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That's a far cry from population density. Seoul alone has half of that.

GTA has regional population of 6 million, and is quite dense.

(Some of the people as well).

The Quebec/Windsor Corridor has 18 million people in a very narrow band. It has the highest population density in Canada and is comparable to highly populated centers in the US.

IIRC Canada's population is ~35million. That means that more than half are in Quebec/Windsor alone.

It's not really that dence at all, GTA is like 10 times bigger then Seoul.

There are huge rural swaths along the north-end of what is considered the GTA that skews density numbers. The actual occupied portions of the GTA are quite dense, particularly when compared to US metropolitan areas like Atlanta and Detroit.

Edit - Toronto itself is as dense as most major European cities, and considerably denser than major American cities including New York which is the most dense among them. Just some food for thought.

ive been saying that for years

I'm not sure where you getting your numbers, but I'm seeing New york being 2 times more dence then Toronto.

I agree, the argument being made about density is specious at best, it's a somewhat convenient fallacy due to Canada's large landmass.

The truth is, a bit closer to home with regulatory capture, lack of competition, entrenched positions n'all that.

It's a stupid argument, even if I read a population density chart incorrectly.

I somewhat doubt you'd read the charts incorrectly, your posting history indicates a pretty strong attention to detail.

Density is a surface argument at best, a bit of digging invalidates it fairly quickly.

EQ

It was this.

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The part I missed was that it was from 1989, so it would have been pre-amalgamation Toronto.

Both cities currently have dense mayors....

Fair enough, your point still stands, as far as I'm concerned.