Canada's Best Cities (According To CBC Anyway)

I guess over-populated beheamoth, nothing but buildings and traffic was a requirement for selecting cities.

Happy in Saskatoon, the Greatest City on Earth.

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Darren Olson
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"We shall be Canadians first, foremost, and always, and our policies will be decided in Canada and not dictated by any other country." - Dief

I lived in Calgary for a number of years, and it was a pretty hellish place to look for a job--yes there are a lot of opportunities, but you have to fight everyone else tooth and nail to get them! Talk about competition. One of the problems with rapid growth I guess. Hence the growing number of homeless, which include in their ranks any number of people who headed to Calgary for work and could find none.

Plus, it\'s best only if you\'re happy to work for the corporate world.

No Canadian city is over-populated. QUite the contrary.

Homeless in Calgary? I thought they all came to Vancouver after Klein slashed the welfare rolls... and to get away from the cold. Guess most will move on again after Campbell cuts thousands off completely in the new year.

Vancouver is awash in homeless. In the suburb city of Surrey where I live we have a very high number of homeless for a city of some 300,000. Right across the street from me is an empty lot slated for development - it houses three tents most days with about 5-7 people scratching out a living. I engage them in conversation when I can and most do not want to be there, but alas have no other choice.

When driving through Vancouver it reminds me instantly of Manila or Bangkok. You have million dollar estates right beside slums and rundown areas. Yet there is a distinct difference - in Bangkok it routine to see the rich literally feeding their poor neighbours, come to Vancouver, open one of our papers and see the approach we take to those unfortunate enough to be poor... we lock them up, push them out, and demonize them in the press as worthless welfare bums. Oh Vancouver...

Id have to say that the Toronto-Hamilton corridor is growing at an unacceptable rate! As for overpopulation, it`s hard to gage it. I think that high density living is good for slowing urban growth, because some of the best farmland in Canada is in an outer ring around the greater Toronto area. It would be a shame to see this farmland lost forever! But does high density living create stress when too many people are crammed in together? Or does it create more of a sense of place, where you know your neighbours? I guess it depends on the individual. But The urban development in the golden horse shoe has to stop. Ecological jewels like the Niagara escarpment, the Oak Ridges moraine, and the Holland Marsh agricultural area are threatened! Southern Ontario should work towards a province wide transit system, modelled on the train system of Germany. This would help to get away from sprawling development which caters to the use of the automobile.

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Dave Ruston

That\'s what I meant, Dave. The POPULAITION isn\'t the problem, the population would SHRINK (!!!) without immigration. The problem is the TYPE of development.

It\'s American, no-rules, capitalist crap that\'s runing our farmland. 4 years ago, around age 15, I was passionbatley hurt by the loss of Toronto-area farmland, the BEST in Canada, bar NONE. Now, I realize it\'s too late to prevent everything under capitalism. Under capitalism, the capitalists USUALLY win, and when you think about it, most people would rather have it the other way around.

An English-style, or Oregon-style (2% more land used, 100% po;ulation increase) greenbelt would be nice, but Dalton\'s crap won\'t do it. We need to change the whole system. We need the ability to expropriate private-property, without societal unrest, when it is called for, to benefit the environment, as long as we make it up to them......the only quesiton is how far to go.

well we all know that Toronto to Hamilton area is the heartland of canada. After travelling to many countries i have realized that canada is infact the best country int he world and toronto is defenitly the best!!!

1. Why just a province-wide transit system? Japan has just made passenger trains that go 700kph, we can do the same thing! We need a NATIONAL transit system, with supersonic trains; buy a 10$ ticket & you\'d go from Vancouver -> Edmonton in 1/2 an hour! lol we need a national transit system!

2. WHAT\'S WITH EDMONTON????? It seems like it used to have the same role as Calgary does now (big city in Alberta), what happened? It seems like people talk about Calgary so much more now.

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"So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

People talk about Calgary because it's closer to Banff.

Edmonton is far more interesting and diverse politically and economically and
culturally. I moved here not long ago, after stints in Vancouver, Toronto and
Montreal. If you want to work in the head office of an Oil Company and
pretend to be a cowboy once a year, yeah, Calgary is Alberta's number one
city. If not, well, it's Edmonton.

Yes, Edmonton has far more going on in an arts and cultural vein. All Calgary
really has is the Stampede. If all you care about is drinking, well, Calgary is
awesome.

Edmonton has a very hip new mayor. One of the reasons Calgary overtook
Edmonton in the last 10 years in a PR capacity is the old mayor in Edmonton
was a lazy dud.

Calgary is the Canadian capital of conservatism, which the national media
find fascinating. In Alberta, folks call Edmonton REDMONTON.

Either way, with all this $$ pouring in, both cities are humming. Canadian
business rates Edmonton the best city to invest in in Canada. Dose called it
an El Dorado for artists.