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Figure 2.5.5 Census metropolitan area population — Percentage mergers

This is a comparison of the population included in a census metropolitan area as a result of the merger rule as a percentage of the census metropolitan area population. The census metropolitan area population is on the x-axis and the population added to the census metropolitan area from the merger rule as a percentage of the census metropolitan area population is on the y-axis.

As with the effect of the commuting rules (Figure 2.5.4 Census metropolitan area population — Percentage adjusted commuting), the distribution clearly shows an inverse relationship. The merger rule accounts for a larger proportion of the census metropolitan area's total population in the case of smaller census metropolitan areas (ranges from more than 7% to a high of 15% for census metropolitan areas with populations smaller than 500,000). For census metropolitan areas with populations larger than 500,000, the percentage accounted for by mergers ranges between 2% and 5% as the census metropolitan areas increase in size. Also evident in this figure is the cluster of census metropolitan areas where mergers have no impact on the census metropolitan area (i.e., percentage mergers is 0%). These cases are almost exclusively for census metropolitan areas with populations smaller than 500,000.

Source: Statistics Canada, Defining and Measuring Metropolitan Areas: A Comparison between Canada and the United States, catalogue number 92F0138MWE2008002.