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Originally Posted by logan5
Very difficult to see Downtown (ish) Ottawa area being busier than Calgary. The office district is a lot larger in Calgary, and the Beltline looks much larger and denser than any Downtown Ottawa neighbourhood.
Same thing for Quebec City. No real large office district,and no real dense residential districts.
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Downtown Calgary's business district is larger and denser than Downtown Ottawa's by far. Calgary's CBD punches well above its weight for a city its size. What hurts Ottawa in this respect is the decentralization of employment areas (Hull, Tunney's Pasture, Confederation Heights, Kanata North...)
That said, Ottawa's Cetretown, the equivalent to Calgary's Beltline, is denser (
11,344.2/km2 (2016) vs
8,580/km2 (2018) according to Wikipedia).
I've never been to Calgary, so I can compare the general liveliness, but Cetretown's Bank Street is a busy thoroughfare with a diverse mix of businesses, while Elgin Street is one of Ottawa's premier bar and restaurant districts.
Beltline and Cetretown look quite similar at a quick glance.
Québec City, like Ottawa, has a very decentralized workforce. Unlike Calgary and Ottawa, they don't have a clearly defined CBD. The entire central area however, seems very lively all day everyday.