Anybody know what that article is all about?
I read it as a rather long-winded admission that the author doesn't realize how physically small Greater Victoria is compared to most other Canadian metro areas.
And Greater Victoria, roly-poly spreading out on its soft South Island sofa, is too small and sparsely populated overall to see those efficiencies.
Greater Victoria is not spread out. The extent of the CMA is about as narrowly defined as it could possibly be. Hence why the average population density in Greater Victoria is so much higher than in most other Canadian metro areas.
CMAs:
Victoria: 368,000 | 696 sq. km | avg. 528 per sq. km
Calgary: 1,393,000 | 5,110 sq. km | avg. 273 per sq. km
Edmonton: 1,321,000 | 9,439 sq. km | avg. 140 per sq. km
Guelph: 152,000 | 594 sq. km | avg. 256 per sq. km
Halifax: 403,000 | 5,496 sq. km | avg. 73 per sq. km
Kelowna: 195,000 | 2,905 sq. km | avg. 67 per sq. km
Kingston: 161,000 | 1,939 sq. km | avg. 83 per sq. km
London, ON: 494,000 | 2,662 sq. km | avg. 186 per sq. km
Moncton: 145,000 | 2,559 sq. km | avg. 57 per sq. km
Oshawa: 380,000 | 904 sq. km | avg. 420 per sq. km
Ottawa-Gatineau: 1,324,000 | 6,767 sq. km | avg. 196 per sq. km
Quebec City: 800,000 | 3,409 sq. km | avg. 235 per sq. km
Regina: 236,000 | 4,324 sq. km | avg. 55 per sq. km
Saint John, NB: 126,000 | 3,510 sq. km | avg. 36 per sq. km
Saskatoon: 295,000 | 5,891 sq. km | avg. 50 per sq. km
St. John's, NFLD: 206,000 | 805 sq. km | avg. 256 per sq. km
Windsor: 329,000 | 1,022 sq. km | avg. 322 per sq. km
Winnipeg: 778,000 | 5,307 sq. km | avg. 147 per sq. km
http://www12.statcan...ndex.cfm?Lang=E
Edited by aastra, 03 July 2017 - 12:25 PM.