06-03-2017, 06:22 AM
A suburban area is really any area built outside of the core that can't really be considered rural. We're familiar with the characteristic post-war suburbs, but you can extend the idea back as far as the 19th century with areas like the Annex or the Glebe in Toronto and Ottawa respectively. Obviously neither of them would be considered suburban now, so there is a certain amount of fluidity with the concept.