Head to head
Calgary vs Edmonton
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Calgary is the larger of the two, with 1,306,784 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Calgary is the larger of the two, with 1,306,784 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Calgary nor Edmonton has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Calgary | Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,306,784 | 1,010,899 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Alberta | Alberta |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:50 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:50 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
281 km apartCalgary and Edmonton are 281 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time the same time as Calgary.
Calgary has 295,885 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Calgary or Edmonton?
- Calgary is the larger city by population, with 1,306,784 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton — a difference of 295,885. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Calgary and Edmonton?
- 281 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time the same time as Calgary.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Calgary or Edmonton?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Calgary is the larger of the two, with 1,306,784 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Calgary and Edmonton both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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