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I just realized, with the latest provincial population estimates released... we can extrapolate the Calgary CMA population to be around 1.75 million, if the trend of us taking half of provincial growth is still holding (which of course it is). By July 2025 (next CMA estimates), we may be above 1.8 million.
 
Not my favorite either....I love Canada, but can I give up 40+ per year?

Real Estate is cheap (comparitively) AND, I can deduct any interest on mortgage when doing taxes.
I get it, my sister and her husband moved to the US and are very happy with their move even though love Canada and they are anti-trumpers.
I’m staying put here in Canada, but stateside has some benefits.
 
Edit: I am business partners with them and we are seriously talking about a move to the USA

Not my favorite either....I love Canada, but can I give up 40+ per year?

Real Estate is cheap (comparitively) AND, I can deduct any interest on mortgage when doing taxes.
This is getting into the weeds but the mortgage interest deduction in the US is a bit of a misnomer. In Canada, we get the basic personal amount and any additional deductions (RRSP, childcare expenses, medical, unions, etc.) In the US, you have to pick one or the other. You can use the standard deduction of $27k for a married couple (lower for an individual) OR itemize and deduct. So your deductions would need to exceed the standard amount for itemizing to make sense, and you can only claim the mortgage interest deduction if you are itemizing. That's why it's a very regressive policy. Rich people with giant homes (and mortgages) get to save a lot on mortgage interest taxes, while people with modest homes just use the standard deduction and don't save anything.
 
Calgary CMA grew by a little over 100,000 between 2023 and 2024 to a population of 1,778,881 (from 1,678,702)
 
Those are some crazy numbers all around...cities across Canada are growing rapidly. In addition to Calgary barrelling towards 2 million, lots of other upcoming milestones...Winnipeg is probably a couple years away from hitting a million, Kitchener is basically at 700k and Montreal is a few years out from 5 million (although the recent changes to immigration might stretch these timelines out a bit).
 
Those are some crazy numbers all around...cities across Canada are growing rapidly. In addition to Calgary barrelling towards 2 million, lots of other upcoming milestones...Winnipeg is probably a couple years away from hitting a million, Kitchener is basically at 700k and Montreal is a few years out from 5 million (although the recent changes to immigration might stretch these timelines out a bit).
And the absolute engine of Toronto keeps on trucking - Toronto CMA is 7M, but adjacent CMAs like Oshawa, Hamilton and a few smaller ones put the regional population in that 9 to 10 million mark depending how slice it.

Wild to think the 1 million club may get a few more in the next decade, depending on how growth trends shift - Winnipeg, Quebec City and Hamilton all within reach in the next 10 years.
 
And the absolute engine of Toronto keeps on trucking - Toronto CMA is 7M, but adjacent CMAs like Oshawa, Hamilton and a few smaller ones put the regional population in that 9 to 10 million mark depending how slice it.

Wild to think the 1 million club may get a few more in the next decade, depending on how growth trends shift - Winnipeg, Quebec City and Hamilton all within reach in the next 10 years.
I remember what a big deal it was when Toronto hit 3 million, I believe back in the late '80s. It was only a few years earlier that it surpassed Montreal.

Toronto has gotten so far ahead of the pack that the concept of a "big 3" or "big 6" or whatever one ascribes to is becoming redundant. we're starting to resemble the urban hierarchy of places like the UK or France, with one dominant city and a number of other much smaller (albeit, still large), urban centres.
 
Calgary and Edmonton having strong numbers again. Winnipeg for its size also doing well. 👍

Here are out top 10 metros and the numbers they grew by.
Toronto 7,106,379 +268,911
Montreal 4,615,154 +131,999
Vancouver 3,108,941 +127,688
Calgary 1,778,881 +100,179
Ottawa 1,660,269 +50,300
Edmonton 1,631,614 +72,508
Winnipeg 941,641 +30,912
Quebec 900,343 +22,227
Hamilton 860,266 +17,154
Kitchener-Waterloo 696,417 +33,496
 
Here's the whole list.
The Big Six:

1) - Toronto, ON - 7,106,379
2) - Montreal , QC - 4,615,154
3) - Vancouver, BC - 3,108,941
4) - Calgary, AB - 1,778,881
5) - Ottawa, ON - 1,660,269
6) - Edmonton, AB - 1,631,614

500,000 - 1,000,000

7) - Winnipeg, MB - 941,641
8) - Quebec City, QC - 900,343
9) - Hamilton, ON - 860,266
10) - Kitchener (KCW), ON - 696,417
11) - London, ON - 626,260
12) - Halifax,NS - 530,167

250,000-500,000

13) - St, Catharines/Niagara, ON - 492,480
14) - Windsor, ON - 483,566
15) - Oshawa, ON - 482,359
16) - Victoria, BC - 441,491
17) - Saskatoon, SK - 367,336
18) - Regina, SK - 282,032
19) - Kelowna, BC - 251,756

100,000 - 250,000

20) - Barrie, ON - 245,586
21) - Sherbrooke, QC - 243,517
22) - St. John's, NL - 239,316
23) - Abbotsford, BC - 220,786
24) - Kingston, ON - 192,389
25) - Sudbury, ON - 191,902
26) - Moncton, NB - 188,036
27) - Guelph, ON - 183,224
28) - Brantford, ON - 173,530
29) - Trois Rivieres, QC - 173,288
30) - Saguenay, QC - 170,380
31) - Peterborough, ON - 147,027
32) - Saint John, NB - 142,437
33) - Lethbridge, AB - 139,844
34) - Thunder Bay, ON - 133,063
35) - Nanaimo, BC - 128,371
36) - Kamloops, BC - 128,233
37) - Chilliwack, BC - 126,850
38) - Belleville, ON - 123,572
39) - Fredericton, NB - 122,100
40) - Red Deer, AB - 112,759
41) - Sydney (CBRM), NS - 112,699
42) - Chatham/Kent, ON - 111,705
43) - Sarnia, ON - 108,636
44) - Drummondville, QC - 108,291
 
Growth rate percentage-wise.

Full List CMA Growth Rates 2023-2024
5.97% Calgary (CMA), Alberta
5.28% Moncton (CMA), New Brunswick
5.05% Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo (CMA), Ontario
4.65% Edmonton (CMA), Alberta
4.63% Peterborough (CMA), Ontario
4.28% Vancouver (CMA), British Columbia
4.23% Saskatoon (CMA), Saskatchewan
3.94% Oshawa (CMA), Ontario
3.93% Toronto (CMA), Ontario
3.87% Regina (CMA), Saskatchewan
3.81% Lethbridge (CMA), Alberta
3.78% Brantford (CMA), Ontario
3.73% Greater Sudbury (CMA), Ontario
3.53% Red Deer (CMA), Alberta
3.39% Winnipeg (CMA), Manitoba
3.22% Barrie (CMA), Ontario
3.21% Windsor (CMA), Ontario
3.18% London (CMA), Ontario
3.12% Ottawa - Gatineau (CMA), Ontario/Quebec
3.12% Abbotsford - Mission (CMA), British Columbia
3.12% St. Catharines - Niagara (CMA), Ontario
3.11% Fredericton (CMA), New Brunswick
2.94% Montréal (CMA), Quebec
2.84% St. John's (CMA), Newfoundland and Labrador
2.77% Trois-Rivières (CMA), Quebec
2.53% Québec (CMA), Quebec
2.40% Saint John (CMA), New Brunswick
2.35% Halifax (CMA), Nova Scotia
2.34% Chilliwack (CMA), British Columbia
2.31% Sherbrooke (CMA), Quebec
2.21% Nanaimo (CMA), British Columbia
2.20% Kingston (CMA), Ontario
2.18% Belleville - Quinte West (CMA), Ontario
2.14% Kamloops (CMA), British Columbia
2.11% Saguenay (CMA), Quebec
2.09% Drummondville (CMA), Quebec
2.03% Hamilton (CMA), Ontario
2.02% Kelowna (CMA), British Columbia
1.81% Guelph (CMA), Ontario
1.71% Victoria (CMA), British Columbia
1.55% Thunder Bay (CMA), Ontario
 
Housing starts for the year 2024
CitySFHsemirowapartmenttotal
Toronto472330145322816237718
Vancouver217688417702328228112
Calgary7100225235121150524369
Edmonton697612042639756518834
Montreal11072584841572117570
Ottawa/Gatineau19162432280711011549


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