Head to head
Toronto vs Ottawa
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 1,017,449 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 Toronto is the larger of the two, with 2,794,356 people to 1,017,449 in Ottawa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Toronto nor Ottawa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Canada| Metric | Toronto | Ottawa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,794,356 | 1,017,449 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Canada | Canada |
| Region | Ontario | Ontario |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:16 PM · UTC-04:00 | 8:16 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
349 km apartToronto and Ottawa are 349 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time the same time as Toronto.
Toronto has 1,776,907 more people — 2.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Toronto or Ottawa?
- Toronto is the larger city by population, with 2,794,356 people to 1,017,449 in Ottawa — a difference of 1,776,907. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Toronto and Ottawa?
- 349 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Canada. Ottawa keeps time the same time as Toronto.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Toronto or Ottawa?
- 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 1,017,449 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 Toronto 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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