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Originally Posted by logan5
The Broadway Corridor neighbourhoods of Kitsilano, Fairview, and Mt. Pleasant have a combined total population of 120 000 people (2021 census) over an area of 4.8 sq miles. It is mostly walk-up apartments. With the Broadway Plan coming into effect, that population figure is going to rise dramatically even in the next 10 years. The population density of the Broadway Corridor will quickly surpass that of Le Plateau, except over a much larger area than Le PLateau - 3.1 sq miles vs 4.8 sq miles.
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Comparing potential future population density in a gerrymandered section of one city vs. current density in a neighbourhood of another is reaching a new level of SSP boosterism.
You
are definitely correct though in that there's more to Vancouver's urbanity than just the downtown peninsula + suburban tower clusters. The Broadway corridor + Strathcona + Grandview-Woodland comprise a fairly substantial, dense inner city - which including Downtown & West End are home to approximately 260,000 people in an area of 22.5 sqkm. There are also some non-contiguous urban "islands" like Lonsdale and New West; but outside of these, things drop off quickly and mostly get quite suburban in form (I'd
maybe also include Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, and Riley Park in my "inner city").
Montreal doesn't have the peak densities of Vancouver (due to fewer towers), but its dense, urban inner city is still significantly larger in extents and is home to the majority of the city's 1.8 million residents (and like Vancouver's, is also growing). Which should be readily apparent to anyone who's remotely familiar with both cities and isn't a homer.