Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[someone123]

Boxing Day shot of Halifax skyline from the Citadel:


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[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOlDr16BU1f/?tagged=montreal


https://www.instagram.com/p/BOk5wSpDB3k/?tagged=montreal


https://www.instagram.com/p/BOktlMMjubw/?tagged=montreal

[Rico Rommheim]

We finally have ourselves a canyon.

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOk5wSpDB3k/?tagged=montreal

[logan5]

Looks like Georgia Street.

[VivaPhysicality]

Originally Posted by jakethesnake

Can you name another city that currently has 3 skyscrapers under construction that will each be taller than that city's current tallest, or...?

Burnaby! But a fair point nonetheless.

[koops65]

Burnaby isn't a city... it's a suburb of Vancouver, in the same category as Mississauga... just a suburb of Toronto.

[mcminsen]

"Burnaby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver.
It was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's government, the board of which calls itself Metro Vancouver."

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suburb |ˈsəbərb|
noun
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

-New Oxford American Dictionary

[240glt]

^ Indeed. Thank-you

[koops65]

Touché... still doesn't change my personal opinion on the matter.

Originally Posted by mcminsen

"Burnaby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver.
It was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's government, the board of which calls itself Metro Vancouver."

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suburb |ˈsəbərb|
noun
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

-New Oxford American Dictionary

[someone123]

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[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by koops65

Touché... still doesn't change my personal opinion on the matter.

According to their logic, Mississauga is a larger "city" than Vancouver. And that makes zero sense.

[giallo]

Burnaby's existence is very much tied to Vancouver, but it's very much its own city. If it was a true suburb, it would have to adhere to Vancouver's strict zoning laws, and it wouldn't have few skyscrapers going up right now. So yeah, while Burnaby benefits greatly from Vancouver, it plots its own destiny within that relationship.

I'm not sure how Toronto and Mississauga work. Does Mississauga have its own mayor and city council or is it tied to Toronto?

[caltrane74]

Mississauga is its own city, in fact they will soon have to pay a toll to come into Toronto.

As for Mayors, they've had a noteworthy one.

[905er]

Originally Posted by koops65

Burnaby isn't a city... it's a suburb of Vancouver, in the same category as Mississauga... just a suburb of Toronto.

Mississauga is a city.. this isn't even a discussion. It is NOT part of Toronto… it is merely Toronto adjacent. If you know anything about it's origins it does have Toronto to thank for much of its growth and it did develop as a sleepy suburb and is working towards shedding that image.

[905er]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Mississauga is its own city, in fact they will soon have to pay a toll to come into Toronto.

As for Mayors, they've had a noteworthy one.

Thank you caltrane.

[speedog]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

According to their logic, Mississauga is a larger "city" than Vancouver. And that makes zero sense.

Just depends on the terminology being used. To this end, the city of Victoria is not the largest city in the Victoria metro or CMA.. Also, Canada's 100 largest municipalities - link.

[Antigonish]

Originally Posted by someone123

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The skyline is really filling in. Can't wait to visit again!

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by giallo

Burnaby's existence is very much tied to Vancouver, but it's very much its own city. If it was a true suburb, it would have to adhere to Vancouver's strict zoning laws, and it wouldn't have few skyscrapers going up right now. So yeah, while Burnaby benefits greatly from Vancouver, it plots its own destiny within that relationship.

I'm not sure how Toronto and Mississauga work. Does Mississauga have its own mayor and city council or is it tied to Toronto?

Being a separate municipality with all of these trappings is not necessarily the defining factor in whether a place is a suburb or a true "city" (the way most people define it anyway).

In many cases, you can be both: Mississauga is arguably both a city and a suburb of Toronto. Whereas Toronto is just a city.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

We finally have ourselves a canyon.

I know you're half-joking but it's funny how this is kinda true.

Montreal has and had good skyscrapers but the skyline was always very gappy.

Even Ottawa historically has had better canyons (albeit with way shorter buildings) than Montreal did.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I know you're half-joking but it's funny how this is kinda true.

Montreal has and had good skyscrapers but the skyline was always very gappy.

Even Ottawa historically has had better canyons (albeit with way shorter buildings) than Montreal did.

René-Lévesque est notre premier canyon de vrais gratte-ciel, mais plusieurs rues secondaires du centre-ville sont des canyons plus considérables que ce qu'on retrouve à Ottawa: Université, Union, Metcalf, Drummond, Stanley, Peel, etc.