Population and Housing

[MacBerry]

Ontario Government released Population Projections for the region up to 2041. Looks like they expect 821,000 people to live in the region by then. Interesting note is that they expect wellington to reach 324,500 people. Presumably most of these numbers are concentrated in the urban areas of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph. So one could assume the the the Combined population of the 4 urban centres would be over 1 million people by 2041! Also Waterloo has already surpassed Hamilton in terms of population and the gap will continue to grow. 

https://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/economy/dem...able4.html

Let's put some political perspective on the Hamilton CMA. The population and economy of the Hamilton census area is greatly skewed by the inclusion of Burlington in the Hamilton CMA. "The Bay" connection to Hamilton has changed greatly since the 1970s and no longer flows west to Hamilton. By removing the Burlington population area from the boundary Halton CMA it politically shifted an economically attached population to one that would have a population that is 175K less.

The people and economy of Burlington are not in 2018/19 economically connected to Hamilton, the goods and economy are connected to Halton, Mississauga and Toronto except by politicians who find it expedient to show the Hamilton as a huge populous.   

If the census population of Hamilton was reduced by the 195,000 population of Burlington, both Niagara CMA and Halton CMA would far exceed Hamilton. The inclusion of Hamilton remains a political decision to purport the greater importance of Hamilton.
 
The population from the data in 2018 would show real regions with much different data
"True Halton CMA Region" in 2018 would be  580,000 + 195,000 >   2018 775,000 2046 1,066,000+
"True Niagara CMA" in 2018 remains >  2018 472,000  2046 591,00
"True Hamilton CMA" would be 568,000 - 195,000 >  2018 373,000 2046 574,000

The Census CMA and economy of Hamilton is not what our governments requires us to see.