Canadian Skyline Thread III - Page 253

Maldive · #**5041** Posted **May 23, 2026, 6:02 PM**

What a great collection of 'scrapers. kotsy's TD Centre still looking fine.

kotsy

CIBC Square framed in RBC gold.

skycandy

Docere · #**5042** Posted **May 23, 2026, 6:24 PM**

But does anything in Toronto compare to this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_(Jacksonville)

Surrealplaces · #**5043** Posted **May 23, 2026, 7:46 PM**

Docere · #**5044** Posted **May 23, 2026, 8:58 PM**

# of buildings 100m+

Toronto 403
Calgary 82
Montreal 73
Vancouver 72

# of buildings 150 m+

Toronto 108
Calgary 20
Montreal 18
Vancouver 7

Calgary is quite impressive for a city of less than 2 million.

Among suburban municipalities, Burnaby has 57 structures over 100 meters, Mississauga has 45 and Vaughan 19.

I didn't realize Burnaby had more than Mississauga which I think of as the "edge city" par excellence. I guess this is in part due to height limitations (and maybe space limitations) in the downtown peninsula.

Maldive · #**5045** Posted **May 23, 2026, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Docere

But does anything in Toronto compare to this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_(Jacksonville)

Admittedly there is nothing in Toronto like quite like this:

Wiki

But c'mon.... how many 50 year old skyscrapers in North America look this good?

Royal Bank Plaza (South Tower).

skycandy

^ and there's 2 of them.

Nouvellecosse · #**5046** Posted **May 23, 2026, 9:41 PM**

^ Was that question actually meant to be serious? i thought it was just part of the age old Jacksonville vs Toronto skyline trope.

Docere · #**5047** Posted **May 23, 2026, 10:53 PM**

It's been a running joke here for probably 5 years (maybe more!)

niwell · #**5048** Posted **May 23, 2026, 11:59 PM**

Yeah someone missed the joke!

J.OT13 · #**5049** Posted **May 24, 2026, 12:26 AM**

From this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-HlwXGImZI

Maldive · #**5050** Posted **May 24, 2026, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

Yeah someone missed the joke!

Was leaning into the (well-worn) joke... so I guess my joke was missed. I'll fire the writing staff.

J.OT13 · #**5051** Posted **May 24, 2026, 1:14 AM**

Ottawa skyline reflected in Federal district energy plant smokestack.

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Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

Wigs · #**5052** Posted **May 24, 2026, 6:12 PM**

Ottawa's high-rises kinda remind me of Edmonton where they seem to stretch for miles in different clusters

Chocolite · #**5053** Posted **May 24, 2026, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Beautiful shot with the sunset silhouette of the Rockies. Is this from the Calgary Tower?

Wigs · #**5054** Posted **May 24, 2026, 6:13 PM**

I wasn't a huge fan of the Brookfield tower or Telus Sky when they were first built but at night they both look awesome

Chocolite · #**5055** Posted **May 24, 2026, 6:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

What a great collection of 'scrapers. kotsy's TD Centre still looking fine.

kotsy

We're extremely blessed to have Kotsy posting his pics.

Nouvellecosse · #**5056** Posted **May 24, 2026, 6:28 PM**

Yes the new Kotsy headquarters turned out really well!

G.S MTL · #**5057** Posted **May 24, 2026, 10:18 PM**

Montreal

Docere · #**5058** Posted **May 25, 2026, 12:41 AM**

Re: Calgary, what's interesting about its skyline is the skyline growth coincided with its entry into to "big city territory" during the 1970s and 1980s. (I know 500,000 isn't that big, but the population nearly doubled between 1971 and 1991). Usually the "big city" status comes first.

Monolith · #**5059** Posted **May 25, 2026, 6:41 AM**

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Flgg9wwyx563h1.jpeg

TorontoDrew · #**5060** Posted **May 25, 2026, 1:10 PM**

Toronto skyline from the plane by Karen Smale, on Flickr

Driftwood and skyline by Karen Smale, on Flickr