The Top 10 Canadian Skylines

EvilGentleman: 13th Aug 2006 - 18:17 GMT

Good Job, Chris! Cool thinking. But I wonder how many disgruntled residents of Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Hamilton, Windsor, London, Ottawa, Chicoutimi, Saint John, Charlottetown and St John's will come on to complain now?

Chris Erb: 13th Aug 2006 - 18:33 GMT

Thanks EG!
Unfortunately, some great cities didn't make the cut. A lot of deliberation went into this (it's amazing what you'll do to avoid packing) and it was a hard list to come up with. I'll give my reasons for exclusion after I see some more reactions.

EvilGentleman: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:07 GMT

Of course, you drive the editors bonkers by really pushing the limits and posting a series of skyline picks for each province and territory. I can just imagine New Brunswick... Moncton, Saint John, Frdericton, Bathurst, Edmundston, Miramichi (Newcastle), Miramichi (Chatham), Sussex, Shediac and of course, Campbellton.

Prince Edward Island would be a lot trickier. Maybe Charlottetown, Summerside, Souris, Montague, Kensington, Borden-Carleton, Tignish, Georgetown, Mayfield and North Milton?

Nunavut would a tough choice. I nominate Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Pangnirtung, Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, Arviat, Igloolik, Kugluktuk and of course, Coral Harbour.

Of course, your choices may be limited to whatever the first 10 places you can find photos of are.

And of course, the global community can join in with such gems as the Top Ten Skylines of Liechtenstein, or My 10 Favourite Mongolian Beaches, or even better still, My Favourite Skating Rinks of Dubai (they have at least one, I saw a picture of the Dubai Penguins hockey team once)

I can also imagine Peter, jeeff, hool, Jamie and sine all plotting together to wrap my hands in duct tape before I cause any more trouble. Wait, there's a knock on the door... Hello, how can I... HEY! Stop that! HELP! Oh man, am I gonna lose a lot of arm hair when this comes off...

EvilGentleman: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:12 GMT

Darn typos... You could drive the editors bonkers...

jeeff: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:15 GMT

that was a good read. eg: i wouldn't say london has much of a skyline.

EvilGentleman: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:33 GMT

Neither would I. But we all know too darn well that someone will come on here and argue that very point, sooner or later.

Chris Erb: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:35 GMT

I was actually quite surprised with how much of a skyline London has. There are certainly cities with much less!

EvilGentleman: 13th Aug 2006 - 19:44 GMT

Oh, I almost forgot. Montreal, Quebec City and Vancouver have had restrictions put on the height of buildings not just because of the view of the surrounding hills or mountains, but also due to the fact that they are in earthquake zones. And in Montreal's location, at the foot of a (hopefully) extinct volcano (some contend it is actually dormant), the last thing we need is concentrated weights applied to the face of the mountain. Few of us want to see lava flowing down Peel Street.

joey: 14th Aug 2006 - 04:55 GMT

it's not canadian. it's oakland...

Chris Erb: 14th Aug 2006 - 13:09 GMT

They look similar but I don't think they're the same city.

I didn't know about the earthquakes in those cities. How often to earthquakes occur in Montreal? How bad are they usually?

This is what Wikipedia says about Mont Royal's volcano status:
Some tourist guidebooks, such as the famous Michelin Guide to Montreal, state that Mount Royal is an extinct volcano. In fact the mountain is not a volcano per se, although it probably represents a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex; it is the remnant of an igneous intrusion that was emplaced in Cretaceous to Tertiary time. The magma intruded into the Earth's crust and crystallized into gabbro. Subsequently, the surrounding rock was eroded, leaving behind the resistant igneous rock that forms the mountain.

Jody: 14th Aug 2006 - 15:39 GMT

Chris, I'm curious to hear the reasoning behind your picks. Personally, I don't find anything below Montreal particularly impressive, and even Montreal is a bit disappointing since it lacks any distinctive focus. It's slightly better at night though if you can get the searchlights in.

Cities that belong, IMO, are Ottawa (parliament with downtown in the background, what's not to like) and Winnipeg (maybe - a quick Google search turns up nothing exciting, but I bet there's an angle that brings it out.)

EvilGentleman: 14th Aug 2006 - 15:44 GMT

Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat St. Lawrence Lowlands that extends from Gravel Hill, Ontario through Mount Royal, and east to Mont Brome, at the edge of the Appalachians in Quebec's Eastern Townships, and possibly beyond. Now for some web research:

The Canadian Encyclopedia states "Whether any volcanoes existed above the intrusions is unknown because no direct evidence remains."
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007093

Natural Resources Canada states "Contrary to popular belief, Mount Royal is not an ancient volcano that is now extinct. This misconception has arisen because of the shape of the hill. Mount Royal and some other Monteregian Hills have central depressions, many of which are occupied by a lake such as Lac des Castors on Mount Royal and Hertel Lake on Mount Saint-Hilaire. But these lakes are not crater lakes, and the rock that forms these hills is not volcanic!"
geoscape.nrcan.gc.ca/montreal/hills_e.php

Mount Royal is part of the Monteregian mountain chain.

It appears the hills to the west (Deux-Montagnes, or the Two Mountains of Oka; Mont Rigaud, which the Trans-Canada winds around just east of the Quebec-Ontario border; a hill by Saint-Andre Est, across the Ottawa River from Rigaud; and of course, my personal belief in also including Gravel Hill, in Ontario, northwest of Cornwall along Highway 138 just south of the Trans-Canada Highway) are actually part of an even older igneous formation.

The ancient fault line in the area is still somewhat active, with the junction of 3 plate sections occurring under the Saint Lawrence River between Kahnawake and Lasalle, about a mile east of the Mercier Bridge. Those plate sections are the Laurentian Shield to the N, the Adirondacks to the SW, and the Appalachians to the SE. This causes the area to be quite active geologically, despite being in a rigid area of the North American Plate. Keep in mind the series of earthquakes centered around New Madrid, Missouri in 1812 were also among the worst in American history, even though the Mississippi Valley is in the middle of the North American plate. There was one earthquake NE of Quebec City in 1663 that is believed to have been 7.0 on the richter scale. As comparision, the deadly San Francisco Bay earthquake of 1989 was a magnitude 6.9

Map from earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic_eq/caneqmap_e.php

Michael Barrick: 14th Aug 2006 - 16:30 GMT

Your description of Vancouver puts it in the wrong mountains. The Rocky Mountains are over 500 km east of Vancouver and are southern portion of the border between BC and Alberta. The mountains visible from Vancouver are the Coast Mountains, which are part of the Cascade mountain range.

EvilGentleman: 14th Aug 2006 - 16:35 GMT

Just to soothe your fears, though, it should be pointed out that although Montreal has had numerous earthquakes, I have personally slept through most of the ones I have been through, although one of them did throw my grandmother out of bed. I dunno why we always seem to get the bad ones at night. Montreal has not had an earthquake fatality for the last 274 years, although it should be mentioned that the death in Montreal in 1732 is the only recorded death directly resulting from an earthquake in Canada's history. There were 27 dead in Newfoundland after the Grand Banks earthquake of 1929, but that was due to a tsunami, not the earthquake itself.

EvilGentleman: 14th Aug 2006 - 16:49 GMT

Since the Ring of Fire surrounds the Pacific Ocean, could it not be said that the western cordillera region (of which the Coast/Cascades and Rockies are both part of) is in fact a part of a single mountain chain that includes the Andes of South America, the Antarctic Peninsula, The Southern Alps of New Zealand, the nations of New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan, as well as Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula? Would it therefore be possible to say that Mount Fuji is part of the Rockies, and Pike's Peak is part of the Southern Alps?

EvilGentleman: 14th Aug 2006 - 16:50 GMT

Sorry, I'm a geo-nerd. This could go on forever.

CJ: 14th Aug 2006 - 16:55 GMT

I buy most of those but would suggest Ottawa would beat out Yellowknife or Moncton. If you don't buy that then even HULL, seen from the Ottawa side of the river, is quite impressive. Next to the Pentagon, the Portage complex in Hull is the largest government structure in the world...add to that the Museum of Civilization, old and new bridges, yacht clubs and some very historic architecture.

SsS: 14th Aug 2006 - 17:07 GMT

Saskatoon definitely deserves to be on this list, even if it doesn't have the most grand skyline in Canada, it's still very lovely.

Chris Erb: 14th Aug 2006 - 19:21 GMT

The controversy is starting to pour in so here are my reasons for excluding some cities that I was considering:

Ottawa: For a city its size and importance, the skyline in't very impressive. The Parlement Buildings are quite beautiful but the downtown skyline isn't.
London: Maybe in a few years, from what I've read, there is a lot of new development about to happen that could make it much better
Mississauga: Same as London
Saint John: Saint John does have a very good skyline for a city its size but I felt that Moncton had a skyline that was much more important.
St. John's: Not much of a skyline, it's too spread out and not impressive enough. Fredericton fits in with this too.
Regina: almost made it but it's too low lying withought any real distinguishing features. McCallum Hill Centre are quite nice buildings though.
Saskatoon: Skyline isn't bad but suffers many of the same ills as Regina.
Hamilton: It's ok but nothing spectacular for a city its size.
Windsor: Too lowlying, hidden in the shadow of Detroit.
Thunder Bay and Sudbury: I couldn't find much evidence of a skyline for either of these cities.
Winnipeg: This was the hardest one to leave out. As a whole, Winnipeg's skyline isn't too imprssive (this may change after the Hydro Building is built) but that area with the cluster of buildings isn't too bad. if there was a top 15, Winnipeg definitely would have made it.
Victoria: Height limitations and a spread out downtown hurt Victoria considerably.
Rimouski and Trois-Rivières: No evidance of a skyline anywhere. They seem like nice cities though (Trois-Rivières in particular).
Brandon: There seems to be a bit os a skyline but nothing that really caught my eye.

There are other cities that I considered as well but they mostly all fall into the category of not being very impessive.

Also, keep in mind that most of my that most of my decisions were made from photos I've seen over the last few years of being unhealthily obsessed with cities. I've never been west of Montreal in Canada and have never been north of Edmunston and Bathurst so my experience of Canadian cities is quite limited.

Chris Erb: 15th Aug 2006 - 23:49 GMT

Whoa, big things are happening in Niagara Falls.

This:

May be turning into this:

See the full pictures here:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b224/neiliohep/niagara.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b224/neiliohep/niagara3.jpg

It's fun to open one and then the other in the same tab then click back and forth to see the changes.

Josh Langille: 17th Aug 2006 - 20:27 GMT

Windsor's skyline may not be up to par but we are lucky to have a beautiful waterfront with an incredible skyline as a backdrop in Detroit.

This is Casino Windsor. One of the few prominent buildings you can see from Detroit.

This is one shot of the Detroit Skyline at nighttime from the Windsor Riverfront:

Here is another angle of the Detroit skyline at dusk:

One more picture of the skyline lit up as the sun falls:

I hope you enjoyed the photos:)

Matlac: 20th Aug 2006 - 04:59 GMT

EG, "geo-nerdiness" is contagious. While reading about your earthquake research in the St. Lawrence Valley I remembered about the 1663 earthquake which hit Quebec City and Charlevoix surrounding. The Atlas of Canada says it was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that caused major landslides from Charlevoix to Trois-Rivières. It is known that almost every earthquakes in Quebec City area are caused by the meteor that striked Charlevoix area in the past.

I couldn't find it, but I remember having read a text from Marie de l'Incarnation saying few buildings sustained extensive damages and about a cliff halved by the seism. And thanks for the info, I didn't know about the Montreal's restriction on building heigths. Looks like the new legislation about the Building Code won't do any good for that skyline in the future. The area being labelled as one with the higher risk in Canada recently.

One thing is sure, with it's growth rate, Toronto's not going to lose it's first place. I took a ride over there this year and was amazed to see how much the skyline grew in less than three years.

Geoffy V Saint John, NB: 22nd Aug 2006 - 13:09 GMT

with the Bay of Fundy as a fore front,the skline of saint John is much more impressive than that of Moncton. The bridge and city lights make for an awesome picture. U have to disagree with you on the Moncton thing here dude.

Chris Erb: 22nd Aug 2006 - 14:26 GMT

I agree that Saint John has a nicer skyline but as I said above, Moncton's skyline has many more important buildings and is more striking than that of Saint John. Please don't take offence, there are few cities I hate more than Moncton and few cities I love more than Saint John so it is nothing against SJ.

Sherlock77: 26th Aug 2006 - 02:59 GMT

I'll agree with Calgary... I live there after all, and grew up here :) Where I live (just south of downtown) I have great views of the Calgary Tower all the time. From either the north side or west side of downtown the tower is invisible amongst the other tall buildings

kevin bracken: 23rd Sep 2006 - 07:54 GMT

when looking at skyline comparison blog posts, people often use many different angles when comparing skylines. i am glad that you used straight-on shots from afar. however, i would like to see comparisons start to use slightly elevated shots near sunset: it gives you a better idea of how it is to actually live in the city among those buildings, and also how the city's lights look.

(it is worth noting that gambling cities, like niagara falls, las vegas, reno and atlantic city all have very colorful skylines.)

Micah: 14th Oct 2006 - 03:13 GMT

The Moncton skyline as viewed from Lewisville Road is much more impressive: you see not just the tall commercial buildings but also some nice old ones, church steeples, etc., too that are hidden when viewed from the other side.
And the best place to get an Edmonton skyline pic is sitting on the hill in Gallagher park during Folk Fest! As the sun starts to descend over the main stage and the convention centre's glass walls are reflecting the orange light...

vanman: 9th Nov 2006 - 02:00 GMT

I for one was glad not to see Hamilton shown. Igrew up there and it is just smog city!cough,cough. 10:00 pm atlantic time nov 8 2006. bye!

batman: 6th Feb 2007 - 02:55 GMT

very cool pictures, but please give a little more respect to London, it is booming here and in couple years it will be even better

LondonBoy: 26th Feb 2007 - 22:47 GMT

I think londons skyline is very underated. i've lived in london all my life and always loved the buildings. Like One London Place. The pics u c on the internet r shit!!!!!!!!! There is still construction of taller buildings 2. Go Knights Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jp2007: 14th Mar 2007 - 22:05 GMT

Winnipeg is a great city
It's better than Vancouver

EvilGentleman: 14th Mar 2007 - 22:59 GMT

I love Winnipeg, and my son was born there. But the title of this article refers to the city skylines, and... well, there's no nice way to put this, but saying Winnipeg looks better than Vancouver? Are you nuts? I've been to both cities, there is no comparision. I will always have better memories of Winnipeg (in fact, the best moment of my life), but I know Vancouver looks better, no matter what I may feel.

jp2007: 24th Mar 2007 - 21:34 GMT

Here's the winnipeg skyline

CE: 1st Apr 2007 - 16:10 GMT

Sorry, you're right. That was a typo, I meant tallest in New Brunswick.

steve: 5th Apr 2007 - 22:51 GMT

just a simple correction, Vancouver's skyline is not restricted due to the near by Rocky Mountains, They are actually hundreds of kilometres away, but because of the coastal mountains which are just outside of Vancouver.

Brandon: 8th May 2007 - 14:45 GMT

Cool, i love it. I never knew canada had such big citys :)

Brandon: 8th May 2007 - 15:19 GMT

Regina should be on here. :) I dont live here, but i think its a great city.

Brandon: 8th May 2007 - 19:02 GMT

Hamilton Another Large City :)

Brandon: 8th May 2007 - 19:03 GMT

London Ontario , Just another picture i wanted to share.

Brandon: 8th May 2007 - 19:10 GMT

Ottawa , Ontario

Arial Skyline.

Brandon - The One Who Added All The Pictures :): 8th May 2007 - 19:26 GMT

Missasuga , Ontario

M Braedley: 27th May 2007 - 00:04 GMT

Although the image you selected for Halifax is typical, I much prefer the view from further down shore (beyond the coast guard docks rather than Alderny Landing, if anyone knows Dartmouth at all). From this view, you can actually see the Citadel (instead of having it obscured by Purdy's Wharf and other buildings to the north-west), and where Purdy's Wharf is visible, but doesn't dominate the view.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1748365-md.jpg

T: 31st May 2007 - 09:06 GMT

Victoria, BC is starting to develop a skyline with all the new highrises that are springing up downtown. Does anybody have any recent photos that do a good job of showing all of Victoria's skyline? It's tough to find anything on Google...

T: 31st May 2007 - 09:19 GMT

I should add that for the most part, historically, Victoria's skyline has always been less-than-impressive because of height restrictions for reasons similar to Vancouver's (wouldn't want to block the view of the Olympic Mountains across the Juan de Fuca Strait). However in the last couple years I've been hearing more debate about it and for whatever reason things seem to becoming a bit more lax. In the core around the Empress Hotel there are several new developments (hotels, mostly) that will be near the 20-storey mark. For a metro area with a population nearing 400,000 I wonder how long Victoria can last without a real definitive skyline.

Denis: 21st Jul 2007 - 20:28 GMT

I will have to bring you a copy of the "real" Edmonton skyline.....it probably should fall in the # 5 spot, well aheak of Halifax and Quebec city, which are jokes.....

i will send you a picture early next week.....

Denis: 24th Jul 2007 - 00:51 GMT

I wasn't able to send you my pictue of the Edmonton skyline...too big of a file.....can i send it to you through email for you to post.....or how do i get down to 600 migapixels as recommended by this web page?????

Help...thanks, Denis in Edmonton

jeeff: 24th Jul 2007 - 05:35 GMT

you could try the online tools at www.picnik.com.

Sandinista: 31st Jul 2007 - 08:47 GMT

Yea I think edmonton should be higher on this list but its always so poorly photographed. I agree calgary's is better in fact probably the second best but not that much better than edmonton. I think it is important to photograph our beautiful river valley (on the south side of downtown) but when the focus is on the high rises the pics should be taken from the north which they never are. Jeebas. That Telus building is so ugly. And is that picture old? because you can't even see manulife.

Boris: 1st Aug 2007 - 20:07 GMT

Well just wanted to say for the post about Winnipeg been a better city then Vancouver umm ya man u need to study up on ur facts of citys because i my self am a huge Fan of Toronto more then any city to be honest but anyways Vancouver has alot of new buildings going up Winnipeg is a joke u never hear about it on the news or any major well of anything really and Vancouver i know i cant use it as a excuse the olympics but still the skyline is gonna be great in a few years with the new buildings going up but this candian hight restriction is a joke wtf

Kyle: 27th Aug 2007 - 03:27 GMT

Well, theres some great photos on this page. Yea OK, big buildings make a pretty awesome skyscape. But so do mountains and lakes. Heres a skyscape from my hometown: Summerland BC, 35km south of Kelowna en route to Penticton, Highway 97. This picture taken atop Giant's Head. I have a ton of other Okanagan panaromics, if interested, visit me at my new Winnipeg Web Design site and email me!

colby: 6th Sep 2007 - 16:33 GMT

winnipegs skyline is so amazing and i love it so much... i just love to sit at the edge of the city and gaze wonderingly into the citys skyline

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): 3rd Oct 2007 - 06:10 GMT

One certainly did not seek out proper WInnipeg Skyline shots.It deserves to be on here well before some others.

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): 3rd Oct 2007 - 06:13 GMT

WINNIPEG may not have as many buildings as Calgary but it does have a decent skyline,many rivers,bridges and tress galore.. and to its credit..the best collection of heritage buildings in Western Canada and the reason the Movie + film industry is still thriving while most ciites film making days are done.

frank s: 2nd Nov 2007 - 18:59 GMT

The Winnipeg skyline should be veiwed from a different angle than whats shown, people would be suprised of the size.

does it matter?: 6th Nov 2007 - 22:36 GMT

If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most photos of Winnipeg consist of simply Portage and Main or possibly the Portage and Main cluster to the Fort Garry Plaza, which sadly displays the absolute desolation in between. I'm sorry but who ever put Yellowknife on the 10 best was either visually impaired or on some sort of PR mission. I'm not complaining that Winnipeg should have been on the list, but Ottawa was not? Shit even St. John's, Newfoundland boasts a more beautiful skyline, as well as Victoria, B.C. Not to mention that, like Manitoba, Saskatchewan always gets the short end of the stick. Realistically, Vancouver has one of the most beautiful skylines in the world. Sorry Calgary and Toronto, but even more impressive than both of your cities. Not to say they don't have impressive skylines, just that Vancouver is awe inspiring. Anyways Canada is a beautiful country all around but we are very regionalised and this blog proves it. Why is it that everyone in Winnipeg compares themselves to Calgary, Calgarians to Edmontonians and Torontonians to the rest of Canada, its petty. Each has its own unique characteristics and charm. But let's face it, the way we value money over culture and art and how we wish to build cities that are more profitable than beautiful, makes all of our cities ugly in comparison to European cities. I wish we cared as much as we used to. Winnipeg is a sad and prime example of that, we cherish our heritage buildings now, but if it was not for our economic decline they would have all been demolished in the name of progress, much like Pennylane (I do not know if the name is right? sorry) has been in Calgary.

Sophie: 8th Nov 2007 - 05:49 GMT

Winnipeg

eyeofodin: 8th Nov 2007 - 05:53 GMT

winnipeg.....the capital of sorrow. just quoting a song!

sarahthecanadian: 15th Nov 2007 - 04:50 GMT

i agree i love winnipeg its a great city and i think it has a pretty impressive skyline....allthough i am from there lol

montrealrules: 15th Nov 2007 - 21:45 GMT

Montreal should have been higher on this list

Danny: 16th Nov 2007 - 19:16 GMT

My top 5:

1)Toronto: the biggest in Canada by far
2) Montreal: very colorful at night
3) Calgary: up and comming Western city
4) very dense but Seattle it ain't

Danny: 16th Nov 2007 - 19:18 GMT

4) whoops... Vancouver
5) Niagara Falls surprise

niagara: 27th Nov 2007 - 06:52 GMT

no niagara falls input, so i'll add some.
lots of action going on around here, a 52 and 60 story under construction, with several more planned.
defiantely deserving of the top 5, and if there was an angled picture of the falls you can see just how impressive it is for a city of 82,000.
later!

JOEY - The TPA Crew - ThePublic Animals: 27th Nov 2007 - 16:06 GMT

Thanks for reminding us about a few things about Canada. First, how huge it is, and obviously how many mammoth cities it contains. Thanks for the great shots!

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): 11th Dec 2007 - 17:24 GMT

Herb - Peg Promoter

I think that the clustered Winnipeg Skyline looks very up & coming.
With her economy in high gear & full swing it will soon be ob the list for sure along with having respected its characrer buildings.

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): 16th Dec 2007 - 04:50 GMT

Winnipeg has been the most understated and under appreciated city in the country for decades.
Rich with a vibrant arts scene and steeped in an abundance of rich history and a plethora of great performing arts venues and character buildings,many waterways and nearby lakes and more trees than people..
The worst bashing the city gets are from its former residents that have little idea how vastly things have changed here in recent times and how the city has a great future to look forward to.Winnipeg should have been number 8 or 9 however will be on the list very soon.
And let us all remember to put this into perspective...this list is one persons opinion.

thepegguy: 16th Dec 2007 - 17:41 GMT

how come 'peg is not on the list???
i think 'peg has better skyline, it should be on the list, maybe at number 9 or 10...
but for me, calgary should be at number 1 and toronto should be at number 2, edmonton should be at 5...

thepegguy: 20th Dec 2007 - 18:29 GMT

here's the pic of the 'peg

chitown chillin: 10th Jan 2008 - 04:41 GMT

i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are fairly sizeable and have pretty decent skylines. my wife lives in vancouver, and though the buildings aren't tall, the skyline impresses. (this from a guy who lives in the city with the sears tower and the hancock building).

north vancouver, for a suburb, has a decent skyline too.

McDermott: 12th Feb 2008 - 03:40 GMT

I agree with the list for the most part-yet Moncton is a surprise.Winnipeg and Victoria are notable by their absence.

Bergher: 16th Feb 2008 - 23:45 GMT

Some pictures of Victoria:

grad: 21st Feb 2008 - 19:28 GMT

I agree calgary has the second best but this pic. does not do it justice as a pic from the sait campus gives it a more dense look as it slopes toward the river where you see pretty much all the buildings as opposed to just the few tall ones that you have, but great pics of all the cities none the less.

ArchDoctor: 9th Mar 2008 - 09:42 GMT

I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting everyday, and despite its proximity to Toronto, MISSISSAUGA has its own distict, unique and AMAZING skyline, which makes edmonton, winnipeg, and NIAGARA lol ?? omg.....MISSISSUAGA ....i'll post a pic once i get one

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): 20th Mar 2008 - 05:27 GMT

Winnipeg has a decent skyline.
There are ecrtain angles it must be taken from.
East looking west: Southwest looking North East and South looking north are best.
Winnipeg is preforming better than anywhere else in Canada at the monet and immigration is at an all tiem high.
We have kept many highrise turn of the 20th century edifices and many new bulidings are going forward.

marie: 21st Apr 2008 - 05:37 GMT

you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very distinquishing factors that make the skyline so beautiful. Among the more modern buildings is a beautiful treed park with a white domed bandstand in the middle, the grand Bessborough Hotel, the seventies' Sheraton Hotel with its curved windows on the top floor, two church cathedrals that are lit up at night, more park, a few bridges that lead into downtown, and all this mirrored in the Saskatchewan River. I wonder what our skyline will look like when riverfont is complete!

marlene: 6th May 2008 - 02:38 GMT

Winnipeg definitely deserves to be on the list. Its skyline is distinctive--especially in the dead of winter when its really cold and ice fog clouds are in the air and the sky is clear blue and the sun is shining brilliantly. Also at night--Winipeg has the prettiest Christmas decorations on display on Portage avenue and Main streets. The new Louis Riel bridge is col. I travel a lot an no place has lights like winnipeg at christmas. I live in washington dc and am looking for a wpg skyline poster for my LR.

Tykal: 26th May 2008 - 05:31 GMT

THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD..........TORONTO, being the largest city in canada, the tallest city in the world for over 35 years (curse you dubai) and more multicultural than any city on earth, there is no place id rather live, then Toronto. I can see the world in my back yard. Can you?

Calgary : 11th Jun 2008 - 22:32 GMT

To be honest I think montreal has the best skyline in Canada.

Mitch: 30th Jun 2008 - 04:58 GMT

Tykal, while I agree with you that Toronto is a great city, I am tired of hearing about how its the most multicultural city in the world when the U.N has never awcknoleged it. It is just a claim that Toronto made.

NF: 11th Jul 2008 - 02:18 GMT

Someone put a picture of what the Niagara Falls skyline might be turning into....there missing a building that is under construction right now. Were building a 52 storey hotel addition onto the Hilton. I also read Niagara Falls is considering building some high-rise condos to add to the skyline!

J: 11th Jul 2008 - 20:14 GMT

For the record, St John and Moncton do not have the tallest buildings in the Maritimes... Halifax has at least 5 buildings that are more than 20 floors. I agree with your comments about Halifax though. Its one nice city, especially at sunset.

Helladog: 18th Jul 2008 - 04:58 GMT

Yeah, Saint John has a better skyline than Moncton. And The guy above is right- Saint John and Moncton have the tallest buildings in NB, not the Maritimes.

krimzer kkk: 19th Jul 2008 - 15:52 GMT

montreal skylines is the best than toronto!

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krimzer kkk: 19th Jul 2008 - 15:57 GMT