Calgary
533 km²
Vancouver
649 km²
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Vancouver covers 649 km² of contiguous built-up land, 1.2× the built-up area of Calgary (533 km²).
| Calgary | Vancouver | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Calgary | Vancouver |
| Population (2025) | 1.52 million | 2.20 million |
| Built-up area | 533 km² | 649 km² |
| Density | 2,861 /km² | 3,387 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.