Vancouver vs Calgary In 2020: Which City Has The Advantage?

[@VancouverLiving]

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[@shashisonu9]

I moved to Canada from India in 2018 , lived in GTA for a year, even bought an house in Ajax but then had to relocate to Calgary cos of Job and travel to Vancouver/Victoria offer for business..below is my summary of the cities - GTA - never , may be Durham region a bit but other areas are strictly a no -no for me , barring Vaughan n Richmond. Between Calgary and Vancouver - Cost of Living - Calgary Crime - Calgary , don't even get me started on Vancouver's east end Entertainment- may be Vancouver, I am not into clubbing as I am wrong side of 30 so I don't know Outdoor - Calgary hands down, even without Banff/Lake Louise, the city of Calgary itself has so many wonderful parks, lakes - eg Glenmore reserve, and no junkies thugs fill the park like that of Vancouver Traffic - Calgary, driving in Vancouver is a nightmare, no dedicated left lane at most traffic lights and the city crawls in those haphazardly planned city lanes Weather - Calgary , even the harsh winters are bearable in Calgary as it's the sunniest city in Canada whereas in Vancouver for all the hype about weather it just rains n rains , on top of that no Uber so good luck on street to hail a taxi on the street while drenched in the rain Job - Well on paper it may seem that Calgary has lower number of opportunities, but I can bet for any similar job, Calgary would always pay better than almost all Canadian cities To raise a family - Calgary Feel free to disagree with me, but I found Vancouver so much overrated when all I could see is homeless people on the streets with syringes scattered all over, always depressingly overcast and raining for the most part and even lesser pay for same jobs than in Calgary. When has prices were less than a $ in Calgary in '19 , it was almost $1.6 in Vancouver..like WTF.. For all its wokeness and climate crusaders, BC earns most of its revenues from taxing fossil fuel. Hey Vancouver, if the schools n colleges are so much better why haven't they be able to come up with alternative for gas cars and wait for Tesla to do so... For the antipathy towards fossil fuel. Vancouver has probably most number of Instagramers showing off their gas guzzling sports cars

[@harrisonc8662]

All true but one thing for me negates all of your points..the ocean

[@frankihatch]

Vancouver is still better

[@chrisw3904]

@@calgarytocottage That's not true if you're in the GTA. :(

[@ChillinDylan2875]

GTA? Canada ain't bout Cop Killers like, oh... Trevor

[@prabhjotsanghera4311]

Outdoors in calgary is nothing to vancouver i went there and probably saw 10 trees

[@glennkatz9764]

To justify moving to Vancouver from Calgary and taking on housing costs SIX TIMES GREATER there would have to be something really spectacular about Vancouver to justify this. I have visited Vancouver for short periods of time and it is nice place and yes the weather was nice but you also get a lot of rain too. We might be cooler in Calgary but at least the the sun is shining. OK we had a hail storm or two and it does get bone-chilling cold sometimes but it doesn't last that long. How long is the rainy season in Vancouver? Van has lots more things to do, I'll give you that and Van wins on the public transportation battle. no contest there, public transport in Calgary sucks!. Jobs? Are there really more per capita in Van and even if you get one where are you going to get the other 5 full-time jobs you will need to pay for that extra housing costs, or is the minimum wage in Van now 90 bucks an hour? If the housing was a little higher in Van you may have an argument , and yes you could move to the burbs and have a 1.5 hours * 2 commute each day but who wants that? Nice try but Calgary wins hands down. NO CONTEST. Good video btw!

[@VancouverLiving]

Hey Glenn, thank you for the detail benefit of living in Calgary over Vancouver. I'm sure the viewers will appreciate your comment. Thanks

[@eddiespagetti8395]

I agree. Alberta better than bc in many ways. Vanvouver is too expensive for rent and fuel as welll. Ridiculously high rents vancover also has.too many yuppy assholes really vanvobuer has most stuck up miserable woman in Canada. Woman are too uptight in Vancouver all the high cost has made many people very miserable. Vanvouver has the mountains close by but the city of Vancouver as a whole SUCKS. Concrete and city is ugly. Mountains are beautiful and Alberta has better mountain views. Vancover is took expensive and no place is worth the 1.4 million average cost to buy home 🏡. Ridiculous vancover sucks really. Many of us leave because it is not worth the price to live here

[@deboraabh]

Are you guys serious ? What about party 🥳🎉 and Food and places to visit and entertainment and girls and people and things to do around and opportunities to open new business or higher position jobs and part time jobs ? How is Calgary better at that ? For anyone coming first time where do you think should live ? Calgary or Vancouver ?

[@azavy]

Moved from Vancouver to Calgary in 2021. It's now 2022 and I'm still in Calgary! I fell in love with Calgary right away within first week! Vancouver? Let's just say I've lived in Vancouver 20 years trying to convince myself it's the best place but kept falling short on so many levels for me. Vancouver best place on earth they say? It's not! Not even close! Calgary However can easily win that title over Vancouver anytime! I ❤ Calgary 😍

[@brantstewart4463]

I find the people better in calgary I enjoy downtown walks alot more and clubbing. But its nice having the mountains alittle more accessible in vancouver

[@vitvit3572]

Vancouver is definitely more interesting, even though is more expensive. Calgary feels more like a town, sometimes I even get a feeling of a village, especially with alberta people. But it’s pretty clean and peaceful.

[@nazbah5929]

I prefer Calgary but lockdown has made everything super dead and boring so bc is more lively now and way more expensive but oh well

[@tuneunleashed]

I mean every city in the west side of Canada feels like a village even big cities lol. City feeling you’ve got to go on the East Side of Canada

[@LiveInnerCity]

Nice to see our city being featured in this comparison! What is the most challenging question you often get asked about the two cities? Cheers from Calgary!

[@vimalcurio]

What would you prefer calgary or Vancouver?

[@azavy]

People are waaayyyy more down to earth and friendly in Calgary. I find Vancouver a very cold city reception-wise. I gave it 20 years in Vancouver and very little social progress. 2 months in Calgary and I made more friends and work contacts very easily. They are so much more friendly here overall. And don't take bullshit from no one. Vancouver is full of flakes in my experience. Big talk little to show for it. 20 years and leaving Vancouver was the BEST thing that ever happened to me.

[@mattlandsiedel]

Lived in Vancouver for 5 years and Calgary for 20. I know both cities very well. Calgary takes most categories hands down when it comes to liveability for the average person. Calgary has sunshine 333 days per year. Vancouver has sunshine 180 days per year. Calgary is much more affordable for pretty much everything. My dollar goes about 30% further in Calgary. Calgarians are much friendlier and easier to engage that Vancouverites. I have found it much easier to make friends in Calgary. Both cities have amazing and easy access to nature. Vancouver has the ocean and calgary has beautiful river systems. Vancouver has more robust food and entertainment culture but Calgary isn’t far behind. I chose to move to Calgary to have more sunshine and to be able to have a disposable income again. I am very happy with my choice to move to Calgary. Both cities are pretty awesome but it depends on what you are after

[@VancouverLiving]

Thank you Matt, your insights are great and much appreciated.

[@lifeadventuresrentalsinc2026]

Moving to Calgary from GTA in 6 weeks.Sold everything i had here in Milton and now mortgage free and with spare money for investments. No way i would move to Vancouver the same reason i left Toronto! Calgary all the way!

[@9eze956]

Nice man I'm in Toronto thinking of doing the same. Cost of living here is insane, what's your rent/mtg cost projection for Calgary? Hope your move goes well!

[@calgarytocottage]

Welcome to Calgary!

[@calgarytocottage]

Where did you end up living in Calgary?

[@tanakahoshii5579]

Also thinking about moving from GTA to Calgary

[@Silly_comb]

Wich is better

[@ManyamanRecipesbyJen]

Thanks for sharing this. We moved from Vancouver to Calgary almost 7 years ago. We consider both cities our home, but Vancouver will always be our favourite city. It was easy for us to decide to invest in real estate in the Lower Mainland because Vancouver will always be our home, although Calgary opened up better opportunities for us. We love both Vancouver and Calgary 😊

[@calgarytocottage]

Home Sweet Home!

[@rdsieben]

-54 C? Not true. I have lived in Calgary for three decades so far and I have never experienced -54 C

[@michaelstreilein9788]

Same. That and you can't drive anywhwre to anywhere in 20 minutes. I can't even leave the SE driving 20 minutes. I can make it to the outskirts of the NE in 25. Getting inner-city or the NW is 40 minutes or more.

[@CAboy]

We chose Calgary! Since we are Americans, Vancouver charges an extra 15% to the price of a property. Calgary does not have such a surcharge.

[@calgarytocottage]

Thanks for choosing Calgary!

[@frankihatch]

Vancouver is better

[@LondonUnderground186]

@@frankihatch no it sucks. Once my spousal visa gets approved, I'll go join my wife in Washington state

[@frankihatch]

@@LondonUnderground186 thats more than a downgrade

[@eddiespagetti8395]

Vancover is hongkoover. That's why surcharge 15 % to foreign buyers so vancover attracts Asian crime money forsure. Vancover sucks really too expensive to live and Calgary is much better for your money and it's beautifull in Alberta. BC sucks.

[@jackydong526]

Hi, can you make a simple comparison between Coquitlam and Tsawwassen, for new immigrants family with teenager kids? Thanks!

[@codered9576]

I don't think so, I have lived in Calgary for over 20 years and this is a great city. It is one of the cleanest, it has the greatest out door show in the world every year and yes you are right it is so much affordable to live here than Vancouver. Yes our weather is unpredictable at times but the summers here are great. The movie industry is growing here also and if you were some one in that field theirs opportunities in that. I guess it all comes down to preference.

[@LondonUnderground186]

I like the wide roads in Alberta and the courtesy of drivers in general, compared to Hongcouver

[@Av8r6o4]

We moved to Calgary after living in BC our whole life, I just wish we would of done it sooner. Vancouver is overrated, EVERYTHING is EXPENSIVE and people are snobby/in a rush.

[@eddiespagetti8395]

So true. Too expensive many people are uptight stressed and miserable in Vancouver and single woman are snobby vancover is taking its toll on many and we just leave. We are leaving soon as well. Good bye hongkoover we will not be looking back. Vancover really SUCKS if your a working class middle so called class you will not be happy in Vancouver because you will be broke live pay to pay is slavery in Vancouver

[@melancholy_dude]

Yes I agree. Vancouver is Expensive, snooty people and always fricking crowded!! Plus rain rain rain.

[@azavy]

Yes you nailed it!

[@57AB]

I honestly love both cities 😍 but I also grew up in Peachland BC

[@YYJConstructionUpdates]

CalGAaaRY. It’s pronounced cal-gree

[@shahjmir]

this video isnt biased at all :)

[@purvijoshi500]

Is Calgary as a job opportunity in Tourism sector ? Or Vancouver is better options as job & PR prospect ??

[@purvijoshi500]

@@ChrisParkens thank u so much

[@skewty]

Vancouver aka Raincouver.... He is failing you by not mentioning the long gray season that could mean many months of mostly cloud and rain.

[@WorldTraveller0001]

Calgary is the only major affordable city in Canada for current and future generations Canadians and Immigrants. Calgary also has fastest growing tech, finance and film industry. Moreover, Calgary is also world’s cleanest and most livable city. I am already seeing some of my friends and family members who work from home moving to Calgary to buy home and get rid of expensive rental life in ON or BC. We will see more people moving from BC or ON to Calgary in coming years. Calgary is also sunniest ☀️ city in Canada 🍁

[@hxunter4260]

between the two that ive found different Albertains drive fucking insane in and out of lanes vancouver isnt as bad alberta, better housing costs pretty well wherever you go and you also dont need to work in an oil field like mentioned to enjoy a comfortable living van - have fun ( someone who is from maple ridge ) still need to pay upwards 1600 for a basement suite with dogs and kids running upstairs with a family of 5, unless you know someone for something that is 1200.. alberta- flat.. oh well id rather live happier than live with a gun to my head if i miss a day of work. Also not many people have the luxury of being by mountains, so most people live flat anyways. take it or leave it. van... well, alot to do, most main concerts happen there. but if you live in the interior , you can always drive to them.. dont forget the snow on hwy 1 or crowsnest. i moved to a small town in the interior, less stressful here lots of work, just plow your road and youll be fine, if thats too much for you. enjoy the rain!

[@rdsieben]

Yellowstone National Park is much closer to Calgary than Vancouver.

[@cefery]

Good info. Thnx

[@VancouverLiving]

Thanks

[@greenhouse4699]

So helpful! and i chose Calgary!

[@SofaMuncher]

I grew up in vancouver and it feels like there is no life for any of the youth there anymore, in order to afford to live there you must become a slave to work, financial stress, and traffic.

[@youwhatsuptube]

very nice.. Hmm am trying to buy first condo but seems too late to the party... Just too stressful in Vancouver with high housing / rental price relative to quality and income. OIther than that it's great but just god damn it... I hate real estate hope our economy doens't become China model.

[@harrisonc8662]

Come to calgary buy a place with a legal basement suite, rent it out and live for free. Life is good here.

[@abeekuworldchanger380]

BC has a better lifestyle. It's an active province with stuff to do all the time.

[@kareemhamdi6159]

Alberta has a younger population and the average Albertan is richer than the average British Columbian

[@eddiespagetti8395]

What ?? BC costs too much to do anything. Rich people love it sure. What about working people who earn 50 thousand or less.?? They can not afford to live in Hong gookver. Many will flee to Alberta I'm sure. Why stay ? Vancover has worst drivers as well. Asia and India what do we expect ?????

[@azavy]

I found there's way more to do in Calgary actually. Lots of nature around and outdoor activities. They also have better skiing choices in Alberta! So again, Calgary still is way better than Vancouver, hands down. Love the fun living amazing friendly people that all seem to congregate and live in Calgary.

[@abeekuworldchanger380]

@@azavy to each their own, but I prefer Vancouver. I can do rain. But not -40 degrees of winter.

[@WYLNXCA]

@@abeekuworldchanger380 Same

[@chrisp187]

Vancouver doesn't have the advantage in education (for k12) and jobs. Alberta shares the top ranking with Quebec in PISA score. Putting them on par with Japan! People from BC move to Alberta for jobs. People from Alberta move to BC for the better weather, but then have to move back due to lack of jobs. While in Vancouver it doesn't get much snow, it does constantly rain at near freezing temperatures all winter. Dry Calgary snow vs being soaked at near Zero temperature.

[@chosengaby7040]

Ha ha Kel-Gary Love it 😊

[@leakedsongs5829]

Wht abut traffic u fuckin forget it’s disaster to live in Vancouver with small roads and 1hr drive for 10km

[@mathewkuan6791]

It’s not Cal - GARE - Ree 😬, it’s Cal - Gree

[@VancouverLiving]

😊

[@yenhuynh9938]

Thankyou you vancouver living

[@VancouverLiving]

You are welcome!

[@jaynneng7958]

It’s pronounced CAL-gary, not cal-GA-ry. I couldn’t finish watching the video because of the pronunciation.

[@VancouverLiving]

@jaynne all good. There are several ways to say it when I did my research. No right or wrong.

[@larck888]

Vancouver is best

[@RafaelPernia]

I absolutely love overpaying houses AND all the overdose scene so I choose Vancouver. I couldn't live in Calgary, a city with no syringes on the playgrounds. It's uncultured.

[@nazbah5929]

Too many druggies in Vancouver. I work in pharmacy so I see a ton of methadone patients .it's too much

[@RafaelPernia]

@@ChrisParkens yeah one site only and we're fighting against it because we do not want to turn into Vancouver.

[@RafaelPernia]

@@ChrisParkens I don't want them to leave I juwt don't want more people falling in that cycle. Resources should be destined to police operations against trafficking. If you live here, I'm sure you can tell all the drug dealers in 7th & City Hall, at Crackmacs, stephen Avenue near Teatro and in 9th Ave behind the Library. Is rampant and police is too soft with dealers. I don't want users to get criminalized, just dealers.

[@trayboop]

@@RafaelPernia Then you need to reform the justice system and city hall. Most dealers are arrested, only to be back on the streets a day latter because, there's just nowhere to put them. The Remand centre is beyond capacity. If you want a new jail built, well... then things like PST need to happen. You want more police on the ground... property taxes need to go higher. For city hall, City is going broke with stupid spending on things like spending millions on road signs, to lower the speed rate from 50 to 40 and spending more millions putting in road bike paths, that really get used 3 months of the year. For major offenders, one gets arrested, another pops up. Poverty brings desperate measures and if the price is right, people are willing to do most anything. With the unemployment rate Calgary has right now, poverty is a major issue. You want to cut the snake at the head, got to take the cartels in Mexico and China down. Their own government's can't stop it so ... yeah.. that's going to be a tough one.

[@dilyo624]

Good video but pronouncing Calgary 😬

[@VancouverLiving]

:) thanks for the love

[@mannygillis5789]

Comparing Vancouver to Calgary is like comparing your dog to neighbours cat. Vancouver is a world class city.

[@azavy]

You obviously have no clue.

[@rdsieben]

Calgary has better freeways than Vancouver. Canada's second ring road is almost complete. Vancouver has the edge for public transit. Ours in Calgary suck!

[@heronimousbrapson863]

It's unfortunate you didn't compare Edmonton as well. In my opinion, it is a more beautiful city than Calgary and has a better cultural environment. It also tends to be less conservative than Calgary. The winters tend to be colder, however.

[@rtgtx]

much much much colder

[@mikee1000]

I've heard Calgary has a racist problem. I hope that's false.

[@larck888]

U might get a different answer if u ask a Chinese person... just saying

[@vimalcurio]

Such as?

[@mjor6406]

It's Calgry not Cal Gay Ry

[@LondonUnderground186]

In France we say Cal-gah-ree

[@frankihatch]

Vancouver is obviously better

[@plain_alejandro]

Likes every comment

[@kerstinmk8756]

How about you learn how to pronounce Calgary properly .

[@VancouverLiving]

Will do

[@leejuang2035]

Both cities are terrible to live 😳

[@chikishelonabel7202]

Where do you live?

[@frankihatch]

Better than your trash city

[@NoCareBearsGiven]

@@frankihatch Calgary is kinda trash tho-

[@frankihatch]

@@NoCareBearsGiven how

[@NoCareBearsGiven]

@@frankihatch if you live in other cities you’ll see how :)