The evolution of KW

[panamaniac]

The town becomes a city; ca. 2010

There are various working definitions of a city, for example site of a dioceses in the UK or over 100K people elsewhere. Another common definition is a combination of population, services and density. In this case I'll use the last one. Three things are needed >100K population;  at least two full blown malls, commercial cinema, concert hall, sports arena, university, airport, sports team, and so on; and a high density area or district. This last one has just been achieved with the high rises in Northdale, likely to be followed within the next 10 years in DTK. High density areas offer a combination of jobs, housing and services within walking distance typical of a city.

In the case of Northdale, it remains pretty much one or one-an-a-half out of three, no?  Not, in itself, a generator of jobs in significant numbers and still fairly modest levels of services.