Head to head
Toronto vs Edmonton
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Toronto is the larger of the two, with 2,794,356 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 Toronto is the larger of the two, with 2,794,356 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Toronto nor Edmonton has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Toronto | Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,794,356 | 1,010,899 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Ontario | Alberta |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:51 PM · UTC-04:00 | 4:51 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
2,700 km apartToronto and Edmonton are 2,700 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Toronto.
Toronto has 1,783,457 more people — 2.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Toronto or Edmonton?
- Toronto is the larger city by population, with 2,794,356 people to 1,010,899 in Edmonton — a difference of 1,783,457. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Toronto and Edmonton?
- 2,700 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Edmonton keeps time 2 hours behind Toronto.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Toronto or Edmonton?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Toronto is the larger of the two, with 2,794,356 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 Toronto 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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