February 8th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
My how we have grown. The population of the country exceeds 35 million.
Burlington grew at a % rate that is higher than what your bank is paying in the way of interest – but a little lower than the municipal tax hike.
Is the population increase enough intensification for city hall?
The new population numbers released by Census Canada today show that there has been a very decent jump – and that doesn’t include the six development projects that are under construction and the half dozen that are a twinkle in the eye of local developers – it doesn’t even include the 26 storey structure that the ADI Development groups wants to build at the corner of Martha and Lakeshore Road.
The numbers reflect growth of 4.28 % more in the way of population between 2011 and 2016.
What does it mean?
What does it say to the planners at both the Regional and municipal levels?
That is going to take some time for the politicians and the planners to get there heads around the numbers.
Maybe now the population signs at the City entries can reflect the same numbers.
I hope that Burlington doesn’t aspire to be like Milton!I agree better fiscal management combined with controlled growth.
Perhaps with better management of taxpayer money, the need for endless taxpayer expansion wouldn’t be necessary.
4.28% since 2011??? That’s nothing considering the development north of Dundas Street will account for the majority of that number. And here everyone’s freaking out about “over-intensification” of Burlington and how quickly things are changing. This is a nice little reality check of where we really are. We’re barely growing, we’re practically stagnant. No wonder City Hall has no money.
Milton has apparently grown by 30% in the past five years. Yikes!