Head to head
Montréal vs Calgary
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Montréal is the larger of the two, with 1,762,949 people to 1,306,784 in Calgary. 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 Montréal is the larger of the two, with 1,762,949 people to 1,306,784 in Calgary. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Montréal nor Calgary has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Montréal | Calgary |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,762,949 | 1,306,784 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Quebec | Alberta |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:18 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:18 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
3,019 km apartMontréal and Calgary are 3,019 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Calgary keeps time 2 hours behind Montréal.
Montréal has 456,165 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Montréal or Calgary?
- Montréal is the larger city by population, with 1,762,949 people to 1,306,784 in Calgary — a difference of 456,165. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Montréal and Calgary?
- 3,019 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Calgary keeps time 2 hours behind Montréal.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Montréal or Calgary?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Montréal is the larger of the two, with 1,762,949 people to 1,306,784 in Calgary. 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 Montréal and Calgary both currently sit at $0.
Related comparisons
6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
Also here: cities trending right now, the closest battles on the board and every other comparison.