Thanks for watching, please comment below! I just wanted to add a couple things - I don't think that I showcased the creative/arts scene in Calgary enough in this video. I certainly think that Edmonton has more to offer in this area but I could have outlined more of the options that Calgary has in this area. It has a ton and I may feature some in another video. I also think that Edmonton might be better for post-secondary schools overall especially given the fact that the U of A is the best school in the province and one of the top research universities in the country. And I was on the fence about mentioning WEM, but I am personally a big fan of the place and in particular I think the World Waterpark gives Edmonton the advantage when talking about indoor attractions!
Edmonton has superior sporting facilities, superior sporting teams, better transit system because it goes underground through the downtown etc., absolutely beautiful river valley especially in the summer. And it will always be the capital city of Alberta.
Good analysis. Calgary has a more "white collar" vibe because oil and gas industry head offices (as well as upcoming solar and wind energy) are in Calgary. Edmonton is "blue collar" because the oil and gas workers and support industries live there for easier access to the rig jobs and Ft. McMurray in the north of the province. And yet, Edmonton also has government legislature workers and one of the largest universities in Canada, so go figure.
I've lived in both cities and this is a fair assessment. And I still prefer Edmonton. Maybe it's the coziness, which is a great way to describe this city
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Having spent the last 40+ years in Calgary and moving to Edmonton last Sept, I personally have found Edmonton to be less aggressive, more welcoming and friendly, less costly, and overall happier. Calgary (and I think I'll always consider myself a Calgarian), is busier, more hectic, horrible traffic, and far noisier. I have no regrets leaving my hometown and moving to "enemy territory" (yes, I am and will always be a Flames fan).
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to leave feedback - interesting take, and honestly I'm torn on which city I prefer overall. I'm grateful we have 2 decent big cities in Alberta though. I gotta ask, do you at least cheer for the Oilers a smidge when they're in the playoffs (Alberta pride)? Cheers mate, have a great week!
Good one, being settled here for just 3 months now...I agree with you on most of the points...coming from Montreal I really felt yeg is really dead..but I was wrong...the city has its own charm...and yes .I made perfect decision ..as I'm planning to buy my first home and I'm in perfect place ..😂..good luck Calgary
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! Welcome to Edmonton - it definitely isn't as cosmopolitan as Montreal but it has a lot to offer and it I think it takes awhile to really get to know. I haven't been to Montreal yet but it looks beautiful and very interesting. All the best with your new home!
@@strangenorth yul is really really a great city, infact no other city beats the charm and vibe that yul carries... BUT BUT But only if you go as tourist.. Not as a tax payer... If you are an anglophonic... Its too much of French promoting rules that makes you not to live and socialize
You know what, Montreal is up there on places in Canada I want to visit. I grew up watching the Just for Laughs festival on TV and when I travel to Montreal for the first time I want to attend that festival. Montreal also just looks like it's a lot of fun to explore, a true dense cultured urban city. Also seems like there is a slight undercurrent of anti-anglophone sentiment in Quebec so that would be a bit irritating but wouldn't dissuade me at all from visiting!
@@abhilash1237 I know what you mean. I live in Edmonton and I actually went to Montreal for a week 2 years ago to train for a new job I'd gotten at the time. I found Montreal was kind of the city equivalent of a ditzy woman - it looks nice but I wouldn't want to live there. 😃As far as the language thing goes, I found Montreal was absolutely fine with anglophones like me, never encountered any hostility towards English and honestly every single service person was bilingual. I've also been to Quebec City, and if you want to see hostility towards anglos that's where you see it. Those folks will speak English as well but begrudgingly, like you just asked them to climb Mt. Everest or something. 😁
Great video! Agree with all your points. Further to your last one, I would say that Edmonton also has a much better university than Calgary, and a much more beautiful campus!
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! Yeah fair enough, the U of A is really the best post-secondary institution in Alberta and I love the campus too - I posted a short video awhile back of some video I took walking around the campus, beautiful area! Cheers
True - the thing that personally grinds my gears a bit is the cops in Calgary wearing cowboy hats, most of them are monitoring side street traffic and they think they look like Clint Eastwood
Right? It just shows pure delusion to live in a city of over 1.5 million people and think you're a cowboy - and that's not even getting into the stupidity of "it's not cheating, it's stampeding." 😁
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback - I definitely think Edmonton is stronger in those categories, but many people disagree with me. Cheers mate, have a great weekend!
@@edmontonexpert I appreciate that, thank you - still can't believe anyone is watching my little amateur videos but I'm glad they're providing some value to people out there! Cheers
Some things you have overlooked. Conde Nast named Calgary as the friendliest city in the world for 2023. The Economist named Calgary the fifth most livable city in the world for 2024. Calgary has been on the top 10 for many years. Calgary is more expensive but has much higher average income to offset more expensive housing. I’ve lived in both cities but have spent more time in Calgary and I feel very cozy in Calgary. I think most feel cozy wherever they have lived for a while. And although I do get migraines from them, the chinooks are wonderful in winter. I give the nod to Edmonton for its summer evenings and less hail.
Definitely agree about the arts scene, especially in regards to the music scene. There are and have been great bands from Calgary, but it just seems like there have been more long-standing and internationally recognized bands from Edmonton. Edmonton also has such great diversity in regards to music - there's guaranteed to be an artist doing almost any style or sub-genre you can think of.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I agree, and it sounds crazy but I have a strong feeling that Edmonton is going to produce one of the biggest bands in the world down the road. City of champions! Cheers mate
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - yeah that's a great point, much better post secondary institutions overall. Cheers mate
I appreciate the feedback - I was on the fence about that, Calgary technically has more parkland within it's city limits (even taking into account the Edmonton river valley urban park area) and I wanted to mention that in why I think Calgary has some advantages over Edmonton. But fair enough, our river valley is better than their valley area and it is definitely a great feature of Edmonton!
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it's just my opinion although everyone has different experiences . I'm a fan of both cities. Cheers mate!
Nice, Video, I agree with just about everything but I'll add some other differences that I think also makes Edmonton better. Edmonton, unlike Calgary has more bordering communities, towns and cities. In every direction when you leave Edmonton, there's a new place within minutes, to the west, Spruce Grove/Stony pl, to the east Sherwood park, south Beaumont, Leduc, north, Fort Sask, Gibbons, etc. I found that Calgary, once you leave city limits its just open prairies until you get to Banff or Lethbridge. Edmonton is more dynamic and way more fun in the summertime than Calgary.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - that's a great point actually! I was thinking about doing a video where I highlight all of the smaller communities surrounding Edmonton, Saint Albert is definitely my favorite. Cheers mate!
@strangenorth hey thanks, no problem. I live just west of downtown, close to 124st. In case, you're interested, I fix locks and doors for a living. I been a Locksmith for 21 years but recently started my own business so if you like, maybe I can share my business email with you. Thank you
As far as coziness goes, the better explanation is that Calgary is a vast, sprawling city that’s almost entirely residential, so everyone lives in their own isolated sleepy neighbourhoods. It’s not as easy to get downtown to Calgary unless you have a car, and nothing draws anyone to the downtown area (except the Zoo) since it’s mostly just office towers, whereas Edmonton is far more integrated, making it easily to get to downtown Edmonton from anywhere else to enjoy some shopping in the centre and maybe a few restaurants there. Edmonton feels like one unified city rather than a vast sea of disparate neighbourhoods as in Calgary. Now, supposedly, the LRT goes all the way to the U of A (and now, even to Southgate as I’ve just discovered), which makes Edmonton even more unified than the decades when I lived there. If it went to West Edmonton Mall, that would make it complete. It’s true, though, that Edmonton’s transit has always been scary, right back to my memories from high school in the early ’80s-a time when the Oilers and Eskimos reigned supreme in sports. Everything in Calgary is such a far drive from everywhere else, whether it’s Costco (South Central) or Chinook Centre (West) or T&T (Northeast), so it feels like you have to sit in a car for huge distances, though the freeways are fast and wide, which kind of makes up for it.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - and you offer some fair points. And right now as we speak they are constructing a new LRT line to WEM so the coverage is getting better all the time. Cheers mate
@@strangenorth It’s interesting that my description of Edmonton’s coziness coincides with your description of Calgary. I guess that’s a difference in age and life circumstances since retirees are less likely to venture to downtown Calgary, whereas my memory of exploring downtown Edmonton is from my youth (1960s through 80s). In Calgary, I felt isolated in my sister’s upscale neighbourhoods on the southern outskirts of the city (Mackenzie Lake and Cranston) during long stays in the 1990s and while transitioning from Japan in 2002. Even our descriptions of transit for the two cities are quite reversed, other than our agreement about how scary the LRT can be. Maybe Calgary’s downtown has come alive in the past two decades in my absence.
Thanks for watching! That could actually be a neat idea, Red Deer and Lethbridge seem to be vying for that 3rd biggest spot in Alberta urban centers and they each have a distinct vibe. Cheers :)
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - glad you got that one, I knew it would throw some people lol. Cheers mate
That actually happened a few years ago, probably didn't get a ton of press outside Edmonton. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback, cheers mate!
I'm glad you got that - I knew that would throw some people and it's very abstract and nerdy but I felt that it was a point that definitely no one else had made. Cheers!
Nah didn't miss it - just not one of the reasons why I think Edmonton is BETTER than Calgary. Lush river valley to be sure, but Calgary has a beautiful river area as well (although not as prominent/expansive) and it has more overall park space within the city. Thanks for watching!
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it can get rough at times lol, still a fantastic place to live overall. Cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Having moved from Saskatchewan to Alberta with 10 years in Edmonton and in Calgary since 1986 can be summed up in one word. I chose Calgary for the milder winter. Nuff said. As far as sports culture, specifically, Edmonton has a better winning tradition not necessarily a better sports town.
Thanks for watching, please comment below! I just wanted to add a couple things - I don't think that I showcased the creative/arts scene in Calgary enough in this video. I certainly think that Edmonton has more to offer in this area but I could have outlined more of the options that Calgary has in this area. It has a ton and I may feature some in another video.
I also think that Edmonton might be better for post-secondary schools overall especially given the fact that the U of A is the best school in the province and one of the top research universities in the country.
And I was on the fence about mentioning WEM, but I am personally a big fan of the place and in particular I think the World Waterpark gives Edmonton the advantage when talking about indoor attractions!
currently driving from st.johns newfoundland to edmonton alberta and am very excited to start this new part of my life!
Thanks for watching, and all the best to you with your move - welcome to Edmonton!
omg wow thank you for the reply, appreciate the support and hospitality:)
Did the same last summer, drove from montreal to red deer
Edmonton has superior sporting facilities, superior sporting teams, better transit system because it goes underground through the downtown etc., absolutely beautiful river valley especially in the summer. And it will always be the capital city of Alberta.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback - better sports teams for sure!
Good analysis. Calgary has a more "white collar" vibe because oil and gas industry head offices (as well as upcoming solar and wind energy) are in Calgary. Edmonton is "blue collar" because the oil and gas workers and support industries live there for easier access to the rig jobs and Ft. McMurray in the north of the province. And yet, Edmonton also has government legislature workers and one of the largest universities in Canada, so go figure.
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I've lived in both cities and this is a fair assessment. And I still prefer Edmonton. Maybe it's the coziness, which is a great way to describe this city
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback - glad others know what I mean about the cozy element!
Your videos are of immense quality, keep it up!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching! I'm new to video production/RUclips and I think I could be doing everything a lot better but I hope my videos are providing a bit of information/insight. Cheers!
Having spent the last 40+ years in Calgary and moving to Edmonton last Sept, I personally have found Edmonton to be less aggressive, more welcoming and friendly, less costly, and overall happier.
Calgary (and I think I'll always consider myself a Calgarian), is busier, more hectic, horrible traffic, and far noisier.
I have no regrets leaving my hometown and moving to "enemy territory" (yes, I am and will always be a Flames fan).
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to leave feedback - interesting take, and honestly I'm torn on which city I prefer overall. I'm grateful we have 2 decent big cities in Alberta though. I gotta ask, do you at least cheer for the Oilers a smidge when they're in the playoffs (Alberta pride)? Cheers mate, have a great week!
Good one, being settled here for just 3 months now...I agree with you on most of the points...coming from Montreal I really felt yeg is really dead..but I was wrong...the city has its own charm...and yes .I made perfect decision ..as I'm planning to buy my first home and I'm in perfect place ..😂..good luck Calgary
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! Welcome to Edmonton - it definitely isn't as cosmopolitan as Montreal but it has a lot to offer and it I think it takes awhile to really get to know. I haven't been to Montreal yet but it looks beautiful and very interesting. All the best with your new home!
@@strangenorth yul is really really a great city, infact no other city beats the charm and vibe that yul carries... BUT BUT But only if you go as tourist.. Not as a tax payer... If you are an anglophonic... Its too much of French promoting rules that makes you not to live and socialize
You know what, Montreal is up there on places in Canada I want to visit. I grew up watching the Just for Laughs festival on TV and when I travel to Montreal for the first time I want to attend that festival. Montreal also just looks like it's a lot of fun to explore, a true dense cultured urban city. Also seems like there is a slight undercurrent of anti-anglophone sentiment in Quebec so that would be a bit irritating but wouldn't dissuade me at all from visiting!
@@strangenorth definitely worth a visit...
@@abhilash1237 I know what you mean. I live in Edmonton and I actually went to Montreal for a week 2 years ago to train for a new job I'd gotten at the time. I found Montreal was kind of the city equivalent of a ditzy woman - it looks nice but I wouldn't want to live there. 😃As far as the language thing goes, I found Montreal was absolutely fine with anglophones like me, never encountered any hostility towards English and honestly every single service person was bilingual. I've also been to Quebec City, and if you want to see hostility towards anglos that's where you see it. Those folks will speak English as well but begrudgingly, like you just asked them to climb Mt. Everest or something. 😁
awesome video man! Great comparisons lol
I appreciate it, glad you got some value out of the videos! Cheers mate
Great video! Agree with all your points. Further to your last one, I would say that Edmonton also has a much better university than Calgary, and a much more beautiful campus!
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! Yeah fair enough, the U of A is really the best post-secondary institution in Alberta and I love the campus too - I posted a short video awhile back of some video I took walking around the campus, beautiful area! Cheers
Reason number 7. You wont have to look at so many people wearing cowboy hats in Edmonton.🤣
True - the thing that personally grinds my gears a bit is the cops in Calgary wearing cowboy hats, most of them are monitoring side street traffic and they think they look like Clint Eastwood
Right? It just shows pure delusion to live in a city of over 1.5 million people and think you're a cowboy - and that's not even getting into the stupidity of "it's not cheating, it's stampeding." 😁
Excellent video! I am from both cities as well. I could not agree more on the opinion of the sports teams and the creative arts
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback - I definitely think Edmonton is stronger in those categories, but many people disagree with me. Cheers mate, have a great weekend!
@@strangenorthso much negativity can be found in comments. Your opinions and delivery is great! Keep it up! Have a good weekend too
@@edmontonexpert I appreciate that, thank you - still can't believe anyone is watching my little amateur videos but I'm glad they're providing some value to people out there! Cheers
Some things you have overlooked. Conde Nast named Calgary as the friendliest city in the world for 2023. The Economist named Calgary the fifth most livable city in the world for 2024. Calgary has been on the top 10 for many years. Calgary is more expensive but has much higher average income to offset more expensive housing. I’ve lived in both cities but have spent more time in Calgary and I feel very cozy in Calgary. I think most feel cozy wherever they have lived for a while. And although I do get migraines from them, the chinooks are wonderful in winter. I give the nod to Edmonton for its summer evenings and less hail.
Definitely agree about the arts scene, especially in regards to the music scene. There are and have been great bands from Calgary, but it just seems like there have been more long-standing and internationally recognized bands from Edmonton. Edmonton also has such great diversity in regards to music - there's guaranteed to be an artist doing almost any style or sub-genre you can think of.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - I agree, and it sounds crazy but I have a strong feeling that Edmonton is going to produce one of the biggest bands in the world down the road. City of champions! Cheers mate
better sports teams in Edmonton all day!
I don't think there's any real argument! :)
Calgary has a soccer team with a good following and Edmontons team folded and never really had much of a presence
Fair point! That actually brought up a memory of going to a Drillers game for a bday party around 1997. Cheers@@Deans-jm3uf
Oilers own the Flames all day.
How about those Elks! I think they might actually win one soon.
And the winner is 🥁 🥁 🥁
Edmonton 😊😊😊
Both cities are great! Cheers
One more advantage in Edmonton is in education.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - yeah that's a great point, much better post secondary institutions overall. Cheers mate
Calgary ❤❤
As an Edmontonian I also really love Calgary!
Better river valley in Edmonton should have been mentioned!
I appreciate the feedback - I was on the fence about that, Calgary technically has more parkland within it's city limits (even taking into account the Edmonton river valley urban park area) and I wanted to mention that in why I think Calgary has some advantages over Edmonton. But fair enough, our river valley is better than their valley area and it is definitely a great feature of Edmonton!
I moved to Calgary and people are so nice here, if they are nicer in Edmonton that is something.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it's just my opinion although everyone has different experiences . I'm a fan of both cities. Cheers mate!
Nice, Video, I agree with just about everything but I'll add some other differences that I think also makes Edmonton better. Edmonton, unlike Calgary has more bordering communities, towns and cities. In every direction when you leave Edmonton, there's a new place within minutes, to the west, Spruce Grove/Stony pl, to the east Sherwood park, south Beaumont, Leduc, north, Fort Sask, Gibbons, etc. I found that Calgary, once you leave city limits its just open prairies until you get to Banff or Lethbridge. Edmonton is more dynamic and way more fun in the summertime than Calgary.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - that's a great point actually! I was thinking about doing a video where I highlight all of the smaller communities surrounding Edmonton, Saint Albert is definitely my favorite. Cheers mate!
@strangenorth hey thanks, no problem. I live just west of downtown, close to 124st. In case, you're interested, I fix locks and doors for a living. I been a Locksmith for 21 years but recently started my own business so if you like, maybe I can share my business email with you.
Thank you
I agree, but on the downside we are becoming like the GTA, but without the services that accompany that large of a population.
As far as coziness goes, the better explanation is that Calgary is a vast, sprawling city that’s almost entirely residential, so everyone lives in their own isolated sleepy neighbourhoods. It’s not as easy to get downtown to Calgary unless you have a car, and nothing draws anyone to the downtown area (except the Zoo) since it’s mostly just office towers, whereas Edmonton is far more integrated, making it easily to get to downtown Edmonton from anywhere else to enjoy some shopping in the centre and maybe a few restaurants there. Edmonton feels like one unified city rather than a vast sea of disparate neighbourhoods as in Calgary. Now, supposedly, the LRT goes all the way to the U of A (and now, even to Southgate as I’ve just discovered), which makes Edmonton even more unified than the decades when I lived there. If it went to West Edmonton Mall, that would make it complete. It’s true, though, that Edmonton’s transit has always been scary, right back to my memories from high school in the early ’80s-a time when the Oilers and Eskimos reigned supreme in sports. Everything in Calgary is such a far drive from everywhere else, whether it’s Costco (South Central) or Chinook Centre (West) or T&T (Northeast), so it feels like you have to sit in a car for huge distances, though the freeways are fast and wide, which kind of makes up for it.
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - and you offer some fair points. And right now as we speak they are constructing a new LRT line to WEM so the coverage is getting better all the time. Cheers mate
@@strangenorth It’s interesting that my description of Edmonton’s coziness coincides with your description of Calgary. I guess that’s a difference in age and life circumstances since retirees are less likely to venture to downtown Calgary, whereas my memory of exploring downtown Edmonton is from my youth (1960s through 80s). In Calgary, I felt isolated in my sister’s upscale neighbourhoods on the southern outskirts of the city (Mackenzie Lake and Cranston) during long stays in the 1990s and while transitioning from Japan in 2002. Even our descriptions of transit for the two cities are quite reversed, other than our agreement about how scary the LRT can be. Maybe Calgary’s downtown has come alive in the past two decades in my absence.
Lethbridge vs Red Deer sometime?
Thanks for watching! That could actually be a neat idea, Red Deer and Lethbridge seem to be vying for that 3rd biggest spot in Alberta urban centers and they each have a distinct vibe. Cheers :)
Also, I prefer Edmonton
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Agreed!
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U of A > U of C
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3:41 agreed on the coziness of Edmonton over Calgary!
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“You may be more likely to be randomly stabbed in Edmonton” lol. Thanks for a fresh honest opinion. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching! Just wanted to be honest, not so bad here but the occasional stab-happy little buddy pops up now and then
On the bright side the odd stab happy psycho is better than our cousins to the south with their trigger happy psychos..
Finally a video which talks about positives of edmonton!
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when did Edmonton Eskimos change their name? goes to show how much l am into sports 😂 greetings from Calgary
That actually happened a few years ago, probably didn't get a ton of press outside Edmonton. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback, cheers mate!
Edmonton is the northernmost Capital City in Canada (not including the territories)
That's true, northernmost major city in North America too!
Even back in the mid 2000's I did find Edmontons downtown dead compared to Calgary. Especially on Sundays.
Yeah I'd have to agree, and that contrast is as strong as ever today!
On a Sunday morning, downtown Ottawa is quiet like a sensory deprivation tank.
@shaunstakiw2722 I live in Ottawa now. It's Sunday and I can confirm it's boring as fuck.
Calgary beats DeadMonton any day because of its weather (warm chinook winds!)
Edmonton is a truly boreal city.
It definitely stands out among major North American cities!
Edmonton IS cozy!
I'm glad you got that - I knew that would throw some people and it's very abstract and nerdy but I felt that it was a point that definitely no one else had made. Cheers!
Edmonton 😍❤
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You missed the biggest one, the river valley
Nah didn't miss it - just not one of the reasons why I think Edmonton is BETTER than Calgary. Lush river valley to be sure, but Calgary has a beautiful river area as well (although not as prominent/expansive) and it has more overall park space within the city. Thanks for watching!
Im from montreal and live in alberta. There is a reason why the call it deadmonton😂
Hey thanks for watching and I appreciate when people take the time to comment - it can get rough at times lol, still a fantastic place to live overall. Cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Having moved from Saskatchewan to Alberta with 10 years in Edmonton and in Calgary since 1986 can be summed up in one word. I chose Calgary for the milder winter. Nuff said.
As far as sports culture, specifically, Edmonton has a better winning tradition not necessarily a better sports town.
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