City Politics in Canada

Name: City Politics in Canada
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ISBN: 9781487569334

Forty Years of Continuity and Change

Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, Zack Taylor

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University of Toronto Press
08 April 2026

Urban communities; Politics & government; Geography; Urban & municipal planning

Canada's big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canada's population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led Canada's shift from an industrial to a post-industrial economy. Today, perhaps more than ever, Canada's cities are the places where new policy problems, new political movements, and new demands for representation first emerge.

, co-editors Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, and Zack Taylor and their team of authors explore how these great transformations have reshaped the practice of politics in seven large Canadian cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary. In doing so, they revisit and carry forward the ambition of City Politics in Canada, edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton and published by UTP in 1983. That landmark volume was the first to offer an in-depth view of Canadian city politics. Forty years later, a new generation of scholars take up the same expansive, cross-country goal. The editors' introduction presents a holistic picture of urban change in Canada, complete with up-to-date social, economic, fiscal, and electoral data, and identifies important questions. The city chapters, written by local experts, illuminate the dynamics of political continuity and change over four transformative decades. In the closing chapter, the editors synthesize the findings to draw out new insights about the nature of Canadian urban politics.

Edited by: Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, Zack Taylor
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 193mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781487569334
ISBN 10: 1487569335
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 08 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Andrew Sancton Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Bringing Local Politics Back In Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, and Zack Taylor 2. Montreal Laurence Bherer, Sandra Breux and Sophie L. Van Neste 3. Toronto Martin Horak and Zack Taylor 4. Halifax Robert G. Finbow 5. Ottawa Luc Turgeon 6. Winnipeg Ursula M. Stelman and Aaron A. Moore 7. Vancouver Ian Bushfield and Stewart Prest 8. Calgary Jack Lucas 9. Conclusion: Change and Continuity in Canadian City Politics Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, and Zack Taylor Afterword Warren Magnusson Contributors

Martin Horak is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University. Jack Lucas is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Zack Taylor is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.