City Hit Report 2004-04-15

Sorry, but I completely forgot about the Quarterly City Hit Report! The numbers will be slightly off, but it shouldn't be significant.

As normal, Saskatoon continues to extend it's lead with 870 hits in the last quarter. The big story is Edmonton, with a huge gain in hits to pass Calgary and is beginning to close in on Regina! At this rate, it could move into second spot by the fall. A lot of other repositioning in the top 20, the most noticeable being the building hits in Sherwood Park and Red Deer. Red Deer came out of nowhere 6 months ago, has now grabbed 15th spot, and at the current rate could move into the top 10 by the end of the year! Other items of note: Toronto has finally moved into the top 20, while Montreal and Yellowknife have moved into the top 40. Finally, we improved by 214 locations to 2092.

1.    	Saskatoon, SK  		5,998	(870)
2.   	Regina, SK 		3,325	(534)
3.   	Edmonton, AB 		2,969	(717)
4.   	Calgary, AB 		2,707	(447)
5.   	Moose Jaw, SK 		1,122	(263)
6.   	Vancouver, BC 		970	(134)
7.   	Winnipeg, MB 		879	(149)
8.   	Prince Albert, SK 	722	(106)
9.   	Victoria, BC 		439	(40)
10.   	Surrey, BC 		385	(48)
11.   	Kamloops, BC 		333	(25)
12.   	Medicine Hat, AB 	327	(52)
13.   	La Ronge, SK 		319	(66)
14.   	Burnaby, BC 		303	(33)
15.   	Red Deer, AB 		297	(83)
16.   	Sherwood Park, AB 	296	(72)
17.   	Prince George, BC 	284	(42)
18.   	North Battleford, SK 	254	(25)
19.	Toronto, ON 		248	(45)
20.	Yorkton, SK 		245	(37)
36.	Montreal, QC  		154	(41)
40.	Yellowknife, NT  	143	(39)
87.    	Halifax, NS  		55	(6)
2092.	Spring Bay, ON  	1 	(Don't ask me why 'z' isn't last!!)


As of 2003-12-31:

1.    	Saskatoon, SK		5,128	(616)
2.   	Regina, SK 		2,791	(545)
3.   	Calgary, AB 		2,260	(460)
4.   	Edmonton, AB 		2,252	(505)
5.   	Moose Jaw, SK 		859	(196)
6.   	Vancouver, BC		836	(120)
7.   	Winnipeg, MB 		730	(160)
8.   	Prince Albert, SK 	616	(78)
9.   	Victoria, BC 		399	(72)
10.   	Surrey, BC 		337	(58)
11.   	Kamloops, BC 		308	(26)
12.   	Medicine Hat, AB 	275	(56)
13.   	Burnaby, BC 		270	(36)
14.   	La Ronge, SK 		253	(41)
15.   	Prince George, BC 	242	(31)
16.   	North Battleford, SK 	229	(26)
17.   	Sherwood Park, AB 	224	(76)
18.   	Red Deer, AB 		214	(?)
19.   	Yorkton, SK 		208	(?)
20.   	Kelowna, BC 		206	(38)
21.	Toronto, ON  		203	(53)
40.   	Montreal, QC 		113	(?)
46.	Yellowknife, NT		104	(?)
76.	Halifax, NS		49	(?)
1878.   Zenon Park, SK  	1

pooga…

very interesting, as usual. i'm curious, however, if you have ever considered doing the same sort of list but weighing it on population? it might reveal some interesting patterns (a quick perusal suggests that i think saskatoon would still be on top, but moose jaw and prince albert would likely displace the "big cities"). in such a list, i think you'd have to restrict consideration to only the top 50 cities (in terms of hits). otherwise, one avid user in Resume-Speed, SK might skew the results. anyway… just my musing on the list – thanks for compiling that and posting!

but moose jaw and prince albert would likely displace the "big cities"

To a certain extent, that would probably happen. But if we go per capita, I think it would more likely be La Ronge, Weyburn, or even Martensville taking over top spot. But it does sound interesting.

Got a link to census data for Canadian cities?

</tr> </table> I found the populations at Stats Canada and only took the city or town population not the Census Agglomeration. For Sherwood Park I used Strathcona County and for Spring Bay I used Central Manitoulin (Township), so I'm not sure about the accuracy of those figures.

Hit Rank</td>	City</td>	Hits</td>	2001 Pop.</td>	Hits/Pop
13	La Ronge, SK	319	2,727	0.116978
5	Moose Jaw, SK	1,122	32,131	0.03492
1	Saskatoon, SK	5,998	196,811	0.030476
8	Prince Albert, SK	722	34,291	0.021055
2	Regina, SK	3,325	178,225	0.018656
18	North Battleford, SK	254	13,692	0.018551
20	Yorkton, SK	245	15,107	0.016218
40	Yellowknife, NT	143	16,541	0.008645
12	Medicine Hat, AB	327	51,249	0.006381
9	Victoria, BC	439	74,125	0.005922
3	Edmonton, AB	2,969	666,104	0.004457
15	Red Deer, AB	297	67,707	0.004387
11	Kamloops, BC	333	77,281	0.004309
16	Sherwood Park, AB	296	71,986	0.004112
17	Prince George, BC	284	72,406	0.003922
4	Calgary, AB	2,707	878,866	0.00308
6	Vancouver, BC	970	545,671	0.001778
14	Burnaby, BC	303	193,954	0.001562
7	Winnipeg, MB	879	619,544	0.001419
10	Surrey, BC	385	347,825	0.001107
2092	Spring Bay, ON	1	1,907	0.000524
87	Halifax, NS	55	119,292	0.000461
36	Montreal, QC	154	1,039,534	0.000148
19	Toronto, ON	248	2,481,494	0.0001

Thanks K!

Rudy: So much for doing it later!

Trust an accountant to want to get the numbers done in a hurry!

<a href=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Search/Search_e.cfm target=_blank>http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Search/Search_e.cfm</a>

yup, pooga… we snoozed… and we won – k did it! thanks for doing that, k. i was gonna do it after finals, but you probably did it better and you certainly did it faster. some interesting numbers in there – did you pick some of those urban areas at random? and it was nice to see your gut feeling work out, pooga – la ronge DID move right up there. interesting…. interesting.

I just used the cities Pooga had on his chart. After finals you can do a more complete list, I just did it on a Sunday afternoon.

We can thank sasha for La Ronge being on top. She entered many a hit before starting to add her own bills.