City states and the future of Canada’s smaller communities Save article Remove saved article

Canada’s thousands of small cities, towns, and villages have the right to feel beleaguered these days. The western industrial world is in the middle of a profound process of mass urbanization. Over half of the global population is now urban. Led by the soaring growth rates in major cities in the developing world, that urban-rural balance is set to top even more decisively in the coming decades.

For countless smaller centres across Canada, these are