The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under
 

I figured that in all the skyline threads out ther the pics are mostley of the biggest cities in canada so I started a thread for cities under 500k.

Regina, Saskatchewan
http://pws.byu.edu/tree_tour/images/tree116small.jpg

Kingston, Ontario
http://www.tlacanada.com/-%20Home%20...06%20small.JPG

:haha::jester: :previous:

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Verry Nice

regina sk
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/...c1de8c13_o.jpg
shot by: Troy Boucher Photography
source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tcbouch...hy/2841736159/

saskatoon
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/...8dc0cf27_b.jpg
photo by: Tom™5
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomthem...05861/sizes/o/


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/...9b1922bd_b.jpg
photo by knobberhead
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobberhead/2928479010/

Peterborough: Pop. CMA 116,000

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1423/...2b5f4c50_o.jpg

Kingston, Pop. CMA 152,000

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/...74d64663_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/...32ffe180_o.jpg

Belleville, Pop. CMA 91,500

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/3...047a3449_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/...ab7a4df0_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/...581fa84c_o.jpghttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/...f2563c04_o.jpg

belleville looks really good for a city under 100k:tup:

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The king of skyline for a small city is Yellowknife(pop: 18 700)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lowknife_2.jpg

:previous: I love the fact that we have a skyline that far north and in the middle of no where, it awesome, i hope they add more!

Here's a Halifax panorama taken by me a couple of years ago (I need to fix this and retake the photos sometime...):

http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/im...1/original.jpg

scroll--->

Great pan of Halifax.:tup:

great pano.on a nother note london has one of the best skylines for a city it's size

Okay, the Region of Waterloo is a good bit over 500,000, but the CMA in 2006 was less than 500,000, so here goes:

The City of Kitchener proper has about 220,000 people.

Downtown Kitchener from the west:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...cture024-3.jpg

Downtown Kitchener from the east:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture190.jpg

The City of Waterloo has about 120,000 people.

Uptown Waterloo from the west:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture036.jpg

Uptown Waterloo from the north:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...cture247-1.jpg

The City of Cambridge has about 125,000 people.

Downtown Galt (Cambridge) skyline from the south (big, ain't it?!)

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture145.jpg

:previous: So far they are the weakest skylines yet they have the largest populations (together).

Nope, I think Kitchener has Peterborough and maybe even Yellowknife beaten. ;)

Westmount, Quebec ~25,000

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/...908b29.jpg?v=0
by AX

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif
by All about Eve

WOW...

hey thats a part of montreal

Nope. Westmount is an enclave, its an independent city.

Well Yellowknife does have a population under 20 000, and Kitchener is nearly double Peterborough. For a 500 000 CMA is is pretty lame. They must have one of the, if not the lowest tower per capita ratio of any greater area over 100 000 in Canada. And don't take this as a negative spin on the whole area, just in the aspect of urban density.

Victoria, BC (population: 78,000*)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/...88924f8188.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/1440532037/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/...63691c83fe.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/3034136020/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/...5cc22bbf04.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/3021758904/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/...6cf35670f6.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/1528432771/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/...5af87fb41e.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/2538560576/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/...d21ece160f.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/2538561680/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1294/...e5de658677.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/1334171889/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/...f96d0ec85a.jpg
Picture by the Great Scaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/1070297628/

*city proper only, of course

Aastra, Victoria's metro population of ~350,000 would have qualified it for this thread anyway.

I don't think Burnaby should qualify though since it is part of greater Vancouver.

Of all the cities i've been to under 500,000 people, i'd say this city has the most impressive skyline in Canada:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/32...61fc704b_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/...38d9afbc_b.jpg

http://www.reginadowntown.ca/images/regina_skyline.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/3...053fb0c7_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/...77e37a8e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/...969d50ee_o.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/22...4e93808c_o.jpg


Still not sure?






Welcome to Regina.

Population?

Around 200,000.


P.S.-great topic sparky!

I have always enjoyed Regina (no pun!)

Also of course Burnaby should count, any city under 500 000. the same as allowing Westmount to count. Because if you dont count Burnaby (which is not in vancouver city itself) then where exactly would you draw the line? Does Richmond count? Does Surrey count? What about Abbotsford? It has to be an all of nothing based on city boundaries, if not you have to many gray areas. Metrotown is no where near downtown Vancouver, it is an independent skyline in a city with a different government, so yes, it should count.

As I said, Burnaby is part of greater Vancouver. I remember reading years ago that suburbs were included in a city's metro population if at least half the working population of that suburb commute to the city to work so I totally disagree that Burnaby's skyline should be included because a significant number of the people that live in those residential highrises that make up the Burnaby skyline commute to Vancouver on a regular, if not daily basis. Their proximity to skytrain is one of the things that makes living in Burnaby so attractive. I think you can rule out any suburb on that basis.

To make things easier I have compiled a list of the 10 largest cities that qualify using that criterion and the 2006 Canadian census stats:

London Ontario 457,720
Kitchener Ontario 451,235
St. Catharines Ontario 390,317
Halifax Nova Scotia 372,858
Oshawa Ontario 330,594
Victoria British Columbia 330,088
Windsor Ontario 323,342
Saskatoon Saskatchewan 233,923
Regina Saskatchewan 194,971
Sherbrooke Quebec 186,952

:previous: Why are some people such bossy bodies? Are you the thread police. As i see it any city with a population under 500 000 counts, and Burnaby is. Vancouver is not. the thread title is not "Great Canadian skyline thread for cities 500 000 and under THAT ARE NOT PART OF A METRO." As i said, it will become gray. Abbotsford is the perfect example, it is under 500 000, but it is not technically in the GVRD, but it is on the border and talks have been in the works for it to become part of the GVRD. So what would you say to posting pics of Abbotsford, technically it is its own metro-area but in reality it is becoming part of the GVRD. This is the gray area you don't seem to realize. Look at southern Ontario for example, if Hamilton were under 500 000 and its skyline were posted some would argue that it is a suburb or Toronto.

To keep it simple stupid it should be any municipality under 500 000 people in its borders counts.

If Montreal has suburban skylines post them, i want to see them. Same for Toronto's suburban skylines that are outside of Toronto proper.

Your list is funny as well because you are not the one who started this thread in the first place. I think it is up to sparky212 to decide what goes and what doesn't.

Definitely impressive, but I think Hfx holds its own pretty well. Especially considering there are highrises all across the metro area (although I admit it has a larger population.)
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8...alifax53ri.jpg


This aerial is over 25 yrs old, but it's the only decent aerial I could find (although still leaves out many highrises).

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1...cropped4vp.jpg

Here's a much newer aerial of Halifax from Wintorbos (yes, Andy6 on SSP) on Flickr:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...96a328f5_o.jpg

It's really large so requires scrolling. It's hard to find an aerial that captures all of the city because it is very spread out.

s123 u know wintorbos is andy6 right?

Here is a pic of downtown Kitchener taken by me last July:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/...114278f0_b.jpg

For a city of 220 000 this view makes it seem on par with other similar sized cities. For those of you who are under the impression that this is a huge city, CMA of 450 000 to 500 000, those are the right numbers, but it's 3 different cities, Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge (which is itself 3 different cites joined together), so it isn't all one city with a big, tall downtown core. The highrises are very spread out. That being said, it is also true that Waterloo Region is lacking in the height department, and needs more, taller, highrises to bring it into the next tier of big cities.

Isn't that the English neighborhood in Montréal?

But who cares? People have been showing North Vancouver and Burnaby, why not Montréal

Gatineau, Quebec (pop ~260,000)

Click for big.



(pic - me)

with the exception of a few short years following forced municipal mergers (rendered moot with the demerger), Westmount was and is an independent city. It is still predominately English-speaking, but today almost all speak French fluently.

^Manly will tell you that since it is part of the Ottawa metro, it is inelligible for inclusion in this thread.

Heres some that I've taken recently of the Halifax area;

From the North-End looking towards Spring Garden Road:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/...a4f1f85f_b.jpg

Downtown Halifax (Former City ~ 100'000):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/...9ec62a28_b.jpg

Dartmouth (Former City ~ 100'000):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/...66f6e52a_b.jpg

Since we're doing suburbs, Hamilton's suburbs:

Dundas (25,000) from Dundas Peak:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...tone/00098.jpg

Burlington (150,000) as seen from Hamilton Beach:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...each/00060.jpg

Stoney Creek (60,000) as seen from Stoney Creek Mountain:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...reek/00100.jpg

I forgot these for the Halifax suburbs (Aall taken by me);

Bedford (Former Town ~ 20'000)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2131/...03f89531_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/...b3c3e147_b.jpg

And the only other comparable suburb is Lower Sackville (Former ~ 20'000)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/...18c4cff1_b.jpg

And well since I have one heres the Downtown Halifax Skyline at Sunset (Purdy's to Westin):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/...a4fa52f2_b.jpg

North Bay, Ontario: Population 54,000

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...pphp6xJ2I1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...pphpvA3e4d.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...001resized.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...X-MasDayg7.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...023resized.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...pphpDhcDN1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...pphpsdqVnh.jpg

Laval (Montreal suburb): pop 368,709

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1112/...d4f2d344d0.jpg

Sarnia, Ontario
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...uron/00213.jpg

Fort William/Port Arthur/Thunder Bay/Lakehead, 103,000 to 131,000 depending on how and what you count.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1169/downtownrz0.jpg
Port Arthur, 46,000 © rocket1964

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/3...riginaljx2.jpg
Fort William, 50,000 © rocket1964

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/16...ae3a34c5_o.jpg
Current River, 4,000 © Geekent

Academy Heights/Lakehead University and College Heights, neighbourhoods of Port Arthur, also have skylines (2 or more tall buildings near each other) but there are no real vantage points for them so I don't have any pictures.

Kenora, 15,000:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/...0664658f_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/...beddc091_b.jpg
Some aerial photos of apartment blocks and downtown © Ricky Wilkinson

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/10...7a62ba64c4.jpg
Best Western Kenora, tallest hotel between Ottawa and Winnipeg. © Scienceduck

You mean between Toronto and Winnipeg?

Toronto is (south) west of Ottawa. Actually Vid was wrong, London, Ontario is actually even closer to Thunder bay (in terms of west) and I'm pretty sure Sudbury has a 10-11 storey office block.

It is 11 storeys. Sudbury doesn't have any hotels over 11 storeys. Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie both have 9 storey hotels. If you go by road, Highway 17 in Kenora goes to Sudbury, then from Sudbury highway 17 goes to Ottawa. If you turn onto highway 69, that becomes highway 400 around Orillia then goes to Toronto. But you have to turn onto a different road. Technically, Ottawa is just down the street from Kenora, and Kenora is between Ottawa and Winnipeg. (17 becomes 1 in Manitoba.)

Highway 11, which once started in Toronto, does not go to Kenora.

To get to London without going through the US, you have to go through Toronto, unless you take backroads.

If you go east-west regardless of roads, its the tallest in Canada between Windsor and Winnipeg. (Windsor lines up with the midpoint between Sault and Suds)

:previous: Now this kind of debate is what these forums are all about!

For the record, I think we should have limited this to CAs and CMAs with under 500,000, to exclude cities that are just separately governed parts of larger urban areas.

Oh shit, I didn't read the hotel part, sorry.

Ill throw in my little plug for NB

Saint John ~69,000 (metro ~124,000)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nb-skyline.jpg
credit: wiki

Moncton ~65,000 (metro ~126,000)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kyline_857.png
credit: me

Brandon, Manitoba, Pop. 41,511 (2006)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2112/...6dc689ed_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/...190287bb_b.jpg
by pokoroto on flickr.com
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/...e6be586a_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/...95533240_b.jpg
by trogodor420 on flickr.com
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4767161.jpg
by wily14u on panoramio.com
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/13937582.jpg
by WpgDavid on panoramio.com