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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew
I know Vancouver isn't expected to surpass Montreal in size for another 50-60 years but in so many of the pictures it already looks much larger, even on par with Toronto. It would be interesting to see how all our cities look in 50 years. The crazy thing is Montreal will be around 7.5 million by then for the metro area so we will have 2 cities at that size and who knows how large Toronto will be by then. At this rate Vancouver will look absolutely massive when it becomes the second largest city in the nation.
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I wouldn't go as far as saying "on par with Toronto" in any way, though maybe Vans suburbs on on par with Toronto's.
But yes, I agree that the Downtown Peninsula and suburban clusters make it look larger than Montreal in some respects however, the Montreal building boom over the last decade has helped in catch-up, and maybe surpass, Vancouver (Downtown v. Downtown), excluding the suburbs).
The beauty of Montreal is how bonkers dense it is throughout it's territory (City proper) with thousands of walkups, while Vancouver's density is focused on the Peninsula and a few suburban tower clusters, while the rest is mostly sfh.
That said, Vancouver and Montreal are my favourite cities in Canada. If ever I moved out of Ottawa, they would be my top choices, followed maybe by Victoria.