Head to head
Montréal vs Edmonton
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 1,010,899 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 Montréal is the larger of the two, with 1,762,949 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Montréal nor Edmonton has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Montréal | Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,762,949 | 1,010,899 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th 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
2,970 km apartMontréal and Edmonton are 2,970 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Montréal.
Montréal has 752,050 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Montréal or Edmonton?
- Montréal is the larger city by population, with 1,762,949 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton — a difference of 752,050. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Montréal and Edmonton?
- 2,970 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Montréal.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Montréal or Edmonton?
- 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 1,010,899 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 Montréal 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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