HIGHRISES IN THE TORONTO CMA
A highrise is defined by Emporis as a building 35 meters or greater in height, which is divided at regular intervals into occupiable levels. This would generally include most tall commercial and residential structures, and counts of said structures can be used as a rough measure of the density of an urban area. The following table compares total numbers of completed highrises as of December 1st 2005, People Per Highrise (PPH), and annual growth rates (coming 2006) within the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, based on Emporis building and population data. (click column headers to sort data)
Area | Highrises | PPH | Growth Rate |
Toronto |
1644 |
01509.4 |
0 |
Peel Region |
0264 |
03746.0 |
0 |
York Region |
0054 |
13504.7 |
0 |
Halton Region* |
0030 |
07479.8 |
0 |
Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge |
0016 |
11141.8 |
0 |
Orangeville-Mono |
0000 |
0 |
0 |
*excluding the city of Burlington (component of Hamilton CMA)
CANADIAN COMPARISON: CITY VS CMA HIGHRISES
The following table compares highrise statistics in Canada's 6 largest CMAs, broken down between city and CMA results, based on Emporis building and population data as of December 1st 2005.
CMA | City Highrises | PPH | CMA Highrises | PPH |
Toronto |
1644 |
1509.4 |
2008 |
2332.1 |
Montreal |
0413 |
4389.2 |
0465 |
7686.1 |
Vancouver |
0533 |
1094.4 |
0800 |
2721.5 |
Ottawa |
0280 |
2764.5 |
0300 |
3773.9 |
Calgary |
0214 |
4471.9 |
0214 |
4750.5 |
Edmonton |
0230 |
3097.4 |
0230 |
4409.1 |
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON: CITY VS CMA HIGHRISES
The following table compares highrise statistics in the City of Toronto with those of selected primary and similarly sized cities in North America and abroad - based on Emporis building and population data as of December 1st 2005.
Area | Highrises | PPH | Growth Rate |
Toronto |
1644 |
1509.4 |
0 |
New York |
5473 |
1492.5 |
0 |
Los Angeles |
0457 |
8414.8 |
0 |
Chicago |
1048 |
2731.1 |
0 |
Houston |
0330 |
6098.9 |
0 |
Philadelphia |
0335 |
4388.5 |
0 |
London |
1303 |
5540.2 |
0 |
Hong Kong |
7507 |
0904.1 |
0 |
Sydney* |
0825 |
5092.7 |
0 |
*refers to the, more-or-less, central metropolitan area as opposed to the city proper
© Emporis December 2005