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Census Canada 2011: Behind the numbers

Edmonton and Calgary have very similiar population numbers, but Calgary’s population density is almost twice that of Edmonton’s. If you’re wondering (because I totally was), here are the two cities’ metropolitan areas:

Calgary: 5,107.55 km²
Edmonton: 9,426.73 km²

I just crunched the numbers (via Wikipedia, of course: Edmonton, Calgary) and 30% of the population of Edmonton lives in the outlying satellite cities (St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Beaumont, etc), while only 10% of Calgarians do the same (Airdrie, Cochrane, Strathmore, etc). Hopefully, with all of the redevelopment and revitalization taking place in central Edmonton, we’ll start to see some change in those numbers. I knew Edmonton had an urban sprawl problem, but I never knew to what extent.

Here’s something interesting*: The metro area of Edmonton is about 2300 km² larger than that of Toronto, and Toronto has about 5 times the population of Edmonton.

*may or may not be interesting