Thursday, October 25, 2007

Why Doesn't Vancouver Exist?

I've shown examples of it before, but here we go again.

I just read this article about the exceptional statistic that there have been no murders committed in Quebec City in almost a year. At the bottom of the page there is a list of Canadian cities and their murder rates over the past two years. Do you notice any conspicuous omissions?

MURDERS IN 2006 / TO DATE THIS YEAR / POPULATION SIZES

Toronto 99 70 2,503,281

Montreal 52 35 1,620,693

Edmonton 39 23 730,372

Calgary 26 26 988,193

Winnipeg 22 23 633,451

Ottawa 16 10 812,129

Saskatoon 8 5 202,340

Windsor 3 3 216,473

Quebec City 7 0 491,142

Regina 8 5 179,246

Sure, Saskatoon and Windsor get shout outs, but one of the largest cities in the country is ignored. Further evidence that when people look West they just can't see past Alberta.

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