This report from The Globe and Mail looks at a recent study of three of Canada's big cities -- Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto -- and compares their densities and development patterns.
The study was conducted by the Neptis Foundation. It looks at how density is working in Vancouver, and how Calgary continues to sprawl.
"While Vancouver sits smugly as a dense urban planner's dream, Calgary's Wild West growth has seen it sprawl into southern Alberta's foothills. And, when it comes to urban density, Toronto the Good is Toronto the in-between."
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