Talk:List of North American metropolitan areas by population

Feb. 2022
There are some good comparisons for CSA-like and MSA-like areas in Canada and Mexico using 2020 data found on citypopulation.de for Canadian census divisions and Mexican municipios. Definitions are included, so edits to these areas can be made. http://ns.faculty.brynathyn.edu/metro/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by NSatBAC (talk • contribs) 00:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

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Feb. 2021
Please note that Mexico's 2020 census results are now known. Monterrey (Metro) area has a population of 5.34 million. Monterrey is also bigger than Guadalajara. https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/25/censo-2020-estas-son-las-tres-entidades-con-mayor-poblacion-en-mexico/

May 2014
To do this in the most democratic way possible, this list needs re-ordering. For reasons unknown to me, the San Francisco Bay Area is commonly subject to errors in demography, and [|the Wikipedia Article for the San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose area] shows population at 8,607,423. This means the SF Bay Area should be at position 5 on this list, after Chicago. All the below rankings thus also need to be modified, since the article currently shows the Bay Area with a population of under 5 million. People are constantly commuting and traveling all over the Bay Area, it is incorrect to conclude that San Jose is a separate metropolitan region than San Francisco, they really are the same and lots of people including myself commute across the Bay Area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carl.r.larson (talk • contribs) 18:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

June 2013
Why not San Juan, PR? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.120.17 (talk) 06:25, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Removed bit about Canadian metro areas generally having larger areas than their American counterparts. This was unsourced, and as far as I know the opposite is actually true more often than not. 184.148.85.166 (talk) 17:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)LW

February 2015
Why include Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, but not the other countries of the Greater Antilles - Haiti and Jamaica? Port-au-Prince and likely Kingston would also make this list if those countries were included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.179.12.2 (talk) 16:38, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Metropolitan areas, definitions, and population discrepancies
There are some issues here regarding how cities and metropolitan areas population counts are introduced. Based on the definition the metropolitan area of Detroit does not include Windsor which instead is part of an urban conurbation which transcends borders, where as metropolitan areas do not. This also excludes Tijuana San Diego which is also a conurbation. While this information is interesting it does not follow the definition that the page provides both in name and in the lead-in. Perhaps an additional page can be created with largest urban conurbations but I think it is best for this page to follow the metropolitan definition which can also be more easily sourced. I also believe that is important to provide more references as this will help solve discrepancies and can more easily follow census quoted data which becomes the most reliable source, despite their problem with undercounts. Krazytea ( talk ) 21:28, 25 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Note - Tijuana is listed twice, with slightly different populations at 54 and 56. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.191.37.21 (talk) 04:06, 25 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Still multiple issues here, no clarity on what metropolitan area we are using. Lots of differences between estimates of populations and census data, we MUST use census data or there is no reliability. Too much boosterism going on with various users especially anonymous users posting information with the highest population data. This page does not get policed enough to reduce this. Must have further usage of references to figure out the problems. Added the boilerplate until this list has some clarity and direction to it. Krazytea ( talk ) 20:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Also, interesting contradictions to the list of US metropolitan areas.--345Kai (talk) 16:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I have tried to keep the data correct though I am the only active editor watching this site I believe, I will try to go through the list. Does anyone have an accurate external link, we have this site here on wiki to use the 2010 Census data List of metropolitan areas of the United States though it may also be corrupted. I will try to fact check against this list but appreciate any help. Krazytea ( talk ) 18:57, 23 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Sorry in order to use a common comparative we are not using CSA's but rather the metro areas as found in List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Krazytea ( talk ) 19:02, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

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Flag icons and redundant links
It seems some believe that 30+ links to the United States article is somehow a good idea. Well it isn't - check the MOS guidlines. Also the silly flag icons although quite colorful are useless in this context. Yes - an image (at default size) of a country's flag is appropriate within an infobox in the article of a country. However, the repeated addition of a tiny flag icon is rather useless "eye candy". I've removed them again. Vsmith (talk) 04:31, 29 June 2018 (UTC)


 * If the main problem is the 30+ links to the U.S., that can easily be fixed if the flags are added back. But literally ALL of the other "largest-metropolitan-areas" pages have the flags. Paintspot Infez (talk) 04:28, 4 July 2018 (UTC)