Corporate Hierarchies within Hierarchies of Communities -- The Changing Face of the Hierarchy of Communities -- The Canadian Population -- The Canadian Hierarchy of Communities -- The "Americanadian" Hierarchy of Cities -- Toronto - World Class City? -- 6 Travel, Transport and Continentalization -- Transportation within Hierarchies -- The National Transportation Hierarchy -- Ongoing Changes in the National Transportation Hierarchy -- The 49th Parallel - Gateway to the U.S. -- 7 Getting Around in the City -- The Journey across Town -- The Public Transit Hierarchy in the City -- The Timing of Urban Flows -- Urban Transportation and the Automobile -- Planning for the Future of Urban Transport -- Urban Evolution -- 8 Retail in the City and the Countryside -- Shopping and Travel -- Retail Hierarchies in the City -- Retail Hierarchies in the Countryside -- Impacts of the Rural Retail Hierarchy -- Rural Communities in Decline -- Retail Strategies -- Shopping Malls as Hierarchies -- 9 Leaving Home -- Canadians on the Move -- The Hierarchy of Migration -- Migration among Canadian Cities -- Continental and International Migration among Cities -- The Brain Drain - Canada as a Competitor in the International Jobs Hierarchy -- Migration from Canada to the Rest of the World -- Migration from the Rest of the World to Canada -- 10 How Our Communities Shape the Quality of Our Lives -- Sports Hierarchies -- Information and News from the Media -- Social and Cultural Facilities and "Critical Mass -- Goods and Services on the Move -- Travelling Entertainment -- Fads and Innovations -- 11 Canadian Medical Care - Equal Treatment for All? -- How Big is the Doctors' Bill? -- Community Size and Health Care -- Erosion at the Bottom of the Medical System -- Calgary - The Best Place in Canada to Have a Stroke -- How Far to the Nearest Doctor?