Head to head
Ottawa vs Edmonton
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ottawa is the larger of the two, with 1,017,449 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 Ottawa is the larger of the two, with 1,017,449 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ottawa nor Edmonton has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Ottawa | Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,017,449 | 1,010,899 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Ontario | Alberta |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:52 PM · UTC-04:00 | 4:52 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
2,836 km apartOttawa and Edmonton are 2,836 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Ottawa.
Ottawa has 6,550 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ottawa or Edmonton?
- Ottawa is the larger city by population, with 1,017,449 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton — a difference of 6,550. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ottawa and Edmonton?
- 2,836 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Ottawa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ottawa or Edmonton?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ottawa is the larger of the two, with 1,017,449 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 Ottawa 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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