Canada — Regional Market index
docs(markets): fold five country co-location indices into their country pages -- Canada, United States, Spain, Italy, Poland each gain a 'Co-location anchor network' section carrying the merged page's anchor network, convergence pattern, tier description, and provenance verbatim; only the duplicated methodology See-also list and licence footer were dropped. Sources archived with superseded_by and redirected to their country page, 5 pre-existing redirects retargeted, and the co-location-tier-system table plus the category index repointed. Mexico and the Nordics deliberately NOT merged and remain live -- no atlas-mexico page exists, and the Nordics index spans five countries where only Norway has a country page, so forcing either merge would have misattributed its scope
@@ -110,7 +110,40 @@ published for any market. | Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Okotoks | Calgary | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | ## Co-location anchor network This index identifies high-value commercial nodes within the Canadian market, evaluated according to the [[co-location-methodology]] and operationalised by the [[co-location-ranking-system|deterministic ranking system]]. The list represents the Canadian subset of the [[co-location-tier-system|co-location tier system]]. Sites are evaluated based on the proximity of Secondary [[co-location-anchors|anchors]] (Costco, Home Depot) and Tertiary institutional infrastructure (Healthcare, Higher Education) to the Primary Target anchor (Walmart Supercentre). ### Regional tier — illustrative convergence sites The following municipalities illustrate Regional-tier composition: a Walmart Supercentre primary anchor paired with secondary and tertiary anchors within the required catchment radii. Tier assignment is dynamic; current status for any specific site is verified on the live GIS platform, not restated here. | Municipality | Province | Primary Anchor | Secondary Coverage (≤3km) | Institutional (≤5km) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Grande Prairie | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, Regional College | | Milton | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College Campus | | Dartmouth | NS | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | General Hospital, College | | South Edmonton | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Medical Centre, University | | Saskatoon | SK | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, University | | Kitchener | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College | | Calgary (South) | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Health Centre, University | | Moncton | NB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | City Hospital, College | | Abbotsford | BC | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Regional Hospital, University | | Guelph | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | General Hospital, University | | Red Deer | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College | | Oshawa | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, University | *Note: The complete Canadian index, classified under the current four-tier system (Regional, District, Local, Fringe), is published via the [gis.woodfinegroup.com](https://gis.woodfinegroup.com) platform.* ### Provenance - **Verification:** Municipal listings and anchor coverage verified against GIS platform build results as of 2 May 2026. ## See also - [[atlas-top-400-north-america]] — the full North American market set this page filters - [[about-regional-markets-system]] — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria - [[co-location-tier-system]] - [[co-location-methodology]] - [[co-location-ranking-system]]