Petréa Mitchell, in The Shape of Worldcon Bids to Come on Con-New.com, points out that there are 7 active Worldcon bids — and right now every one of them is uncontested.
How long is that likely to last? Her answer is worth reading, and the comments are provocative.
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I’m not sure you can predict Canadian worldcon bids the same why you might predict them for East Coast or West Coast. There isn’t a Canadian fandom as such, but three or four locii who have very little in common. It’s more a question of when you think the Toronto group might try again — considering luckwarm reception of Torcon 3 and that the group launched a new annual con only just last year. Montreal? I don’t know if anyone can read their minds. BC? Doesn’t seem likely at the moment. Nor does “The West” — Calgary, Edmonton or Winnipeg. If I had to put money on it, I’d guess fandom will hear of another Toronto bid first, but not for a few years, and Montreal would be my second guess.