Head to head
Montréal vs Ottawa
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 1,017,449 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 Montréal is the larger of the two, with 1,762,949 people to 1,017,449 in Ottawa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Montréal nor Ottawa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Montréal | Ottawa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,762,949 | 1,017,449 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Quebec | Ontario |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:54 PM · UTC-04:00 | 6:54 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
165 km apartMontréal and Ottawa are 165 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time the same time as Montréal.
Montréal has 745,500 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Montréal or Ottawa?
- Montréal is the larger city by population, with 1,762,949 people to 1,017,449 in Ottawa — a difference of 745,500. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Montréal and Ottawa?
- 165 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time the same time as Montréal.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Montréal or Ottawa?
- 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 1,017,449 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 Montréal 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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