Is Vancouver bigger than Montreal?

Statistics Canada shows a 2016 population (the most recent available) for the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Montreal of 4093800, and for the CMA of Vancouver of 2548700. That's a difference of about 1.51 million inhabitants. read more

One of the larger reasons why Vancouver has such a small city population is that it has a sq km size of 114.97 km2 while Montreal’s is 431.50 km2 just under 3x larger than Vancouver’s. Vancouver has a very large proportional metro population to the city itself while Montreal is entirely huge. read more

Montreal is bigger than Vancouver. Montreal has a land mass of 167 square miles and is the second most populous metropolitan area in Canada while Vancouver has a land mass 44 square miles and is the third most populated metropolitan area in Canada. read more