The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by flar

I know some of you guys can't get enough Toronto, Ontario

wonderful.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by Ramako

I agree with this sentiment.

Towers built or U/C over 100 metres (according to SSP database):

Shanghai: 709
New York: 695
Hong Kong: 598
Chicago: 297
Toronto: 189
Los Angeles: 69
Calgary: 56
Vancouver: 49
Montreal: 43
Seattle: 40

Seems to me that in terms of sheer scale Calgary/Montreal/Vancouver are to Toronto what Toronto is to New York/Hong Kong/Shanghai.

I always preferred counting everything

toronto - 1958 / 2,500,000
mississauga - 250 / 730,000
brampton - 65 / 510,000
burlington - 43 / 160,000
markham - 36 / 300,000
oakville - 34 / 170,000
richmond hill - 27 / 180,000
vaugahn - 26 / 260,000
oshawa - 15 / 160,000
ajax - 11 / 90,000
pickering - 5 / 100,000
Greater Toronto total - 2470 / 5.9 million population

vancouver - 739 / 600,000
burnaby - 151 / 220,000
richmond - 108 / 180,000
new westminster - 69 / 60,000
north vancouver - 56 / 45,000
west vancouver - 32 / 44,000
coquitlam - 26 / 120,000
surrey - 24 / 390,000
abbotsford - 10 / 120,000
port moody - 9 / 28,000
white rock - 4 / 18,000
maple ridge - 3 / 70,000
Greater Vancouver total - 1231 / 2.1 million population

Montreal - 746 / 1,600,000
Laval - 47 / 370,000
Longueuil - 16 / 230,000
Repentigny - 5 / 80,000
Greater Montreal total - 814 / 3.8 million population

Calgary - 358 / 1.1 million population

[MonkeyRonin]

By http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenslens/

[G.S MTL]

Originally Posted by craner

Just to be accurate - Calgary has 3 towers over 200m now:
1. BOW
2. Suncor
3. 8th Ave. Place

(Plus the Bankers Hall twins which just miss at 197m )

Thanks for the love for Cowtown Caltrane.

OMG OMG one more 200m tower in Calgary and its up there with Shanghai.

[G.S MTL]

so apparently a highrise is 35m+ hummmm....god knows how many we have 35m and less in Montreal.....

[artvandelay]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

OMG OMG one more 200m tower in Calgary and its up there with Shanghai.

[floobie]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

OMG OMG one more 200m tower in Calgary and its up there with Shanghai.

Yes, that was totally what he meant by that.

[craner]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

OMG OMG one more 200m tower in Calgary and its up there with Shanghai.

........

[Highinthesky]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

By http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenslens/

Awesome pictures, one is going to end up being my desktop.

[-Harlington-]

Two Halifax ones from the MacDonald bridge:





Canadas east coast navy along with a skyline:

[entheosfog]

Both are my own photos:



From North Vancouver:

[Surrealplaces]

^Those night pics of Toronto are crazy. Toronto's density could double for Tokyo or Shanghai when looking at those pics

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

OMG OMG one more 200m tower in Calgary and its up there with Shanghai.

Correction, it already is up there with Shanghai.

[Surrealplaces]

The Big bad Bow

click on image for larger sizes

[Duke-Of-Waterloo]

Kitchener - January 2011


Image taken by Adrian from Wonderful Waterloo.

[WhipperSnapper]

A major landmark for the City of Toronto will be once it eclipses 2000 for the number of twelve plus storey buildings. Still several years off.

[MTLskyline]

Originally Posted by dleung

I always preferred counting everything

toronto - 1958 / 2,500,000
mississauga - 250 / 730,000
brampton - 65 / 510,000
burlington - 43 / 160,000
markham - 36 / 300,000
oakville - 34 / 170,000
richmond hill - 27 / 180,000
vaugahn - 26 / 260,000
oshawa - 15 / 160,000
ajax - 11 / 90,000
pickering - 5 / 100,000
Greater Toronto total - 2470 / 5.9 million population

vancouver - 739 / 600,000
burnaby - 151 / 220,000
richmond - 108 / 180,000
new westminster - 69 / 60,000
north vancouver - 56 / 45,000
west vancouver - 32 / 44,000
coquitlam - 26 / 120,000
surrey - 24 / 390,000
abbotsford - 10 / 120,000
port moody - 9 / 28,000
white rock - 4 / 18,000
maple ridge - 3 / 70,000
Greater Vancouver total - 1231 / 2.1 million population

Montreal - 746 / 1,600,000
Laval - 47 / 370,000
Longueuil - 16 / 230,000
Repentigny - 5 / 80,000
Greater Montreal total - 814 / 3.8 million population

Calgary - 358 / 1.1 million population

For Montreal you're missing:
St. Lambert - 9 / 22,000
Brossard - 8 / 76,000
Vaudreuil-Dorion - 1 / 27,000

As well the 746 number is for the island of Montreal which has 1.8 or 1.9 million people. The database on SSP doesn't list all of the municipalities on Montreal Island separately (I believe Emporis does - but it is missing a huge number of buildings), so I guess you might as well just update the population figure.

[Darkoshvilli]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

^Those night pics of Toronto are crazy. Toronto's density could double for Tokyo or Shanghai when looking at those pics

Correction, it already is up there with Shanghai.

Not to be that guy, but people make it so easy.

In short, NO and NO for both your points.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Originally Posted by -Harlington-

that's an excellent view of the office building density in Halifax!!

[mr.John]

In Montreal we kick — old school style


























Any questions? I didn't think so

[Ramako]

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