Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canadian communities

Hi everyone, I'm toying with the idea of setting up an automated program that will automatically generate the following demographic section. I know it's fairly generic, but it is aimed at the majority of Canadian communities that do not even have a demographics section. It's currently pulling form the 2011 NHS survey, but small tweaks could have it pull from the 2016 census. What do you think? Is this worthy to continue working on? Here is my example automated demographics section from a random township Adelaide Metcalfe that does not currently have demographic information.

Mattximus (talk) 22:32, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Mattximus, I used Excel to automate preparation of the wikicode for the following used for Alberta municipalities upon the release of 2011 census in February 2012.

These two sentences fully encapsulate all the relevant information from the first release of the federal census (population and dwelling counts). A third sentence could be added to compare the change to that of the country as a whole similar to what you've written above.

For the balance, ideally I suggest a short paragraph for each census release topic. Further, I suggest implementation as the 2016 census data is released. It is a huge undertaking to do what you are suggesting. If 2011 is done now, editing fatigue may set in resulting in less motivation when the 2016 census data is released (cases in point: I've yet to swing back to List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#List after release of Edmonton's 2014 municipal census results, and same with List of neighbourhoods in Calgary#List where three sets of annual municipal census results have been released since 2012).

Also, see my minor markups to your quote box above. Avoid using subjective words such as "much". Also a lesson learned from 2012 was to use "X change", where the minus sign is included with the "X", instead of customizing the automation to output "X increase" for positive growth changes and "X decrease" for negative growth changes, which involves manual removal of the minus sign. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 06:13, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I was also setting it up in excel to automatically populate the entire section with very minimal effort, but I will wait until the 2016 census. Yes, I also considered a paragraph per release which sounds very reasonable. Mattximus (talk) 15:51, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

References

In the domain of city metrics, Indicator and Indexes are commonly used by civil servants, politicians, academics and science professions to describe cities. They are significant because they describe cities and townships in common used terms. They are commonly mistaken for statistics. Example: Population Density is an Indicator.

Give Civic Indicators its own Heading. Leave table statistics where they are but move all in article numeric metrics including first paragraph population to that heading. TheKevlar 16:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Source Referencing for Indices and Indicators, when should they be referenced and at what point should their underlying statistics become the reference?

There is a real frustration in many professional and academic communities with our lack of tolerance for their use in this encyclopedia. The problem is most prevalent in the NGO community where government agencies fund and use their work to shape policy and spending without legitimizing them for the sake of maintaining power. Mainstream media are exploiting this by monetizing newsworthy articles and do not publish them even when they are released by municipalities officially. TheKevlar 16:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkevlar (talk • contribs)

Mkevlar, you refer to frustrations of "many professional and academic communities". You represent one academic community (GreenScore). Who are the others you refer to? Hwy43 (talk) 17:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Here are some of the NGOs I have talked to about this: Global Footprint Network, WWF-Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Markham, Ontario, Richmond, British Columbia and there are many more, So yes I am speaking on behalf of many. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkevlar (talk • contribs) 14:51, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

• Note that Mkevlar is the founder of GreenScore and has been adding GreenScore ranks to city articles in Canada, which has been met with opposition. Hwy43 (talk) 17:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

• Note a request for comment on this has been posted at WP:CANTALK. Commenters should also review the above discussion three threads up entitled Are city rankings published by magazines, newspapers, etc. appropriate/encyclopedic?. Hwy43 (talk) 19:35, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Tannery, Ontario Please add few words and a reference.Xx236 (talk) 12:34, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I would be more inclined to redirect it to Lanark County. It took a while, but I found "The Tannery" a bit west of Almonte, Ontario. It appears to be a few houses in a rural area. I don't think there's enough to warrant a separate article for "The Tannery". PKT(alk) 15:05, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Agree, if Google search or Google Maps can't find it, it's not notable. Suggest deletion of the article. Mattximus (talk) 21:40, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

I have changed it to redirect as discussed above. PKT(alk) 11:08, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Many participants here create a lot of content, have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.

So, please consider taking a look at and watchlisting this page:

• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

You could be very helpful in evaluating potential candidates, and even finding out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:43, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

There has been a recent push by at least one user to convert all the pushpin maps to relief maps. I am not sure how I feel about this to be honest but I really do believe we should lean away from the alternative map and stick to the original. The relief map has its place, but in the infoboxes it becomes particularly busy and noisy. Most noticeably in a city infobox which is already filled with montages, seals, flags, etc. I think best to keep it simple but thought I would listen to others here first. Please note I have started the discussion already at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Manitoba#Relief maps though as this appears to be a Canada-wide issue and higher traffic here may facilitate the discussion better. Krazytea(talk) 16:16, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

I prefer the relief style map over the plain one but I am open to having either one there. Air.light (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

@Air.light: would you mind repeating what your wrote above at the main discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Manitoba#Relief maps so that all comments are in one place? Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 08:05, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

I neglected to check for comments there. Thanks. Air.light (talk) 15:02, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

I have done a lot of work on these articles. They now deserve a revised rating IMHO.

I don't know who does that, but I hope someone will.

Actually Port Elgin, Ontario and Southampton, Ontario do not show WikiProject Canadian communities.

I believe they should. Your thoughts on this? @Hwy43 Peter K Burian (talk) 18:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

I think you can be bold and change the rating yourself to no higher than B. Refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities/Assessment#Article grading and cross-reference to WP:CCSG for an idea of what constitutes a complete article. As I view the articles at a very high level referring to these resources, I think Saugeen qualifies as a C and the other two as Start as they are not even in striking distance of being complete articles. On an aside, there is a significant WP:CANPOP infraction in the Port HuronElgin article. Hwy43 (talk) 11:10, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks @Hwy43. I have not done any work on the Port Huron article. Did you mean the Port Elgin article? Yes, it is showing unofficial 2015 data. (Did not notice that earlier.) I will fix that now, with official 2016 data. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:56, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes. Elgin. Thanks. Hwy43 (talk) 03:42, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Good morning, @Hwy43 (or others).

We agreed yesterday that Galt, Ontario needs a separate article like the one we already have for Preston, Ontario, both part of the amalgamated Cambridge, Ontario. I am ready to do so, but cannot because Galt redirects to Cambridge, so it won't let me create an article for Galt.

I'm sure there is a simple solution and hope you can do so for me. As soon as that is done, I am ready to publish at least a short version of Galt, Ontario. (I will condense the Cambridge article which, at the moment, is overloaded with Galt content, because it was also acting as the Galt page.)

I have created several new articles in the past, so am familiar with the rules for doing so. WP:NEW I just cannot remember how to solve the redirect problem.

Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 13:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Peter - this one's easier than you might think. You can overwrite the code - the trick is to find it: (1) Go to Galt, Ontario...you'll be redirected to Cambridge. (2) There will be a little notice that you were "Redirected from Galt, Ontario", but notice that it's an active link. Click on it, and you'll see the page for Galt which indicates the redirect situation. (3) Click on "Edit source" at the top of the page. (4) Erase the "#Redirect" code, and add your new content. (4) After you've done this and saved your work, please go to the Talk page for Galt, and add a WikiProject Canada banner there. Cheers! PKT(alk) 14:19, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

@PK Thank you; that worked!

The Cambridge, Ontario article is still the one with the primary content so this article is short except for its History. I need to do more research to have a decent Economy section since the Cambridge article had little about that topic for Galt.

The Galt, Ontario page is off to a start. Edits by other Users are welcome as part of the effort to improve this new page.

I rated Galt, Ontario as Start and Low importance. The Cambridge page is of greater importance. Hope that is OK. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:21, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Good morning, I am working on quite a few Ontario community articles, such as Kingston, Ontario and some do not have a Climate section or chart.

Where do we get those charts that are in many other articles? Can anyone provide instructions/help in this respect?

Thanks, Peter K Burian (talk) 13:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Peter, you can find the data for them at http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/index_e.html. What I do to add a new chart is I find a city article with an existing chart and I cut and paste the code into the article I want to add the information over to and I just replace the values with the new ones from the source here. Let me know if you have more questions. Air.light (talk) 00:14, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Air.light. Wow, it's not easy creating one of those charts, but your advice may make it less complicated. Peter K Burian (talk) 12:30, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

It is so petty, but would anyone care to wade into the debate taking place on Deloraine, Manitoba. An editor keeps adding a poor quality and out of focus photo to the page. Not sure what the issue is, but I would appreciate a third opinion. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. Krazytea(talk) 03:59, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

OK, I have done so. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:16, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

FYI, a proposal has emerged at Talk:List of municipalities in Manitoba about merging List of cities in Manitoba, List of towns in Manitoba, List of villages in Manitoba, and List of rural municipalities in Manitoba into List of municipalities in Manitoba. You are invited to provide your comments on that discussion here. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 07:49, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

See the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 October 28#Category:Resort municipalities in Prince Edward Island. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 17:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello, we have an IP, and perhaps now a newly registered editor making incorrect assertions at List of towns in British Columbia that North Delta and Ladner are towns, absurdly in accordance with Settlement hierarchy#Example of a settlement hierarchy as opposed to BC's legislated town classification. Related edits have trickled into North Delta, British Columbia, Ladner, British Columbia, Tsawwassen, and Delta, British Columbia accordingly. Based on what I can only guess is original research and/or personal opinion, the three distinct communities within the City of Delta are being described a forest town, an agricultural town, and a beach town respectively. As I am only sporadically active, I am asking others to help watch these pages until the bizarre editing behavior stops. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 04:17, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

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Your review and input is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ontario#Proposed amendment to the settlement_type parameter for Ontario municipalities. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 07:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

See proposal at Talk:Rural municipality#Requested move 29 June 2019 Hwy43 (talk) 12:15, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

See discussion at Talk:County of Minburn No. 27#Requested move 30 July 2019, referring to the past discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alberta/Archive 5#Proposed move of rural and specialized municipality articles. Hwy43 (talk) 18:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Please review and provide your comments at:

• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 September 28#Category:Indian government districts in British Columbia; and
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 September 28#Category:Naskapi village municipalities in Quebec.

Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 23:47, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

• Category:Indian government districts in British Columbia has been relisted due to current lack of consensus. You can now review and provide your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 October 12#Category:Indian government districts in British Columbia. Hwy43 (talk) 16:22, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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I've been doing a lot of heavy editing since this pas Spring. The location map provided for the greater Winnipeg area is a satellite map. There is no colour; it is just plain black and white. Looking for someone with artistic mapping skills to create a coloured map of greater Winnipeg, allowing for pushpins. Jimj wpg (talk) 00:36, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Canadian Communities people, I, as a reader of wikipedia, looked up North Bay, Ontario (Yes I had been watching the latest series of Cardinal). I chased up Giles Blunt through the Notable People list. I noted that the Notable people list had issues. It did not include dates (were these people contemporary or colonial founders, were they alive, active, or were they dead), it contained sexist terms, redundant terms ("former", Julius Caesar, former general), no info on reason of notability and a duplicated item. So I worked on it. It all got reverted on the basis that the dates were unsourced, must have references, "wikipedia is not a source". Which is strange, the whole list is constructed on the basis that wikipedia has articles on these people, that generall only those people who have a wikipedia page are really eligible for a notable peoples list. I do not disagree with policies on unsourced material or on the NLIST. I do find mindless reverting unhelpful, and I do find arbitrary editing based on an individuals interpretation of polices from one part of wikipedia to another part of wikipedia that falls under a further set of protocols frustrating. Could people please look at the list of Notable People at North Bay, and the edit war that has transpired, and comment please. Brunswicknic (talk) 08:06, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I have nominated Chetwynd, British Columbia for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:59, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello all, we have an IP-hopping editor that is warring at numerous rural municipality (county-equivalent) articles and lists, particularly at List of municipal districts in Alberta and List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, renaming the municipalities contrary to the consensus here for Alberta and the extrapolated approach of that consensus here for Saskatchewan. The IP editor finally reached out to me on my talk page here. Following my response, the editor evidently didn't like it and reverted me yet again with this edit with a strange and unfounded accusation. Would interested members of this WikiProject please watchlist List of municipal districts in Alberta and List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan? I'm about to revert again and apply a level three warning on the editor's talk page. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 05:27, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

I started and have been working on Tinawatawa which was a small village or encampment in 17th century Huronia, somewhere around Hamilton. There are various theories about where the town is located and I've been working on it based upon sources specified on Talk:Tinawatawa. I am a bit confused whether some of the locations are the same place, like whether "Anacasta" between Dundas and Brantford" is the same as "Halfway to Brantford and the Grand River". It just seems strange that if it was halfway - and the halfway point was Anacasta, that it wasn't stated outright in one of the sources.

Any help is helping to clarify this is very much appreciated.–CaroleHenson (talk) 15:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

I made a mistake with a proposed name change linked in the section heading but have reviewed other similar largest city lists so I plan to nominate

• List of the 100 largest population centres in Canada
• List of the 100 largest cities and towns in Canada by area
• List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population
• Lists of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population

to:

• List of the largest population centres in Canada
• List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area
• List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population
• Lists of the largest cities in Canada by population

Are there any objections?- Catchpoke (talk) 00:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Given the outcome of the previous move discussion, this warrants an official move request. Hwy43 (talk) 02:36, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Is it a WP:EASTEREGG violation to pipelink a community status type (e.g. city) in an infobox settlement_type parameter to the list article applicable to the context in which it is located (e.g. [[List of cities in British Columbia)? Other examples as well.

If you care to comment, see the RfC discussion at Wikipedia talk:Piped link#RFC to clarify WP:EASTEREGG applicability to parameters in settlement infoboxes. Hwy43 (talk) 23:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

In 2016, a discussion about magazine rankings occurred here at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canadian communities#Are city rankings published by magazines, newspapers, etc. appropriate/encyclopedic?

Your input is welcome at a similar discussion at Talk:Chanhassen, Minnesota#Request for Comment - Should the 'Best Place to Live in the U.S.' rankings be included? - Magnolia677 (talk) 09:39, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

I have nominated Dawson Creek for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. maclean (talk) 01:46, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

At Brussels, Ontario, an editor has added details about F0 tornadoes (that never hit Brussels), as well as an unusual demographic history. I cleaned it up, but the editor reverted. The input of others would be appreciated. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:20, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Demographic information included previous census data in the format of the demographic history for the town. As for information regarding tornadoes, the editor provided near-impact tornadoes within an extremely small radius (10km) in order to enhance the weather section of the article, including the historic weather (I.e tornadoes). I think this information should be allowed as it all relates to the history of the town, it’s economic/demographic growth over time, and the climate hazards (that impact residents or business owners), being that the town is based around its rural community. JustinWx (talk) 06:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Steelkamp (talk) 15:56, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Banff, Alberta#Requested move 6 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 05:39, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello All,

Hoping to get some input regarding a recent edit I made to the Exeter, Ontario article. A portion of my edit was reverted, despite the same information (about the closest major airport) being in the article before my edit. Unfortunately, the user who made the change has a protected talk page so I'm unable to ask them. The only comments they made is that this isn't a travel guide. My thoughts are that it's approriate to include information about the closest airport with scheduled passenger service under the transport section of the town's article. Looking at articles for other towns in Ontario, many seem to mention the location of the nearest airport used by the general public for travel under the transport section, so I'm unsure why it was deemed inapproriate to include in the Exeter article. Hoping for any advice or input. Thank you! CNC3 Pilot (talk) 00:56, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

I'm fairly new and wouldn't comment except I recently had some content removed with the comment WP:NOTGUIDE as well and I see it was the same user. I would create a topic on the article's talk page. I don't know what the etiquette is, but maybe it would be OK to tag the user.

In my case, I read the examples in the policy and rewrote my edits, being very careful to frame them as "encyclopedically" as possible. The user has so far let them remain. In your case, it might be because the airport is far from Exeter, and WP:NOTGUIDE says "While travel guides for a city will often mention distant attractions, a Wikipedia article for a city should list only those that are actually in the city." I'm only speculating – I wouldn't have thought to remove your edit myself. Benfwilliamson (talk) 23:41, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Blue Sea, Quebec#Requested move 4 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🌳 Balsam Cottonwood (talk) ✝ 08:40, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:St. Mary's First Nation (British Columbia)#Requested move 15 September 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:58, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

I am trying to find information to add articles for these two as they are on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Canadian_communities/Missing_articles#Nunavut. I think I have some leads from JSTOR for Nuwata, not sure if there's enough to write more than a stub. Is Fox Five referring to the Boughton Island Dew Line Station Fox-5 North_Warning_System#Broughton_Island? If so, does that require an article? Andwats (talk) 15:35, 22 October 2025 (UTC)