How did Canada become more culturally public transit than the US?

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Originally Posted by softee

The Greater Toronto-Hamilton area (GTHA) is well past 7.5 million now, it might be around 8 million by the 2026 census.

I mean the US also has 8x the population of Canada - it should be expected to have more and larger cities.

Canada for a country it's size (40 million) has a lot of very large cities. Even Countries like the UK and France, with 50-70% more people than Canada, don't have more than a handful of very large cities. Canada has Toronto at 7.5 million, Montreal quickly approaching 5, Vancouver at 3, then 3 more cities in the 1.5-2 million range. The UK has, what, London at 9 million, then Birmingham at 2.5, Manchester at 2, and Leeds at 1.5?