Head to head
Calgary vs Ottawa
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 1,017,449 in Ottawa. 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 1,017,449 in Ottawa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Calgary nor Ottawa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Calgary | Ottawa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,306,784 | 1,017,449 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Alberta | Ontario |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:14 PM · UTC-06:00 | 8:14 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
2,877 km apartCalgary and Ottawa are 2,877 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time 2 hours ahead of Calgary.
Calgary has 289,335 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Calgary or Ottawa?
- Calgary is the larger city by population, with 1,306,784 people to 1,017,449 in Ottawa — a difference of 289,335. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Calgary and Ottawa?
- 2,877 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time 2 hours ahead of Calgary.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Calgary or Ottawa?
- 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 1,017,449 in Ottawa. 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 Ottawa 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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