Kanata in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kanata in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KanataOntario (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kanata plotted against Ontario and Canada. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kanata's incremental SNDi fell from 2.38 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanata ranked 4th out of 24 cities in Ontario and 7th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Canada
2nd of 54
Rank in Ontario
2nd of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Canada
7th of 54
Rank in Ontario
4th of 24

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KanataTaeryonggangMaidenhead

While Taeryonggang and Maidenhead both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Kanata built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Taeryonggang and Maidenhead both became progressively more disconnected, while Kanata grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kanata and Taeryonggang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.