The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Ruckus]

Originally Posted by vid

You opened the post mentioning Prince Albert and didn't specify that all but the first picture was Saskatoon.

Makes sense.

I was lazy, nothing more.

[realcity]

^
that's a good way to put it.



Canada needs about 10 more cities in the 500,000 range. Real ones not growing suburbs.

[vid]

We should be sending more people to Victoria, Halifax, Saskatoon, Regina and Windsor.

And Thunder Bay.

[le calmar]

I realize we lack big cities in this country when I always see the same 3-4 cities in the photo threads. It's too bad we get very few pictures of Regina, Saskatoon, only a couples of Winnipeg, Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa and Hamilton, none of Windsor, St.John('s), Sudbury, some obscure cities in Quebec and Ontario and many others. Next week I might spend 1 or 2 days in Quebec City and Lévis so I can bring some pictures of the city (and not only the old city) for a change

[Dmajackson]

Lol we Haligonians try to take photos but they get drowned in all the others posted on these two threads.

[vid]

We never hear about Quebec City. It just sits there, quiet and French.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by vid

We never hear about Quebec City. It just sits there, quiet and French.

Visit the French-language threads on this forum. There is plenty said about QC.

[ue]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Visit the French-language threads on this forum. There is plenty said about QC.

not outside qc...

[Dylan Leblanc]

Parksville BC, the next town north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Population 12,000. Mount Arrowsmith is seen in this photo. The mountain is sometimes seen in Vancouver skyline photos taken from Burnaby mountain.


my pic

[realcity]

Kitchener

[someone123]

Here's a picture of Halifax from back in April when there were some forest fires:


Source

[UrbanPlannerr]

Gimli, Manitoba, it's only a town but still counts as under 500,000

[worldlyhaligonian]

Credit: Jeweloftheseas9 @ webshots


Credit: Canadamaps.org

[A4Regina]

Here's some Regina:

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www.regina.ca/Page159.aspx

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[Distill3d]

^I'm still impressed by Regina's skyline every time I see it.

[vid]

It's what you get when a government goes office building crazy.

[koops65]

I have always tried to defend Kitchener's poor skyline, compared to Regina, and Halifax, by saying that they are provincial capitals, and require more infrastructure (equalling more buildings) than we do here, despite being a larger city. But it's a lame excuse...

[Hong Kongese]

Originally Posted by koops65

I have always tried to defend Kitchener's poor skyline, compared to Regina, and Halifax, by saying that they are provincial capitals, and require more infrastructure (equalling more buildings) .

Isn't it true that almost half of Regina's office buildings are occupied by the provincial government? While Saskatoon has a bigger population base but has few office towers.

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by Hong Kongese

Isn't it true that almost half of Regina's office buildings are occupied by the provincial government? While Saskatoon has a bigger population base but has few office towers.

Yup...

Grant Devine and the Saskatchewan government developed like mad in the 80's to house various government offices, departments and crown corps.

Even the bank towers had govenment offices filling most floors. Things may be a little different today, as I have been away for many years, but from what I remember the government signed long term leases for many of the buildings built back then.

[vid]

They have one downtown. KW has several and is more suburbs than city centre. Regina and Halifax has large and well established downtown cores, Kitchener and Waterloo have comparably smaller downtowns.