The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[travis3000]

LOL it's funny to see people argue about what city has the most trees. This is an impossible task, as all major Canadian cities have plenty of trees and forests. Good luck though!

[Martin Mtl]

Montreal sunset by Sylvain Mailhiot on Flickr

[travis3000]

^ Gorgeous Montreal picture

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[Martin Mtl]

Lumiere d'automne sur météo estivale by Daniel Lebarbé on Flickr

[haljackey]

Niagara Falls by me

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli

Agreed. Montreal is the Montreal of Canada.

BTW, Rome was founded in the 8th century bc.

Thier was a settlement thier in the 9th century bc, before it became Rome some time around 700-800 bc. I have re-visit my ancient history studies... thx for the correction

[Vaillant]

Originally Posted by Cyrodill

Thier was a settlement thier in the 9th century bc, before it became Rome some time around 700-800 bc. I have re-visit my ancient history studies... thx for the correction

21st of april 753 BC

[Chadillaccc]

delete.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by Vaillant

21st of april 753 BC

yes I caught that on Wikipedia "based on a mythological account, is 21 April 753 BC", Any way back to skylines

[OTSkyline]

LOL at everyone arguyin about the "leafiest" city... Have none of you ever been to Ottawa? The capital of green space?

I mean c'mon... the greenbelt?

[Chadillaccc]

The GTA greenbelt is far larger. Exponentially, actually. Don't forget about Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley Park system, 73 sq. km of total greenspace, going through the centre of the city.


http://www.conboland.com/landscapes/?con...ton+from+the+Air%2FEdmonton+Sky+15mg.jpg

[1ajs]

source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...666780695&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

[dtgeek]

Originally Posted by isaidso

I doubt it's either of those cities. I'd look to some place like Halifax or Victoria for leafiest.

Winnipeg's another good candidate.

And the winner is... Edmonton (of the cities I could find numbers for).

Edmonton - 13 million trees in 684 km^2 (19,005/km^2)

Toronto - 10.2 million trees in 630 km^2 (16,190/km^2)

Vancouver - 1.6 million trees in 115 km^2 (13,913/km^2)

Victoria - 150,000 trees in 20 km^2 (7,500/km^2)

Winnipeg - 8 million trees in 463 km^2 (17,278/km^2)

Sources:
http://www.toatmosphericfund.ca/2013/04/24/toronto-exceeds-kyoto-target/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/brit...ree-huggers-in-vancouver/article4498724/
http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/departments/parks-rec-culture/parks/urban-forest.html
http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e70f4f02-e5bd-47bd-b1ae-2155f02636a3

[Nouvellecosse]

You couldn't find a source showing Halifax's tree density?

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by dtgeek

And the winner is... Edmonton (of the cities I could find numbers for).

Edmonton - 13 million trees in 684 km^2 (19,005/km^2)

Toronto - 10.2 million trees in 630 km^2 (16,190/km^2)

Vancouver - 1.6 million trees in 115 km^2 (13,913/km^2)

Victoria - 150,000 trees in 20 km^2 (7,500/km^2)

Winnipeg - 8 million trees in 463 km^2 (17,278/km^2)

Sources:
http://www.toatmosphericfund.ca/2013/04/24/toronto-exceeds-kyoto-target/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/brit...ree-huggers-in-vancouver/article4498724/
http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/departments/parks-rec-culture/parks/urban-forest.html
http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e70f4f02-e5bd-47bd-b1ae-2155f02636a3

I figured it would be Edmonton. I'll post a photo series when I get home. On my phone right now. Can you find the stats for Montreal and QC?

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

You couldn't find a source showing Halifax's tree density?

I get a bit of a kick out of these debates over parkland or forest. In Halifax's case the municipality is about 90% woods. The city has many problems, but a lack of undeveloped wooded areas is not one of them. Here in Vancouver we're surrounded by forests and mountains. The tree debate I guess is more relevant in Prairie cities or in Ontario where there's a lot of farmland, but it's kind of silly in a lot of other parts of the country.

The Maritimes have so many trees that people there more commonly boast about how little forest there is and how much farmland there is in a given part of the region. I remember visiting Southern Ontario for the first time and thinking I had arrived in "big sky country".

[Chadillaccc]

The Halifax municipality is also 80% rural area though. It's not really a regional debate, it's a national debate started by someone who probably knew what he was getting into saying "Montreal has more trees than Toronto." Or whatever it was.

[MTLskyline]

Inner areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality have 57.8 million trees (41% canopy cover). http://www.halifax.ca/RealPropertyPlanning/UFMP/documents/ADOPTEDUFMP.pdf Not sure how many are located in urbanized areas.

Montreal Island's canopy cover is 20%. They want to raise this to 25% by 2025. (source: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montre...nter-300-000-arbres-de-plus-d-ici-10-ans) Can't find the total number of trees though (apparently 1.2 million is public: located in parks/on streets)

Can't find anything for Quebec City.

[Chadillaccc]

Edmontowwwwn!







By Chadillaccc, on Flickr