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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by joshlemer on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:38AM (#36516740)
> Specifically, despite having higher population per square mile than the US (1 person per 10 miles compared to 1 person per 80 miles), they have about the 6th of the population, and fewer major city centers (about 10 > 500k in Canada versus about 30 > 500k in the US).

I think you have this way backwards. Canada has a larger land mass than the US, but about 10% of the population.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by smaudet on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:24AM (#36517050)
The numbers are as follows.

3,855,103 sq m 36,991,981 people in Canada is 36,991,981 / 3,855,103 ~= 10 people per square mile. 3,794,100.43 sq m ~300 000 000 people in US is 300 000 000 / 3,794,100.43 ~= 80 people per square mile.

So yes, US is more populated (which is what I incidentally thought initially, I figured it was map skew not a units flip so I didn't question it), but my point remains - Canada has fewer population centers than the US.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by midoridensha on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:49AM (#36517213)
It has more land mass, but the vast majority of it is uninhabitable. The US has a lot of habitable area; only large parts of the western states are uninhabitable because it's a desert, and some parts of the far northern states (ND, MN, etc. plus most of Alaska) because it's too cold.
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