, a lot of it is a threshold problem and how census tracts are drawn - they just don’t have a lot of areas at...

Awesome work! That makes me curious which census tracts in Calgary are the strongest candidates for joining the list.

Very informative, thank you! The 3 biggest cities really do leave us in the dust, so to speak. I'm actually surprised that we have...

Here's a post I did about this a few years ago, summarizes my attempt to rationalize population, density and the "vibe" of a city. link...

I'd agree with that. I also find that older cities being less car centric tend to feel more vibrant. Vancouver unquestionably feels...

I moved from Calgary to Vancouver ~2 years ago and there is a very noticeable difference in urban feel. There are tower clusters...

I have often thought about how to quantify such a qualitative thing, here's two ideas that might work to put some numbers to it. I don't...