[esquire]

Generally speaking, the winners of this thread are the formerly separate cities that were swallowed up by a larger metropolis, like New Westminster, Dartmouth and the like.

Among truly suburban areas (i.e. the ones built in the 20th century as suburban bedroom areas for commuters), even the most urban ones still kind of pale in comparison to the New Westminster-type places. I mean, parts of Richmond feel very urban but once you get a few blocks off the Skytrain line there's no mistaking that you're in suburbia.