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Edmonton's Population

My quirky watch is to see Western Canada's 4 provinces become bigger than Ontario's population in my lifetime. Longer shot during my life would be AB & BC combined overtaking Ontario population.
 
Even passing BC in population will take quite awhile. 700 000 is quite a gap and I think we’re still 20+ years away from that.

AB has been growing quick the last few years (compared to the rest of the country), but BC is still a desirable place to live for most people and the COL advantages we used to have over BC (and ON) aren’t as great as they used to be, so I’d anticipate the flow from BC/ON to eventually slow down from what we’ve seen recently.
 
Even passing BC in population will take quite awhile. 700 000 is quite a gap and I think we’re still 20+ years away from that.

AB has been growing quick the last few years (compared to the rest of the country), but BC is still a desirable place to live for most people and the COL advantages we used to have over BC (and ON) aren’t as great as they used to be, so I’d anticipate the flow from BC/ON to eventually slow down from what we’ve seen recently.
Alberta has a lot of land it is easy to develop, BC has a lot of mountains and oceans which while very nice really constrain growth and development. So only those able to afford very high prices will go to or stay in BC, which will really constrain their growth, whereas our growth will be not very constrained.
 
I don't know where to put this, but it is interesting.

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Looks like Beaumont is booming and Scona county is the opposite based on those housing starts per person.

Is it a matter that Strathcona County is out of developable land until Bremner gets going? Numbers are so low there so not sure what explanation is.
 

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