Very confused.

[james_davis_nicoll]

From this article

How do I reconcile "Toronto was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in Canada and the U.S. for the second consecutive year and saw an estimated population increase of nearly 269,000 people from July 2023 to July 2024, according to data from Statistics Canada and the U.S. Census Bureau."

with

"Domestically, though, more people are still moving away from the Toronto area than to it".

If more people leave than arrive, shouldn't Toronto be shrinking?

Comments

[penndavies]

"Toronto Metropolitan area" and "Toronto area" may not be the same thing.

[viktor_haag]

I believe that the metro area is the city of Toronto proper (and its boroughs?), while the Toronto area is "the GTA" which includes areas around the city. I think the city itself has a population of about three million, while the GTA has a population of about 7 million (city + the rest).