Guelph, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Guelph, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 35 km² in 1971 to 112 km² in 2011, an increase of 220%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 112 km² in 1971 to 398 km² in 2011, an increase of 255%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (66%), water (4%) and other (30%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 132 km² of arable land and 80 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 51.4% was forest, 39.5% was natural land for pasture and 9.2% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 104% from 69,329 to 141,097 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 196% from 20,055 to 59,362 between 1971 and 2011.

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