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> It's easy to say that, but Canada has a smaller population than California, but spread over the surface area larger than that of the United States. That is a
by mullingitover 6y ago
> It's easy to say that, but Canada has a smaller population than California, but spread over the surface area larger than that of the United States.
That is an extremely misleading statement. Approximately 75% of Canada's population lives within 150km of the US border, and even that is not a uniform distribution , there are dense urban population clusters.
- arcticbull 6y agoTotally, I know that, but even with that, the density isn't comparable. I mean, how many Californias can you fit into this coverage map? [1] I'm guessing a lot of Californias -- Alberta alone is 1.67 Californias by land area. And then there's the geography. You can drive to each major point in California in a couple hours, but it's not as easy to get to Moose Factory or Fort Mac, let alone lay the backhaul to supply the towers in the middle of absolutely nowhere. [1] https://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Our_network_coverage https://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Our_network_coverage
- atupis 6y agoAlso here Finland I am paying 22 euros for unlimited 150mbit/s 4g connection and population density is pretty similar to Ontario.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoAnd even then, most of the Canadian population are East, and South -- "South" in a Canadian sense. Around 30% of the total Canadian population is in the Greater Toronto Area, and if you toss in the most populous Quebecois (Montreal-Trois-Rivieres-Quebec) cities that number is around 50%.[1] You see the same thing in the US and Australia as well -- the Eastern coasts were settled first, and that's where the population is to this day.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_province_and_territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_provin... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis