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^ Toronto used to be way worse, but in recent years the lots are mostly gone with their insane building boom.

Ottawa is also an improvement over time, but it's a bit farther in the past. We had a ton of surface parking lots downtown in the 1960s, but over the 70s-80s-early 90s they were eliminated. Only a small handful of lots still exist. Development in downtown Ottawa is unbelievably compact with lot line to lot line buildings everywhere, practically every block is a complete canyon. Its interesting how Ottawa's skyline is a complete joke, but when you actually walk through DT you feel like you're in a humongous city thanks to the canyons.