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Maybe this is intentional, but posts with photos seem to be restricted to a relatively narrow width no matter how wide the browser window is. I often post portrait oriented photos side by side, but this seems to exceed the maximum width. This also does weird things when photos and text are...

Hamilton Harbour is officially Burlington Bay too. It may have been called Burlington Beach at times, but the Beach has been known as the Hamilton Beach community for some time now. They even have signs up and their own site like this: http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/index.php...

Neat idea. Well executed too.

Looking just at individual census tracts: Vancouver has about 9 with densities around 20,000. The highest density is 28,272. Montreal's highest is 45,308. Then there are two more in the 30,000s and about 11 around 20,000. Toronto's highest is 64,636, with one another at 44,448...

Yep, most measures of population density are problematic. CMA is probably the worst because there is no consistency in land area. For population density, I use urban area most of the time because it captures the entirety of the central built-up area of a city but specifically excludes the...

"Urban Area" represents the entire built up part of a city, excluding the rural fringes that are sometimes included in municipal boundaries or CMAs. Urban area is not limited by municipal boundaries but is limited by CMA boundary (this only applies in the case of Toronto/Hamilton, which...

Hamilton actually is quite dense, no doubt a result of its unique geography and the era in which the city was built. Population density of continuous urban area as defined by Statistics Canada (pop/square km) (2001 census data) Toronto 2718.29 Montreal 1978.16 Hamilton...

I've been wanting to hit Perth for some time now. Next time I have a half day free...

I love Detroit, but I'm biased because I grew up in its shadow. I also really like Buffalo, there is some terrific architecture there, and some amazing parks too.

This is the house:

Too bad, the shots in that study dampen my enthusiasm a little, but I'm still curious about the residential neighbourhoods.

I haven't been to Goderich in many years, but I recall its street layout fans out from an octagonal park in the centre of town. Brockville has a large rectangle in the centre of its downtown, I wish I had taken a better picture showing the whole thing. There are great buildings all around it...

B R O C K V I L L E - O N T A R I O Brockville is easily one of the most impressive towns I've visited, with a substantial downtown area, a plethora of Victorian mansions, old rowhouses and a nice urban feel. It is quite old, one of the oldest towns in Ontario, settled by American refugees...

Now that I live in Ottawa and work in Quebec, I have started to better understand that there are substantial differences between French and English Canada. I am convinced Quebec is a distinct society, probably should be its own nation, but I personally would like to keep Quebec in the...

I also think Hamilton is one of the most American Canadian cities-in built form and in culture. It makes sense, Hamilton's earliest residents mostly came from New York and New England and then once it got going, it became the preferred location for American branch plants. It developed and...

Thanks LI Mike, I will try to answer your questions. 2-Canada's Parliament/Peace Tower-Ottawa's most famous buildings? Definitely 7-Government building-what is it? That's the Langevin Block, where the office of the PM is located. Basically the executive branch of the government is...

That makes me question the common assumption that McMansions are more disposable than any other buildings. Will we see neighbourhoods demolished in the name of "suburban renewal" in the coming decades on the same scale as urban renewal in the mid 20C? Most people who currently live in...

Rosedale is intact, but I'm sure countless late-Victorian mansions were demolished in Toronto, as in every North American city. Many were regarded as ostentatious and impractical before they were even 50 years old. That said, I like Victorian styles (in houses). They can be compared to...

Beautiful neighbourhood, thanks. I was planning to do a Rosedale tour myself, but unfortunately moved up to Ottawa before I got around to it. Will you be doing "north" Rosedale sometime?