When you say most Americans have never heard of Edmonton... anyone who's a hockey fan knows where Edmonton is. Edmonton Oilers were a dynasty during Wayne Gretzky's days.
@@lmaoreally Don't forget St. Louis before NY. There's quite a few hockey fans in the US, but I guess the percentage is quite low compared to the overall population. I guess it depends on the state in which you live. Places like Minnesota, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, and New York all have huge hockey cultures, so they'd know what's what.
@@michaelbinbc yes but his recognition by the average american surged more playing in the two biggest entertainment / city hubs in america in NY and LA than going to a place like missouri. and it is a small percentage of the population that watches hockey like you said. hence why when you say most americans don’t know edmonton he’s right … there’s a small population of ppl in the USA the care about hockey relative to the 300+ million that live in the USA. of course there are diehard hockey fans in the usa, still small percentage in grand scheme of things. and apart from the oilers/gretzky, not much else about edmonton would ever make an american think about edmonton
This ranked the 9 largest metropolitan areas but there are 3 others that I'd rank higher than some of these 9. Victoria, Kelowna, and Halifax are considerably smaller but pack a lot of punch.
Went to Halifax for the first time a couple of years ago & loved it, so good on many levels. Would also like to go to Victoria & Kelowna. A Canadian here who hasn’t seen so much of Canada 😔
@@oib0y Victoria is lovely. If I had the cash I would move there. I love Alberta but the politics is problematic. And it would be nice to be warm in winter for a change... ⛱😎
I don't consider _anything_ in China official. They Hydro-seed with green paint, so the dead rocks look like fields of green grass. And they sell sewer waste oils to street vendors, don't eat from food carts in China.
You did a video once about a reddit thread asking "which is the most canadian city," and Winnipeg was the resounding winner. I wish more videos talked about the wonderful things about winnipeg instead of focussing on "its cold in winter and has bugs in summer" and "some people do crimes" We have an incredible festival scene, zoo, museums, variety of cuisines, and more. I wish we had a better transit system, but you can absolutely get around the city without a car. I do so regularly. When i was young i wanted to get out of here and move to a "big" city like toronto, but now i couldnt imagine living anywhere else. We have our problems like any other city, but the people here are good and we have a rich history.
Hey Tyler. Edmonton is home to the largest mall in Canada, The West Edmonton Mall. And as a FYI, the owners of our mall also own your two big boys, The Mall of America, and America Dream Meadowlands, because it's a Canadian company! Didn't see that coming, did you? As for the narrator, he called people from Toronto as something like "Toronans", instead of the correct name "Torontonians" (which is the only time you pronounce the second "T"). Cheers from 🇨🇦.
I just looked into the violent crime rates for Canada, and the us. They are so dramatically different. That even with Winnipeg having a crime rate that’s 61% above the Canadian average, would likely put it as the safest city in the US.
Homeless issue is everywhere but I think Vancouver (and west coast in general) is worse than eastern Canada because of our milder climate. But the cost to live in Vancouver! Through the roof. I LOVE Vancouver. Now live on the Island (also expensive!) but lived in the West End in the 70's and loved every minute of it.
I too am an islander & yeah, Victoria is expensive as hell. I'm f'd when my landlord dies. I've been here over 12 yrs now & my rent went from $600 to $630 in all that time. My landlord is a Saint, & I'm an atheist! P.S. He will be 81 in April.
Vancouver was known from the Expo 86 has a mosaic and diverse nature, has skytrain sea to sky highway, home of Stanley Park least cold, has a rain forest.
Depends who you ask... Some people are sensitive to grimey aspects of a city. Others don't mind. I dont mind. At least most of it is constrained to one area. And Granville has a fair bit.. but outside of that it's pretty uncommon to see homeless people. Uptown once in a while.. kits never, west end neverz south van never, Grandview... Maybe a bit .. I dunno I don't think it's too bad personally..it has declined and I think that makes people think it's relatively bad. But the social situation is still relatively good. It's a safe city, despite what right wing politicians are trying to convince people of.
@@JunkBondTrader -- lets not divide with right wing or left wing or alt this extreme that. 32% jump in Greater Vancouver homeless population in three years. the problem lies mostly federally in ottawa. it's ok to be liberal when they are intelligent. but it's equally ok to be conservative when they are intelligent. a partisan vote is un cerebral. here is a global report on vancouver's tremendous homelessness crisis. it's not just major cities but secondary cities are seeing tents pop up everywhere. barrie, guelph, kitchener small towns that never had this problem now have ppl in tents living on main street.
I love Edmonton. 17 hours of daylight in the summer. Affordable. Open skies so you don't feel trapped in a concrete jungle. Great festivals year round. One of the best universities in CANADA and a pre-eminent heart institute.🇨🇦🇨🇦 And it's NOT Calgary. Lol.
I saw Forbes ranked Calgary the 3rd best city to live in the world and Edmonton wasn’t even top 50. Im from Florida im just curious as that’s the only time I’ve heard of either
@@TheCanadianReacts Calgary is a good city as well. One of the inviting features of Calgary is its proximity to Banff and the Rockies. We kind of separate them as Calgary is primarily a white collar and ranching sort of culture and Edmonton is more blue collar and farming and service for the "oil patch". Edmonton's river valley park is the largest urban park in North America. Both are great, affordable, safe cities and worth a look.🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@TheCanadianReacts Calgary is more metro and white collar with a right leaning population and Edmonton has more arts/festivals blue collar and left politically.
@@rodweinmeyer1435 gotcha. I think it’s cool two cities that are in the same province or close to each other are pretty different. In the us most cities in each state are very similar
Vancouver's Chinese population is only 20%. Toronto actually has 100K more Chinese than Vancouver. And in the 80s, people from Montreal used to come to Vancouver for a 'welfare holiday'. You used to be able to apply in the morning, then have a cheque within a few hours. They literally had a paid vacation.
I laughed out loud when the broadcaster said Alberta was the best province in Canada. I think he must be an Albertan! My friends who were born and raised in Winnipeg call it Winterpeg.
In South Park etc, they ding Winnipeg as if it were siberia - it is not. The real life bear who inspired the Winnie the Pooh books was named for Winnipeg. Winnipeg comes from a First Nation (begins with A) word meaning muddy waters. It is the clay deposits which make the Red river red. The clay in the soil holds water - which provides a good breeding ground. The cultural scene is good. Period movies are made here. Greater Winnipeg's slogan is One with the Strength of Many - and the towns and former cities that make up Winnipeg are still referred to by name. Until they replaced the bridge, there used to be a Welcome to St Boniface sign once you crossed it. I grew up in the English portion of St Boniface known as the Norwood flats or the flood zone - but, since Lyndale drive (the road) is technically a dike, it doesn't flood there any more. The reason why it is so windy is that Mainstreet / St Mary's goes straight through the city in one direction and Portage Avenue goes straight through the city in the other. Then you ad the three rivers that run through the city to the mix - the Red, the Assiniboine and the Seine, there is really not much to block the wind. Portage and Main is known for being very windy. They recommend that you cross the street underground now - but there was a time when crossing it on foot was much easier and legal. Randy Bachman and Neil Young made a song about Winnipeg proper called Prairie Town. Alberta - you don't want to know about their new Premier and the company she keeps.
I’m so interested to read your comment. Both my parents were born & raised in Winnipeg - though left in the 50s. I have huge emotional ties there for many many reasons. My grandma’s parents came over from Scotland in early 1900s bc he got a job arranged before coming over as a meat packer in St Boniface area. The list goes on & on with my ties to Winnipeg
@@LetItBeSummer-1 There were many Scottish clubs/societies in Winnipeg at that time. Some are still going strong here, like the St. Andrews Society (for better or for worse).
Winnipeg is one awesome city and well worth seeing. It's not actually the coldest city but it is the coldest winter. For year around weather Edmonton is actually colder! Oh, and it has one off the most diverse populations in Canada. FYI, I do not live there, I am in Halifax but I have a lot of family that are there and have spent many days in the city.
Winnipeg is good to visit in the summer for sure but I do not recommend living there at least not anymore. It used to be much better back in the early 2000s when I lived there. The pandemic really screwed things up I think.
@user-xj9vf4xb9p the pandemic did mess up a lot, but we gave the Pallister/Stefanson govt the boot in our last election, so it's been a relief to have a govt that actually cares about healthcare again. It's going to be a long road, but at least we're moving in the right direction at last
I've been to all of these Canadian cities (and especially Toronto) more than a few times in my 80 years, but I can't imagine living anywhere other than Montreal. (Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs, nightlife and restaurants, Mount Royal Park in the middle of the city, the Old Port)
Montreal has the class, sophistication and European flavor that Toronto is envious of. I live in Toronto now after moving here from Ville Emard ten years ago. I really miss Montreal.
@@carlop.7182 Personally, I simply can't imagine living over there. I'm from Québec as well but I'm not a city person. I don't like going over there, driving on the island, ridiculous parking prices and more often than you'd like, f'ed up people. It's definitely worth going over there for the festivals, shows, hockey, Grand Prix and all the other stuff that's not available elsewhere in the province but living there? No way.
Hi Tyler, thanks for reacting and being so respectful to our beautiful country. I see some comments by certainly a troll trying to downplay you, this is a cleatly sign that he is gelous of the appreciation you receive from many Canadians, so keep doing the great reactions you do! 😊🤜🏼
Vancouver's temperature is deceptive. Yes, we've got very mild winters but one of the most popular nicknames for Vancouver is "Raincouver". It rains there 7-8 months of the year, as it's inside of a temperate rainforest. The other catch with those temperatures is that Vancouver is humid and the cold gets into your bones almost immediately. So warming up is a struggle at times
winnipeg has the leo moll exhibit, it's a park filled with his bronze sculptures. ma, being the artsy type, dragged me down there when we lived in mb(i'm home in ns), i could year round a summer jacket in winnipeg, even during record chills, the temperature doesn't jump around so it's possible to get used to it. edmonton HAD the largest mall in the world... for a LONG time. the classic joke is that they had more submarines in their mall than the canadian maritime fleet had for the whole country. toronto has 12000 acre park, possibly worth a visit.
@@dawnwennberg9884 yah, i seem to remember the moll section being near... um... portage, i think, as part of that section, greenhouses and other stuff, victorianish cast iron frame conservatories for rare plants with sculpture in them too. they were having work done when we went, so, no visit, but at least a short walk from the bus stops.
Toronto totally rocks! Being North America’s 3rd biggest city north of Mexico it gets ALL the sports, concerts and other cultural arts events. Big bands can play 3 nights in a row at a huge venue. Then, because they sold out all 3 they often do an end of the tour “Thank You” concert…and still sell out! The Rolling Stones would rent a full Hanger at Pearson airport to rehearse for their North American tours! Cottage country is within 2-4 hours drive so that is a huge asset. 😊
I hate to be "that" guy, but 4th largest city. After Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles, in that order. We beat out Chicago about 5 years ago to claim the 4th spot on the continent.
toronto is good. cold winter but so is chicago. i'd say most canadian cities have sort of gotten worse socially. i've neverr in my life seen more homeless in toronto than in the last five or six years. there's a hopelessness of never being able to afford anything in toronto making less than a hundred k. and even a hundred k won't buy you any condo.
My family has lived in Hamilton for all of my 73 years. The city was the largest steel producing City in Canada. Years ago they used coal to heat the "coke ovens" and the black soot covered most of the city and we could often smell the burning coal. Yes, it was a dirty City, but was also a low unemployment City. Some have never returned in many years to see how much has changed. We also have one of the best football stadiums in Canada. Over the years, tighter emission standards and technology, have changed the City and is now much cleaner. We do have some areas of old houses, buildings and less fortunate people but most areas are clean and fairly well kept. What he didn't tell us is that Hamilton is on the shores of Lake Ontario, as is Toronto. He didn't tell us that Hamilton is a two level city with the upper city built on top of the Niagara escarpment. Anyway, I'm happy in my City, but it's far from perfect. My nightlife is over anyway. I have little desire to live anywhere else.This dingbat narrator seems to have a little stigma with Canada in General
I grew up in Hamilton, near limeridge mall. I moved to England 25 years ago. When I return to Hamilton to visit my brother, I find the city is almost unrecognizable.
I have live here in the Hammer for my entire 70 years and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. We have the Festival of Friends, Tiger Cat football and so much more to offer. I find the ones who have most of the negative comments about our city don't live here and don't appreciate what Hamilton is all about.
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For number 7, as people also call it steeltown or the hammer, it is not that far out of Toronto. Halfway between downtown Toronto and Niagara falls.
Winterpeg, Manisnowba has some pretty harsh winters. A friend of mine moved there years ago and told me temps hit in the -50s. I love the cold but just couldn't do it
Enjoyed a stay at Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and enjoyed playing golf on the spongy like grass with very wide fairways. The outline of the course had very tall evergreens (at least 8 storeys high) Actually Friday early afternoon driving there it 😢😮was very DARK....of the same weekend .....driving through torrential rain...indicative of an unusually large storm mass. Saturday morning there was an announcement that a hurricane hit one end of Calgary, AB.😢😮😢
"Why would you want to live in Edmonton? It's just a bigger dirtier Hamilton. I'm pretty sure last time I went there I saw a dead body" -Person on the Go Train in Toronto that I, a person from Edmonton living in Toronto overheard. :p
Hamilton has a really cool layed back lifestyle and an amazing vibe . Warm friendly people and great neighbors. Toronto residents that are moving here in the 10s of thousands love it .
THIS, I love living here. Yes a few years ago the name deadmonton would apply to it but nowadays not at all. Edmonton is a really fun and good city to live in.
Winnipeg has the unfortunate nickname of Killerpeg, for the same reason mentioned in the video (so cold, you'll die), but also for being known as Canada's murder capital....not sure if it still is. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has had a troubled past. It was the first, and likely the last of our national level museums to be built outside of Ottawa. Hamilton:Canada = Pittsburg:USA - parallels are uncanny. I lived in Toronto for nearly a decade, 20 years ago. Back then I was astonished by the number of nationalities represented. And most wonderfully, this cultural mosaic is often expressed through cuisine and festivals. Toronto is actually a "one-stop shop" for an around the world travel feel. I found Vancouver to be blessed by beautiful surroundings, but it lacks a 'soul'. Minor correction; Victoria enjoys the mildest climate in Canada - it receives twice as many sunny days as Vancouver, but both are subjected to damp winters, which can cut to the bone - but we get cherry blossoms in February and summer temps under 30C as a trade-off.
Canadian cities are generally along way apart. If you are living in one city, it is not usually practical to go from one city to another for entertainment purposes. The reaction to this is two-fold. Cities that want to encourage new residents must offer attractions to compensate for the assumed "lack of culture" - this might be most observable in Alberta, where easterners my be deterred by the distance or the reputation of a city. Therefore when a city like Calgary was regarded as "Cow town" but needed to encourage workers from the East, they did everything they could to make the city look more well rounded. Adding to that, people who get rich and successful often get a bit of a chip on their shoulder about the way a city is perceived and are willing to sponsor arts and culture. I've never been to Winnipeg, but know a lot of people love it because of the art scene, theatres, etc. At the other end of the scale are cities like Vancouver, where the weather is far more tolerable and the lifestyle is very outdoorsy. Younger Canadians especially, who come from other cities often complain about Vancouver being boring. They have come from cities where life is much more fast paced and exciting. Ranking cities makes little sense, there are no bad cities in Canada, there are just cities that fit different tastes and lifestyles. This sort of building to attract is nothing new, when you see Banff and the fancy hotels like the Banff Springs, or Lake Louise, these were all ridiculously opulent hotels, built by the railway company to encourage people to travel west. When they were built, Easterners regarded the West as still being "wild". The hotels showed that you could come west and not leave civilization behind
Hey Tyler. Edmonton is home to the largest mall in Canada, The West Edmonton Mall. And as a FYI, the owners of our mall also own your two big boys, The Mall of America, and America Dream Meadowlands, because it's a Canadian company! Didn't see that coming, did you? Cheers from 🇨🇦
Winnipeg is also called winterpeg. Both parents were born & raised in winterpeg but left in the 1950s.. Tyler I laughed so hard out loud when you reacted to the prices of our housing 🤣
Hamilton, the Steel City, is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Canada but only has 850,000 people. I live in Toronto but actually prefer Hamilton. It's true there's less to do and it's a bit run down, but the people are nicer, there's lots of heritage buildings, and the topography is more attractive as it sits sandwiched between the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario. Edmonton is 5th largest with 1.5 million.
Hamilton isn't run down at all. In the northern part of the city ,there are some poorly kept buildings and many very old houses but the last time I was in that part 8 months ago, of Hamilton they were sweeping and washing all the streets. I remember cause my clean car got wet.
every time Tyler makes a face about it sometimes being real cold in Canada, i need to remind people that we have clothing that keeps us warm. It's not life or death haha
Edmonton always get crapped on by these rankings mainly because of cold winters. The fact is, Edmonton is extremely forward thinking, very open to immigration, has a freakin' gorgeous river valley, better than average transit, a great looking skyline and a super vibrant arts scene. And, the truth is, the harshest part of the winter is now way shorter than it was 30 years ago. I personally think Edmonton should be rated no lower than 5th, and at least even with cow town. Oh yeah, it's also THE CAPITAL of Alberta, in spite of what you may have heard from the city to the south. With regard to Toronto, who really gives a flying "F" about pro basketball? And Vancouver at number 5? Give everyone who reads this a freakin' break. That is BS.
I lived in that big square tower in Hamilton downtown for 15 years. Living downtown has its moments but I miss it immensely. The music and arts scene is plentiful, and the transit made my travel life so easy... However.. when I moved in 2018 my place was 750 month. After I left in 2023.. they charged 1500..
I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, lived there half my life, then I moved to Toronto. I think both cities are amazing, but Hamilton has more charm. Places like this in Canada, are definitely livable, and you enjoy living here, if you can afford it. Also, I find people who speak negatively about Toronto, are in other provinces, and only know of crime, and immigration. Yes, there are bad neighborhoods, but it’s all about where you are located. For those who have problems with Toronto’s immigrants, I use the word xenophobic.
@richardc8795 I have to go every 3 to 6 mo ths for medical appts to Richmond Hill by bus and we have taken the bus and train to and from Toronto more recently for anniversary plans and such but my husband goes to visit a friend in Scarborough specifically, by bus/subway/train every 2 or 3 months. It just takes so long to get anywhere it seems.
Having grown up in North York, with roots all over the country (& the US for that matter) I’ve grown very tired of hearing the Toronto hatred from the rest of Canada 🥱 😴
Tyler: There is a big mall in Edmonton?? Yes Tyler, you did an entire video on it. The West Edmonton Mall. The fact that Tyler doesn't remember any of the stuff he "learns" shows just how little he cares about the content he makes.
Oh please. Hes just making react videos to Canadian stuff. Clearly he cares, but he's not trying to major in Canadian history. You feel sorry for people that don't see something that isn't happening. Get a grip.
You heard of Hamilton, Ontario as the birthplace of Martin Short AND the location of the first Tim Horton's. That's at least twice in your life that you've heard of it.
One thing that they left out about Hamilton it is the waterfall capital of the world. We have more waterfalls than anywhere else in the world. I've lived here my whole life. The city has a bad rep but it has its beautiful points and a lot of historic buildings. Just watch out for crackheads lol
Because he does it for views not because he actually cares about Canada. He has another channel under a different name that he does the same thing but with England instead.
Tyler… Vancouver is directly N. of Seattle - same weather. THING TO KNOW: the house price of Vancouver is the CITY of Vancouver.. not all the suburbs & smaller municipalities
The stigma about Hamilton is from the location of one of the biggest highways in Canada, the QEW, running right past the 2 biggest steel mills in Canada. So everyone drives by and see this as the core of Hamilton. It’s actually a very beautiful city. The Niagara Escarpment runs right thru the middle. So there is is some beautiful scenery.
ARMPIT of Ontario for many years due to the steel mills, and the pollution, and slummy east end. It improved. I lived there. Now with migrantscinhabiting all those downtown apts, crime rates high, I chose not to return there.
Sorry Tyler love your channel and views of our country your an amazing person very bright and intelligent, keep up all the great videos. Just had to express. And I hope this is t triggering someone else for my thoughts on this. Appologies for any anger in advance. I just ask people consider this.
We live about an hour’s drive east of Vancouver and our half of a duplex is valued at over $800,000 … Retirees are looking at cashing out & moving to Alberta or Saskatchewan (despite the colder winters)! Vancouver’s lower score is because of how expensive it is to live there ~ or even near there!
Not to mention the traffic! Transit might be reasonable as far out as Surrey but if you live in Langley or east of it, forget it! Still, I don’t know if I could live away from both the mountains and the ocean. Plus we are super close to the US for travel and shopping. The housing situation seems pretty hopeless. We are thankful we bought our house in the 90’s.
The population of Toronto is 2.6 million not 6 million…not sure where that number came from lol And yes it’s extremely expensive to live here…I will give you an idea I just bought a condo - 2 bedroom, 2.5 washroom it cost over $1million plus condo fees of $1200/month - on top of your mortgage- these fees do not include any utilities so electricity, gas, water are extra. In addition, your parking space does not automatically come with your condo, so you need to buy one for $60,000. Not only is the price of housing crazy, insurance costs in Toronto are insane, with a completely clean driving record for over 15 years my premiums are $250/month plus another $100/month for home insurance. Then there’s gas - this is something in Toronto that is actually cheaper than most other cities in Canada but it’s still expensive. We pay approximately $1.70/litre - which is around $6.50/gallon for you American folks lol. Public transit is good if you live in the downtown core, but if you live anywhere on the outskirts of the city or in the suburbs transit is almost not an option. It takes too long and will cost you more than driving and parking. I used to live just outside of Toronto but still in the GTA and it would cost $17.25/day to commute on transit, and 1 hour, plus it was only available during rush hours so if I worked late or missed a bus/train I was screwed. There is a ton to do here and the jobs are here but it costs you.
Hamilton is about the same population of Quebec City, but it is near Toronto so the general area is very densely population whereas Quebec City metro area is less dense.
I grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver, and moved to Québec City and then Montréal in my 20's. You can't beat BC for natural beauty and outdoor activities. Montréal is fantastic for culture, history and communal gatherings.
I think they ranked Edmonton too low. 7 or 6 would have been good. They didn't give enough credit to the festivals (which are world renowned) and concert scene. He brushed over the largest city park system. Plus the sports available to enjoy. The University of Alberta (which hosts tons of the sports) being one of the top Universities in Canada. Definitely not one of the top cities but I think it does have a lot going for it. Plus it is easy to get around in a grid system...unlike Calgary...lol
When my folks moved to Canada in 1957, my dad got a job within three days. His English was poor as was that of me mum. There were couple of Finnish-Canadian neighbourhoods where you could get a homeland fix: When first employed dad was paid $1,10 per day (thank you Dow Chemical) however in 1962 my parents got a 25 year mortgage on a just built bungalow for $15,000. And the mortgage payments were locked in for those 25 years; they never went up for those 21yrs.
Canada and USA, both are more and less the same in terms of lifestyle, except the USA, for its diverse climate and much greater population. This is the North American living. Overall... I do not look who's better or worse... I do not make any competition between Canada and USA. We are different and that is the beauty of it. Each country display awesome beauties in its differences to be discovered. Let's face the facts... Canadians love the USA for its warm climate whether it be California or Florida, for its beautiful tropical beaches, for its impressive large and modern cities and amazing landscape when we think of the Great Canyon and so on. Millions of Canadians are fond of the USA. I personally avoid any types of comparison to think we Canadians are better... We are different. That's it and that's all folks. Regards. Joss from Montreal
Tyler I live here way up north hometown of Shania Twain Timmins Ontario Canada about 8 hours north of Toronto Ontario Canada it gets as cold as minus 40 Celsius quite often here we usually get snow from October until the end of April population here is roughly about 70,000 enjoy your Monday 🙂😎☕🍁🇨🇦
Every time I hear the price of places in Vancouver I kick myself for not buying a place for $90,000 when my landlord wanted to sell the 2 bedroom apartment I was living in, in the 1990's. Wow! I literally remember watching the prices go up every year. Friends capitalized on houses in Vancouver, but I moved away just before everything went crazy expensive.
Most expensive doesn't necessarily mean most desirable. Prices are affected by supply as well as demand and if supply is restricted, prices go up even if demand doesn't.
You've probably heard of Winnipeg because of Winnie the Pooh, or their NHL team the Jets. Edmonton's NHL team is the Oilers and it was Wayne Gretzy's team. It's the capital of Alberta (despite Calgary being more famous.) And the fact that the narrator said Alberta is the best means he's from Alberta. Hamilton is actually where the Toronto international airport is located. Toronto thinks its the centre of the universe. The rest of the country loves to hate it. Vancouver isn't number 1 because nobody can afford it. I grew up in the Vancouver area. I have no hope of ever affording to move back to pretty much anywhere in that province if I ever wanted to. If I ended up windowed and wanted to get closer to family, I'd be going to Alberta simply and only because it's the next province over. (The prices are insane because of foreign real estate investors.)
I have lived in most provinces in Canada, currently live in Vancouver and wouldn’t live anywhere else. Yes, it is very expensive but I love the vibe the scenery and atmosphere.
My brother lived Edmonton for a while. It w as so cold in the winter that he would have to run an extension cord out to his car and out a heater on his car engine and I think ,a blanket.
Hamilton was Canada's "steel city", America's version of Pittsburgh. The Hamilton harbor was horribly polluted and a thick gray smog hung over the city for decades. The steel industry is now a shadow of it's former self, the harbor has fish once again and you can now see clearly through the air. Hamilton has made great strides to revitalize itself, but old reputations are had to shake off.
I've lived 60 years 75 miles south of Toronto. Their people come here, drive our city's house prices up and also in the last 10 years we've actually had shootings which was unheard of before.
Tyler, when the cost of purchasing a home is mentioned along with the population, remember that not everyone who lives in the city actually owns their home. The housing market today is so costly that many people can no longer afford to purchase a home. We currently have a housing crisis here in Canada.
Breathing the air in parts of Hamilton is like smoking a cigarette a day, researcher says. Depending where you are in Hamilton, you could be breathing in up to a cigarette's worth of cancer-causing benzo(a)pyrene a day. But no matter where you are in the urban area, you're breathing in more than you should be.
I was driving a rent a car in Toronto about 25 yrs ago and I took a wrong turn . Made it to the airport and rent a a car check in . I received a Charge on my Credit Card a year and a half later for 125.00 bucks because I used a pay Hwy Link .
POPULATION of Canada's Largest Cities Toronto - 6.431 million Montreal - 4.342 m Vancouver - 2.683 m Calgary - 1.665 m Edmonton - 1.568 m Ottawa-Gatineau - 1.452 m
Forget the average of owning a home in Vancouver. The only the reason it is so low is because of all the incredibly small condos that have been built in the last 20 years. The average cost of a detached home is closer to $2 million. It is the land has carries all the value. I bought my house in 1985 for
I live in the lower city part of Hamilton and commuted to Toronto when I was TTC operator before I retired I love the Hammer and bought my house in Hamilton for under 200K 12 years ago my house is now worth over 550K if I was to sell. We are thinking of selling the house once our old GSD passes on and buying a Condo in Toronto. Kids are gone now for a while all have their own families so we don't need a 4 bedroom house anymore but of course the kids are all screaming not to sell their childhood home.
When you say most Americans have never heard of Edmonton... anyone who's a hockey fan knows where Edmonton is. Edmonton Oilers were a dynasty during Wayne Gretzky's days.
Most Americans have never heard of Alberta.
@@susieq9801 Considering that's where the Keystone pipeline comes from, and where the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics were held.
most americans don’t watch hockey. most wouldn’t even know gretzky if he didn’t go to LA and then NYC after his Oiler’s days
@@lmaoreally Don't forget St. Louis before NY. There's quite a few hockey fans in the US, but I guess the percentage is quite low compared to the overall population. I guess it depends on the state in which you live. Places like Minnesota, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, and New York all have huge hockey cultures, so they'd know what's what.
@@michaelbinbc yes but his recognition by the average american surged more playing in the two biggest entertainment / city hubs in america in NY and LA than going to a place like missouri. and it is a small percentage of the population that watches hockey like you said. hence why when you say most americans don’t know edmonton he’s right … there’s a small population of ppl in the USA the care about hockey relative to the 300+ million that live in the USA. of course there are diehard hockey fans in the usa, still small percentage in grand scheme of things. and apart from the oilers/gretzky, not much else about edmonton would ever make an american think about edmonton
This ranked the 9 largest metropolitan areas but there are 3 others that I'd rank higher than some of these 9. Victoria, Kelowna, and Halifax are considerably smaller but pack a lot of punch.
I know some people still consider Victoria bC small.
Went to Halifax for the first time a couple of years ago & loved it, so good on many levels. Would also like to go to Victoria & Kelowna. A Canadian here who hasn’t seen so much of Canada 😔
As a resident of Victoria for over 30 yrs, I agree. I don't want to be anywhere else. (Short of somewhere else on the island!)
Lovely cities, but not within the selection criteria for comparison.
@@oib0y Victoria is lovely. If I had the cash I would move there. I love Alberta but the politics is problematic. And it would be nice to be warm in winter for a change... ⛱😎
West Edmonton Mall is #6 in the world. It used to be the largest, but now it's New South China Mall.
Spain too
exactly it was in the 90 if im not wrong ! we got such a lot of amazing place all around the country ! respect from quebec !
Technically it IS the largest shopping mall -- in North America.
I don't consider _anything_ in China official. They Hydro-seed with green paint, so the dead rocks look like fields of green grass. And they sell sewer waste oils to street vendors, don't eat from food carts in China.
@@sadee1287 I thought mall of america was bigger
You did a video once about a reddit thread asking "which is the most canadian city," and Winnipeg was the resounding winner.
I wish more videos talked about the wonderful things about winnipeg instead of focussing on "its cold in winter and has bugs in summer" and "some people do crimes"
We have an incredible festival scene, zoo, museums, variety of cuisines, and more. I wish we had a better transit system, but you can absolutely get around the city without a car. I do so regularly.
When i was young i wanted to get out of here and move to a "big" city like toronto, but now i couldnt imagine living anywhere else. We have our problems like any other city, but the people here are good and we have a rich history.
Hey Tyler. Edmonton is home to the largest mall in Canada, The West Edmonton Mall. And as a FYI, the owners of our mall also own your two big boys, The Mall of America, and America Dream Meadowlands, because it's a Canadian company! Didn't see that coming, did you? As for the narrator, he called people from Toronto as something like "Toronans", instead of the correct name "Torontonians" (which is the only time you pronounce the second "T"). Cheers from 🇨🇦.
I just looked into the violent crime rates for Canada, and the us. They are so dramatically different. That even with Winnipeg having a crime rate that’s 61% above the Canadian average, would likely put it as the safest city in the US.
Always thought that North Battleford was the crime city of Canada. Drug busts and even shootings. I'll take Winnipeg anyday.
I was going to say the same thing.
Live in Vancouver and headed to Montreal tomorrow. Vancouver would be 1 if you could fix the homeless issue and ridiculous house prices.
Homeless issue is everywhere but I think Vancouver (and west coast in general) is worse than eastern Canada because of our milder climate. But the cost to live in Vancouver! Through the roof. I LOVE Vancouver. Now live on the Island (also expensive!) but lived in the West End in the 70's and loved every minute of it.
I too am an islander & yeah, Victoria is expensive as hell. I'm f'd when my landlord dies. I've been here over 12 yrs now & my rent went from $600 to $630 in all that time. My landlord is a Saint, & I'm an atheist!
P.S. He will be 81 in April.
Ah, another one coming through Winnipeg
Not to mention the moldy condominiums that were crappily built and that no one saddled with can sell.
On my way to Montreal too :)
I enjoyed your comments about the cities. Well done!
Vancouver was known from the Expo 86 has a mosaic and diverse nature, has skytrain sea to sky highway, home of Stanley Park least cold, has a rain forest.
B.C. has gone to garbage with the politician's going fully citizen abusive.
massive homeless problem in vancouver with huge social problems there. pretty city though. socially it went down hill past ten yeas.or so.
Depends who you ask... Some people are sensitive to grimey aspects of a city. Others don't mind. I dont mind. At least most of it is constrained to one area. And Granville has a fair bit.. but outside of that it's pretty uncommon to see homeless people. Uptown once in a while.. kits never, west end neverz south van never, Grandview... Maybe a bit .. I dunno I don't think it's too bad personally..it has declined and I think that makes people think it's relatively bad. But the social situation is still relatively good. It's a safe city, despite what right wing politicians are trying to convince people of.
What do you mean by citizen abusive? Give an example
@@JunkBondTrader -- lets not divide with right wing or left wing or alt this extreme that. 32% jump in Greater Vancouver homeless population in three years. the problem lies mostly federally in ottawa. it's ok to be liberal when they are intelligent. but it's equally ok to be conservative when they are intelligent. a partisan vote is un cerebral. here is a global report on vancouver's tremendous homelessness crisis. it's not just major cities but secondary cities are seeing tents pop up everywhere. barrie, guelph, kitchener small towns that never had this problem now have ppl in tents living on main street.
I love Edmonton. 17 hours of daylight in the summer. Affordable. Open skies so you don't feel trapped in a concrete jungle. Great festivals year round. One of the best universities in CANADA and a pre-eminent heart institute.🇨🇦🇨🇦
And it's NOT Calgary. Lol.
I saw Forbes ranked Calgary the 3rd best city to live in the world and Edmonton wasn’t even top 50. Im from Florida im just curious as that’s the only time I’ve heard of either
@@TheCanadianReacts Calgary is a good city as well. One of the inviting features of Calgary is its proximity to Banff and the Rockies. We kind of separate them as Calgary is primarily a white collar and ranching sort of culture and Edmonton is more blue collar and farming and service for the "oil patch". Edmonton's river valley park is the largest urban park in North America. Both are great, affordable, safe cities and worth a look.🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@TheCanadianReacts Calgary is more metro and white collar with a right leaning population and Edmonton has more arts/festivals blue collar and left politically.
@@rodweinmeyer1435 gotcha. I think it’s cool two cities that are in the same province or close to each other are pretty different. In the us most cities in each state are very similar
@@TheCanadianReacts 140 years of "friendly" rivalry, but through it all we are all ALBERTA proud.
People from Toronto are coming to Québec to party. haha Vancouver is often call Hongcouver since a lot of the citizen are from Hong Kong.
Vancouver's Chinese population is only 20%. Toronto actually has 100K more Chinese than Vancouver. And in the 80s, people from Montreal used to come to Vancouver for a 'welfare holiday'. You used to be able to apply in the morning, then have a cheque within a few hours. They literally had a paid vacation.
We have a higher South Asian population, at least here the yt’s are outnumbered 😁
I laughed out loud when the broadcaster said Alberta was the best province in Canada. I think he must be an Albertan! My friends who were born and raised in Winnipeg call it Winterpeg.
In South Park etc, they ding Winnipeg as if it were siberia - it is not. The real life bear who inspired the Winnie the Pooh books was named for Winnipeg. Winnipeg comes from a First Nation (begins with A) word meaning muddy waters. It is the clay deposits which make the Red river red. The clay in the soil holds water - which provides a good breeding ground. The cultural scene is good. Period movies are made here.
Greater Winnipeg's slogan is One with the Strength of Many - and the towns and former cities that make up Winnipeg are still referred to by name. Until they replaced the bridge, there used to be a Welcome to St Boniface sign once you crossed it. I grew up in the English portion of St Boniface known as the Norwood flats or the flood zone - but, since Lyndale drive (the road) is technically a dike, it doesn't flood there any more.
The reason why it is so windy is that Mainstreet / St Mary's goes straight through the city in one direction and Portage Avenue goes straight through the city in the other. Then you ad the three rivers that run through the city to the mix - the Red, the Assiniboine and the Seine, there is really not much to block the wind.
Portage and Main is known for being very windy. They recommend that you cross the street underground now - but there was a time when crossing it on foot was much easier and legal. Randy Bachman and Neil Young made a song about Winnipeg proper called Prairie Town.
Alberta - you don't want to know about their new Premier and the company she keeps.
I’m so interested to read your comment. Both my parents were born & raised in Winnipeg - though left in the 50s. I have huge emotional ties there for many many reasons. My grandma’s parents came over from Scotland in early 1900s bc he got a job arranged before coming over as a meat packer in St Boniface area. The list goes on & on with my ties to Winnipeg
@@LetItBeSummer-1 There were many Scottish clubs/societies in Winnipeg at that time. Some are still going strong here, like the St. Andrews Society (for better or for worse).
Winnipeg is one awesome city and well worth seeing. It's not actually the coldest city but it is the coldest winter. For year around weather Edmonton is actually colder! Oh, and it has one off the most diverse populations in Canada. FYI, I do not live there, I am in Halifax but I have a lot of family that are there and have spent many days in the city.
Winnipeg is good to visit in the summer for sure but I do not recommend living there at least not anymore. It used to be much better back in the early 2000s when I lived there. The pandemic really screwed things up I think.
@user-xj9vf4xb9p the pandemic did mess up a lot, but we gave the Pallister/Stefanson govt the boot in our last election, so it's been a relief to have a govt that actually cares about healthcare again. It's going to be a long road, but at least we're moving in the right direction at last
I've been to all of these Canadian cities (and especially Toronto) more than a few times in my 80 years, but I can't imagine living anywhere other than Montreal. (Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs, nightlife and restaurants, Mount Royal Park in the middle of the city, the Old Port)
Montreal has the class, sophistication and European flavor that Toronto is envious of.
I live in Toronto now after moving here from Ville Emard ten years ago.
I really miss Montreal.
Thanks, and true--I live here in Montreal since 30 years, it's far from perfect, but I don't plan to move away anytime soon.
@@carlop.7182 Personally, I simply can't imagine living over there. I'm from Québec as well but I'm not a city person. I don't like going over there, driving on the island, ridiculous parking prices and more often than you'd like, f'ed up people. It's definitely worth going over there for the festivals, shows, hockey, Grand Prix and all the other stuff that's not available elsewhere in the province but living there? No way.
i prefer toronto.
@@nickyalousakis3851 why so?
Hi Tyler, thanks for reacting and being so respectful to our beautiful country. I see some comments by certainly a troll trying to downplay you, this is a cleatly sign that he is gelous of the appreciation you receive from many Canadians, so keep doing the great reactions you do! 😊🤜🏼
Vancouver's temperature is deceptive. Yes, we've got very mild winters but one of the most popular nicknames for Vancouver is "Raincouver". It rains there 7-8 months of the year, as it's inside of a temperate rainforest. The other catch with those temperatures is that Vancouver is humid and the cold gets into your bones almost immediately. So warming up is a struggle at times
winnipeg has the leo moll exhibit, it's a park filled with his bronze sculptures. ma, being the artsy type, dragged me down there when we lived in mb(i'm home in ns), i could year round a summer jacket in winnipeg, even during record chills, the temperature doesn't jump around so it's possible to get used to it. edmonton HAD the largest mall in the world... for a LONG time. the classic joke is that they had more submarines in their mall than the canadian maritime fleet had for the whole country. toronto has 12000 acre park, possibly worth a visit.
Assinaboin park. I remember.
@@dawnwennberg9884 yah, i seem to remember the moll section being near... um... portage, i think, as part of that section, greenhouses and other stuff, victorianish cast iron frame conservatories for rare plants with sculpture in them too. they were having work done when we went, so, no visit, but at least a short walk from the bus stops.
I have lived in Hamilton Ontario my whole life and I love it here. Tyler remember $1us = $1.35 cdn
Same !!
So? It's still expensive as hell.
You are paying for things in CDN so it does not make a difference what the exchange rate is.
@@leonidasreviews2912. But for Americans visiting, they’re so lucky with the exchange rate
I’m a Hamiltonian too !!
Toronto totally rocks! Being North America’s 3rd biggest city north of Mexico it gets ALL the sports, concerts and other cultural arts events. Big bands can play 3 nights in a row at a huge venue. Then, because they sold out all 3 they often do an end of the tour “Thank You” concert…and still sell out! The Rolling Stones would rent a full Hanger at Pearson airport to rehearse for their North American tours! Cottage country is within 2-4 hours drive so that is a huge asset. 😊
I hate to be "that" guy, but 4th largest city. After Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles, in that order. We beat out Chicago about 5 years ago to claim the 4th spot on the continent.
@@K1ddkanuckNorth of Mexico doesn't count Mexico City. 😒 😅
@@kylieskiffington479 I'm north of Mexico City and I do!
toronto is good. cold winter but so is chicago. i'd say most canadian cities have sort of gotten worse socially. i've neverr in my life seen more homeless in toronto than in the last five or six years. there's a hopelessness of never being able to afford anything in toronto making less than a hundred k. and even a hundred k won't buy you any condo.
My family has lived in Hamilton for all of my 73 years. The city was the largest steel producing City in Canada. Years ago they used coal to heat the "coke ovens" and the black soot covered most of the city and we could often smell the burning coal. Yes, it was a dirty City, but was also a low unemployment City. Some have never returned in many years to see how much has changed. We also have one of the best football stadiums in Canada.
Over the years, tighter emission standards and technology, have changed the City and is now much cleaner. We do have some areas of old houses, buildings and less fortunate people but most areas are clean and fairly well kept. What he didn't tell us is that Hamilton is on the shores of Lake Ontario, as is Toronto. He didn't tell us that Hamilton is a two level city with the upper city built on top of the Niagara escarpment. Anyway, I'm happy in my City, but it's far from perfect. My nightlife is over anyway. I have little desire to live anywhere else.This dingbat narrator seems to have a little stigma with Canada in General
I am from the Hammer as well I love the city I live in the lower city in the Crown Point East area
I grew up in Hamilton, near limeridge mall. I moved to England 25 years ago. When I return to Hamilton to visit my brother, I find the city is almost unrecognizable.
I have live here in the Hammer for my entire 70 years and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. We have the Festival of Friends, Tiger Cat football and so much more to offer. I find the ones who have most of the negative comments about our city don't live here and don't appreciate what Hamilton is all about.
For number 7, as people also call it steeltown or the hammer, it is not that far out of Toronto. Halfway between downtown Toronto and Niagara falls.
At least once in every video Tyler makes me laugh out loud, to the point where I have to stop the video so I don't miss anything.
No accounting for taste in humour.😎
Winterpeg, Manisnowba has some pretty harsh winters. A friend of mine moved there years ago and told me temps hit in the -50s. I love the cold but just couldn't do it
Edmonton mall had the world's largest indoor double loop Rollercoaster for years. I think they took it out though
I lived in Vancouver/surrey/ now in the sticks..on the lake of Harrison hot springs !
Enjoyed a stay at Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and enjoyed playing golf on the spongy like grass with very wide fairways.
The outline of the course had very tall evergreens (at least 8 storeys high)
Actually Friday early afternoon driving there it 😢😮was very DARK....of the same weekend .....driving through torrential rain...indicative of an unusually large storm mass. Saturday morning there was an announcement that a hurricane hit one end of Calgary, AB.😢😮😢
A lot of famous movies were made In Hamilton, the Hulk, Crimson Park by Guillermo Del Toro.
and Kick Ass!
"Why would you want to live in Edmonton? It's just a bigger dirtier Hamilton. I'm pretty sure last time I went there I saw a dead body"
-Person on the Go Train in Toronto that I, a person from Edmonton living in Toronto overheard. :p
Winnipeg also nicknamed Winterpeg. I went to visit my son around the holidays. It was minus 45 with the windchill of minus 55 degrees Celsius.
Mississauga is home the second lareges mall in Canada, it is also the sixth largest city in Canada.
Square One? I didn’t even know that & I live here
Hamilton has a really cool layed back lifestyle and an amazing vibe . Warm friendly people and great neighbors. Toronto residents that are moving here in the 10s of thousands love it .
For Toronto,he forgot to mention the increase of cars thief from people's driveway or around town.
Edmonton is over hated and underrated. Honestly, Canada’s most underrated city
THIS, I love living here. Yes a few years ago the name deadmonton would apply to it but nowadays not at all. Edmonton is a really fun and good city to live in.
Although Winnipeg is very cold in winter, the summers can be very nice - blue skies, warm days most of the summer.
You should do an episode where you just binge google maps and look at random places in Canada on google street view.
Winnipeg has the unfortunate nickname of Killerpeg, for the same reason mentioned in the video (so cold, you'll die), but also for being known as Canada's murder capital....not sure if it still is.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has had a troubled past. It was the first, and likely the last of our national level museums to be built outside of Ottawa.
Hamilton:Canada = Pittsburg:USA - parallels are uncanny.
I lived in Toronto for nearly a decade, 20 years ago. Back then I was astonished by the number of nationalities represented. And most wonderfully, this cultural mosaic is often expressed through cuisine and festivals. Toronto is actually a "one-stop shop" for an around the world travel feel.
I found Vancouver to be blessed by beautiful surroundings, but it lacks a 'soul'. Minor correction; Victoria enjoys the mildest climate in Canada - it receives twice as many sunny days as Vancouver, but both are subjected to damp winters, which can cut to the bone - but we get cherry blossoms in February and summer temps under 30C as a trade-off.
house prices can easily bump you out of best places to be
Canadian cities are generally along way apart. If you are living in one city, it is not usually practical to go from one city to another for entertainment purposes. The reaction to this is two-fold. Cities that want to encourage new residents must offer attractions to compensate for the assumed "lack of culture" - this might be most observable in Alberta, where easterners my be deterred by the distance or the reputation of a city. Therefore when a city like Calgary was regarded as "Cow town" but needed to encourage workers from the East, they did everything they could to make the city look more well rounded. Adding to that, people who get rich and successful often get a bit of a chip on their shoulder about the way a city is perceived and are willing to sponsor arts and culture. I've never been to Winnipeg, but know a lot of people love it because of the art scene, theatres, etc. At the other end of the scale are cities like Vancouver, where the weather is far more tolerable and the lifestyle is very outdoorsy. Younger Canadians especially, who come from other cities often complain about Vancouver being boring. They have come from cities where life is much more fast paced and exciting. Ranking cities makes little sense, there are no bad cities in Canada, there are just cities that fit different tastes and lifestyles.
This sort of building to attract is nothing new, when you see Banff and the fancy hotels like the Banff Springs, or Lake Louise, these were all ridiculously opulent hotels, built by the railway company to encourage people to travel west. When they were built, Easterners regarded the West as still being "wild". The hotels showed that you could come west and not leave civilization behind
Agreed. Ranking cities makes little sense because it depends on so many factors. One person’s trash is another’s treasure & so on
Winnipeg is known as Winterpeg and Windypeg. Because it’s cold and the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street is very windy all year long.
Winnipeg also has an NHL hockey team called the Winnipeg Jets😊
Hey Tyler. Edmonton is home to the largest mall in Canada, The West Edmonton Mall. And as a FYI, the owners of our mall also own your two big boys, The Mall of America, and America Dream Meadowlands, because it's a Canadian company! Didn't see that coming, did you? Cheers from 🇨🇦
Oh Tyler you are so funny. I love your reaction to when you heard how much it would cost to have a home in Hamilton. You just made my day.
Haha! Compared to the west coast where I live, it sounded pretty reasonable to me 🙂
Winnipeg is also called winterpeg. Both parents were born & raised in winterpeg but left in the 1950s..
Tyler I laughed so hard out loud when you reacted to the prices of our housing 🤣
Hamilton, the Steel City, is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Canada but only has 850,000 people. I live in Toronto but actually prefer Hamilton. It's true there's less to do and it's a bit run down, but the people are nicer, there's lots of heritage buildings, and the topography is more attractive as it sits sandwiched between the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario. Edmonton is 5th largest with 1.5 million.
Hamilton isn't run down at all. In the northern part of the city ,there are some poorly kept buildings and many very old houses but the last time I was in that part 8 months ago, of Hamilton they were sweeping and washing all the streets. I remember cause my clean car got wet.
every time Tyler makes a face about it sometimes being real cold in Canada, i need to remind people that we have clothing that keeps us warm. It's not life or death haha
Edmonton always get crapped on by these rankings mainly because of cold winters.
The fact is, Edmonton is extremely forward thinking, very open to immigration, has a freakin' gorgeous river valley, better than average transit, a great looking skyline and a super vibrant
arts scene. And, the truth is, the harshest part of the winter is now way shorter than it was 30 years ago. I personally think Edmonton should be rated no lower than 5th, and at least even with cow town. Oh yeah, it's also THE CAPITAL of Alberta, in spite of what you may have heard from the city to the south. With regard to Toronto, who really gives a flying "F" about pro basketball? And Vancouver at number 5? Give everyone who reads this a freakin' break. That is BS.
I lived in that big square tower in Hamilton downtown for 15 years. Living downtown has its moments but I miss it immensely. The music and arts scene is plentiful, and the transit made my travel life so easy...
However.. when I moved in 2018 my place was 750 month. After I left in 2023.. they charged 1500..
I was born in Hamilton, Ontario, lived there half my life, then I moved to Toronto. I think both cities are amazing, but Hamilton has more charm.
Places like this in Canada, are definitely livable, and you enjoy living here, if you can afford it.
Also, I find people who speak negatively about Toronto, are in other provinces, and only know of crime, and immigration. Yes, there are bad neighborhoods, but it’s all about where you are located. For those who have problems with Toronto’s immigrants, I use the word xenophobic.
I always feel on edge going into Toronto, also from Hamilton.
@@jbloom1981 I can’t even get family to come and visit me in Toronto. 😆
I find many people from Hamilton rarely ever leave the city.
@richardc8795 I have to go every 3 to 6 mo ths for medical appts to Richmond Hill by bus and we have taken the bus and train to and from Toronto more recently for anniversary plans and such but my husband goes to visit a friend in Scarborough specifically, by bus/subway/train every 2 or 3 months. It just takes so long to get anywhere it seems.
Having grown up in North York, with roots all over the country (& the US for that matter) I’ve grown very tired of hearing the Toronto hatred from the rest of Canada 🥱 😴
Tyler: There is a big mall in Edmonton??
Yes Tyler, you did an entire video on it. The West Edmonton Mall. The fact that Tyler doesn't remember any of the stuff he "learns" shows just how little he cares about the content he makes.
Yes..I feel bad for these nice Canadians who don't see it yet.
But he remembered dollarama. Plus west Edmonton mall video only touched on it, it wasn’t dedicated to it
Oh shutuuuup. You never forgot something before?
Oh please. Hes just making react videos to Canadian stuff. Clearly he cares, but he's not trying to major in Canadian history. You feel sorry for people that don't see something that isn't happening. Get a grip.
Nahhh .l give him a break
Wayne Gretzky played for the Edmonton oilers. Would have heard of that at least
You heard of Hamilton, Ontario as the birthplace of Martin Short AND the location of the first Tim Horton's. That's at least twice in your life that you've heard of it.
We start getting flowers in February in Vancouver. We don't get that cold.
One thing that they left out about Hamilton it is the waterfall capital of the world. We have more waterfalls than anywhere else in the world. I've lived here my whole life. The city has a bad rep but it has its beautiful points and a lot of historic buildings. Just watch out for crackheads lol
How can Tyler do a video almost every day for two years straight and still not know where any of these cities are?
Because he does it for views not because he actually cares about Canada. He has another channel under a different name that he does the same thing but with England instead.
Winnipeg also called Winterpeg for several months of the year & if you want to sound like a local it's just called the Peg...
There are only nine big cities in Canada.
All of Southern Ontario, and the Lower Mainland of BC, are incredibly expensive
Tyler… Vancouver is directly N. of Seattle - same weather. THING TO KNOW: the house price of Vancouver is the CITY of Vancouver.. not all the suburbs & smaller municipalities
Chris Jericho is billed from Winnipeg. A lot of Americans probably know it from the Attitude/Ruthless Aggression era pop-culture take over.
The stigma about Hamilton is from the location of one of the biggest highways in Canada, the QEW, running right past the 2 biggest steel mills in Canada. So everyone drives by and see this as the core of Hamilton. It’s actually a very beautiful city. The Niagara Escarpment runs right thru the middle. So there is is some beautiful scenery.
ARMPIT of Ontario for many years due to the steel mills, and the pollution, and slummy east end. It improved. I lived there. Now with migrantscinhabiting all those downtown apts, crime rates high, I chose not to return there.
Better naration lately. Thanks 🎉
Vancouver is by far the best city in the Americas
Sorry Tyler love your channel and views of our country your an amazing person very bright and intelligent, keep up all the great videos. Just had to express. And I hope this is t triggering someone else for my thoughts on this. Appologies for any anger in advance. I just ask people consider this.
We live about an hour’s drive east of Vancouver and our half of a duplex is valued at over $800,000 … Retirees are looking at cashing out & moving to Alberta or Saskatchewan (despite the colder winters)! Vancouver’s lower score is because of how expensive it is to live there ~ or even near there!
Not to mention the traffic! Transit might be reasonable as far out as Surrey but if you live in Langley or east of it, forget it!
Still, I don’t know if I could live away from both the mountains and the ocean. Plus we are super close to the US for travel and shopping.
The housing situation seems pretty hopeless. We are thankful we bought our house in the 90’s.
Winterpeg is what we affectionately call it.
Winterpeg Manisnowba
The population of Toronto is 2.6 million not 6 million…not sure where that number came from lol And yes it’s extremely expensive to live here…I will give you an idea I just bought a condo - 2 bedroom, 2.5 washroom it cost over $1million plus condo fees of $1200/month - on top of your mortgage- these fees do not include any utilities so electricity, gas, water are extra. In addition, your parking space does not automatically come with your condo, so you need to buy one for $60,000. Not only is the price of housing crazy, insurance costs in Toronto are insane, with a completely clean driving record for over 15 years my premiums are $250/month plus another $100/month for home insurance. Then there’s gas - this is something in Toronto that is actually cheaper than most other cities in Canada but it’s still expensive. We pay approximately $1.70/litre - which is around $6.50/gallon for you American folks lol. Public transit is good if you live in the downtown core, but if you live anywhere on the outskirts of the city or in the suburbs transit is almost not an option. It takes too long and will cost you more than driving and parking. I used to live just outside of Toronto but still in the GTA and it would cost $17.25/day to commute on transit, and 1 hour, plus it was only available during rush hours so if I worked late or missed a bus/train I was screwed. There is a ton to do here and the jobs are here but it costs you.
Hamilton is about the same population of Quebec City, but it is near Toronto so the general area is very densely population whereas Quebec City metro area is less dense.
Remember the home prices are Canadian dollars. Also, "higher crime" cities can nowhere compare to most US cities.
What's your point? It's still expensive as hell
@@user-xj9vf4xb9p - Of course it is. Simply adding context. In US $ a million = $750,000. Easily comparable to NYC or LA.
I was looking for part 2 aleady but this Part 1 is just one hour old. lolll
I grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver, and moved to Québec City and then Montréal in my 20's. You can't beat BC for natural beauty and outdoor activities. Montréal is fantastic for culture, history and communal gatherings.
Looking forward to Part 2 since I think it will list the town I live in
13:40 what you missed is that is the city with the SECOND highest avg home price.
17:50 and there's number one...
I love living in Edmonton. Affordable housing, lots to do year round, doesn’t feel congested like Vancouver, central location to travel Alberta.
I think they ranked Edmonton too low. 7 or 6 would have been good. They didn't give enough credit to the festivals (which are world renowned) and concert scene. He brushed over the largest city park system. Plus the sports available to enjoy. The University of Alberta (which hosts tons of the sports) being one of the top Universities in Canada. Definitely not one of the top cities but I think it does have a lot going for it. Plus it is easy to get around in a grid system...unlike Calgary...lol
go look up and do a video on West Edmonton Mall :)
When my folks moved to Canada in 1957, my dad got a job within three days. His English was poor as was that of me mum. There were couple of Finnish-Canadian neighbourhoods where you could get a homeland fix:
When first employed dad was paid $1,10 per day (thank you Dow Chemical) however in 1962 my parents got a 25 year mortgage on a just built bungalow for $15,000. And the mortgage payments were locked in for those 25 years; they never went up for those 21yrs.
Canada and USA, both are more and less the same in terms of lifestyle, except the USA, for its diverse climate and much greater population. This is the North American living.
Overall... I do not look who's better or worse... I do not make any competition between Canada and USA. We are different and that is the beauty of it. Each country display awesome beauties in its differences to be discovered.
Let's face the facts... Canadians love the USA for its warm climate whether it be California or Florida, for its beautiful tropical beaches, for its impressive large and modern cities and amazing landscape when we think of the Great Canyon and so on.
Millions of Canadians are fond of the USA. I personally avoid any types of comparison to think we Canadians are better... We are different. That's it and that's all folks.
Regards. Joss from Montreal
Tyler I live here way up north hometown of Shania Twain Timmins Ontario Canada about 8 hours north of Toronto Ontario Canada it gets as cold as minus 40 Celsius quite often here we usually get snow from October until the end of April population here is roughly about 70,000 enjoy your Monday 🙂😎☕🍁🇨🇦
Every time I hear the price of places in Vancouver I kick myself for not buying a place for $90,000 when my landlord wanted to sell the 2 bedroom apartment I was living in, in the 1990's. Wow! I literally remember watching the prices go up every year. Friends capitalized on houses in Vancouver, but I moved away just before everything went crazy expensive.
Winnipeg resident, we’re just happy to be here
Most expensive doesn't necessarily mean most desirable. Prices are affected by supply as well as demand and if supply is restricted, prices go up even if demand doesn't.
You've probably heard of Winnipeg because of Winnie the Pooh, or their NHL team the Jets.
Edmonton's NHL team is the Oilers and it was Wayne Gretzy's team. It's the capital of Alberta (despite Calgary being more famous.) And the fact that the narrator said Alberta is the best means he's from Alberta.
Hamilton is actually where the Toronto international airport is located.
Toronto thinks its the centre of the universe. The rest of the country loves to hate it.
Vancouver isn't number 1 because nobody can afford it. I grew up in the Vancouver area. I have no hope of ever affording to move back to pretty much anywhere in that province if I ever wanted to. If I ended up windowed and wanted to get closer to family, I'd be going to Alberta simply and only because it's the next province over. (The prices are insane because of foreign real estate investors.)
I have lived in most provinces in Canada, currently live in Vancouver and wouldn’t live anywhere else. Yes, it is very expensive but I love the vibe the scenery and atmosphere.
Congratulations on being very wealthy!
@@JohnLittle-i6onot wealthy at all, I am a senior, but still love it here
My brother lived Edmonton for a while. It w as so cold in the winter that he would have to run an extension cord out to his car and out a heater on his car engine and I think ,a blanket.
Lived in Edmonton 10 years..loved it..scary now:(
Hamilton is 40 mins outside of Toronto
So?
Explains the housing cost.@@user-xj9vf4xb9p
Hamilton was Canada's "steel city", America's version of Pittsburgh. The Hamilton harbor was horribly polluted and a thick gray smog hung over the city for decades. The steel industry is now a shadow of it's former self, the harbor has fish once again and you can now see clearly through the air. Hamilton has made great strides to revitalize itself, but old reputations are had to shake off.
Someone said ‘so’.
So if you like to be near a big city, it’s another reason to like Hamilton. Close to a big city, TO
Also, when they mention money remenber the exchange rate. Maybe have google open when they discuss money
I've lived 60 years 75 miles south of Toronto. Their people come here, drive our city's house prices up and also in the last 10 years we've actually had shootings which was unheard of before.
Crime is only up in the warmer month in Winterpeg, it's the theft of calamine lotion, soothes the bug bites.
Tyler, when the cost of purchasing a home is mentioned along with the population, remember that not everyone who lives in the city actually owns their home. The housing market today is so costly that many people can no longer afford to purchase a home. We currently have a housing crisis here in Canada.
Breathing the air in parts of Hamilton is like smoking a cigarette a day, researcher says. Depending where you are in Hamilton, you could be breathing in up to a cigarette's worth of cancer-causing benzo(a)pyrene a day. But no matter where you are in the urban area, you're breathing in more than you should be.
Best places in Canada
1. Victoria BC ...on Vancouver Island
2. Kelowna BC....in the Interior
3. Vancouver BC
Having lived in Toronto and now Edmonton I can accurately describe Edmonton as a large Scarborough (Eastern suburb of Toronto) lol
I was driving a rent a car in Toronto about 25 yrs ago and I took a wrong turn . Made it to the airport and rent a a car check in . I received a Charge on my Credit Card a year and a half later for 125.00 bucks because I used a pay Hwy Link .
Commenting before the video is over. Montreal should be #1 if it isn't.
Also referred to as Winterpeg .... LOL
For perspective, ,my Vancouver townhome is worth about 1.5 million. The prices make it challenging
You forgot already, Martin Short is from Hamilton.
POPULATION of Canada's Largest Cities
Toronto - 6.431 million
Montreal - 4.342 m
Vancouver - 2.683 m
Calgary - 1.665 m
Edmonton - 1.568 m
Ottawa-Gatineau - 1.452 m
Forget the average of owning a home in Vancouver. The only the reason it is so low is because of all the incredibly small condos that have been built in the last 20 years. The average cost of a detached home is closer to $2 million. It is the land has carries all the value. I bought my house in 1985 for
I live in the lower city part of Hamilton and commuted to Toronto when I was TTC operator before I retired I love the Hammer and bought my house in Hamilton for under 200K 12 years ago my house is now worth over 550K if I was to sell. We are thinking of selling the house once our old GSD passes on and buying a Condo in Toronto. Kids are gone now for a while all have their own families so we don't need a 4 bedroom house anymore but of course the kids are all screaming not to sell their childhood home.