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Edmonton's Population

A lot of core area residences are being replaced by duplexes and higher density housing.
 
Greenspace said:
Edmonton suburbs have grown by 50% in the last 20 years. It's going to take a monumental effort to redirect some of the 15,000 units built in Edmonton per year towards the core and mature neighbourhoods. As a percentage it's better than it has been but we're still by and far going to expand outwards.
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More of both I think.

Edmonton's South and NE will develop in a blink of an eye. After that, we'll have to annex more land or the suburban growth will accrue to the region. I think the infill growth has room to ramp up, for sure. Blatchford could go much faster than it is, same with 5 corners and area. Those are larger scale redevelopments, but more gentle density could be supported in most all of the inner neighbourhoods.
 
With labour shortage of one million in Canada, massive climb in immigration is the plan to the tune of 500,000 people per year. We should be seeing some significant jumps in our city's population, especially as Canada's most affordable big city.

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Ottawa raises immigration targets with new goal of 500K per year by 2025 - National | Globalnews.ca

The federal government is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada per year, with a target of 500,000 by 2025.
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The_Cat said:
I think the lion's share of the immigration will be going to the cities.
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The majority of which being in the GTA. Edmonton will certainly get some but not sure if it will be a massively noticeable influx on its own.
 
Edmonton is poised to benefit from this due to its cost of living, job prospects and educational options, but needs to get out there and market itself FAR better.
 
IanO said:
Edmonton is poised to benefit from this due to its cost of living, job prospects and educational options, but needs to get out there and market itself FAR better.
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Agreed - why is making progress in this regard so difficult?
Certainly climate is a factor for many, too. Do people think the city's marketing needs to address it such as how many days of sunshine we have, clarifying what average daytime winter temps actually are (versus perception of -30 or -40 which is a handful of days in reality) and so on?
 
BASE said:
The majority of which being in the GTA. Edmonton will certainly get some but not sure if it will be a massively noticeable influx on its own.
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You also often see people spend the first few years in Toronto area and then move elsewhere. Increasing immigration to 500k will also boost this "spillover" effect.

Overall very positive news for our future population prospects.
 
TAS said:
Agreed - why is making progress in this regard so difficult?
Certainly climate is a factor for many, too. Do people think the city's marketing needs to address it such as how many days of sunshine we have, clarifying what average daytime winter temps actually are (versus perception of -30 or -40 which is a handful of days in reality) and so on?
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Word of mouth is often very effective in these decisions. We have to get the message out as regular citizens as much as the city needs to promote itself.
 
I suspect Toronto is entering a breaking point for new residents. People will leave much faster due to costs.
 
Edmonton also has large enough immigrant communities from different ethnicities and countries where word of mouth and reputation is a decent enough pull that it'll get us a good chunk of that population growth.
 
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