Talk:Grande Prairie

"...Canada's northermost city with 50,000 people..."

How can it be Canada's northernmost city with 50,000 people when Fort McMurray is further north and also has 50,000 people?

Possible Answer: I believe it may be related to the fact that Fort McMurray is no longer considered a city. It is now considered a community within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.Eparaqutam (talk) 18:28, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Grande Prairie Article Overhaul

I've decided it was about time that Grande Prairie's Wikipedia article deserved an overhaul. And that's what I've been doing since Sept. 17 (I didn't create an account of my own until Sept. 26, hence why my username didn't show up in its present form until the 27th) It's mostly done, but watch for further changes by me as time goes on. I used to live in GP and I still have family and friends there, so I know that city pretty well. --NorthernFire - 22:07, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Good job. I'm living in Grande Prairie right now, and I'm impressed with the amount of information that you have added.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.174.117 (talk 08:28, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Street layout

I have removed the reference to the plat of Zion in the Street Layout section as it was incorrect. I am a City Planner for the City of Grande Prairie and the City's origional town plan was not based on a plat of Zion town plan. The City centre and other older neighbourhoods are very similar in block size, lot size, and street layout to most other municipalities in Alberta including Edmonton and Calgary. While Grande Prairie was not founded as a railroad town, this similarity in town planning (and the street numbering system) across western Canada can be attributed to the towns laid out by the various railroad companies as they built their lines across the west.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.168.221 (talk) 04:22, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Grande Prairie's street layout, like Edmonton's and most western cities ans towns, is based on the Grid plan. This would probably make a better reference, as Edmonton's layout is not exactly original. --Qyd 11:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I have changed the offending line. 'Tis a sad state of WikiAffairs.

75.159.66.122 (talk) 01:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Grande Prairie Music Scene

Calling Singed one of the more popular bands in Grande Prairie is blatantly false and shortchanges established local acts such as Tainted Chode, Welfare Jer and the Paydays, and No One's Alone. Notch and H2S are two more bands with local followings that dwarf that of Singed.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.70.95.203 (talk) 23:30, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Too much sugar coating

Let people read about the high rate of drugs, STDs(the recent Syphilis outbreak) and massive price gouging too!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.21.60 (talk) 15:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Such edits sound totally out of place unless they are proven with reliable references, see WP:CITE. --66.82.9.55 20:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Dude I was just gonna put what you did...way too much sugar coating! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.158.207 (talk) 03:40, 21 September 2008 (UTC) I'm just saying I've lived there...and all of my family is there...I know what's up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.158.207 (talk) 05:42, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks like a bit of meatpuppeteering going on here! JulieSpaulding (talk) 10:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

A couple years late to the discussion, but I've heard that GP is the second highest per capita income in Canada. Likewise I've heard that living expenses are really high there. I'll try finding some references for that. LuthienKess (talk) 03:36, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Highly unlikely. Its "Median income in 2005 - All census families ($)" from the 2006 census was $83,832, compared to Wood Buffalo's "$124,592" (see them compared here). In the Edmonton Capital Region alone, there are at least four municipalities with median incomes greater than Grande Prairie (see Table 3 on page 6 here). Although these aren't per capita figures, I doubt converting these to per capita figures based on total population, total households or total income earners will place Grande Prairie second in Alberta let alone Canada. Hwy43 (talk) 04:21, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

I suspect taking the mean income rather than the median would change those numbers significantly, but as means aren't considered as accurate there doesn't seem to be many of them published. According to this link, FP Markets has estimated GP mean income at $126,877. But without purchasing the $209 dollar book I can't compare it to anything. Finding reliable data on price levels probably might go a bit better, but I'm not sure. LuthienKess (talk) 14:35, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps the book is available at a library somewhere. Hwy43 (talk) 05:06, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Not B class

This article is not B-class, even a cursory check shows it is missing many references - there are paragraphs, even entire sections without a single reference. Once the referencing is improved, the article can be re-reviewed again. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Geography - Last paragraph is confusing, is it correct?

I am a little bit puzzled by the last paragraph in the Geography Section. It says that Grande Prairie is on the southern edge of the Aspen Parkland, and then goes on to say that much of the Aspen Parkland has been destroyed by extensive farming and oil/gas drilling activity, but I do not believe that this is the case in the Grande Prairie area, which has long (at least for several hundred years) been prairie. Why talk about destruction of Aspen Parkland outside of the city when the article should be about the city itself. Any thoughts? Eparaqutam (talk) 18:53, 15 September 2023 (UTC)