https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population
Just based on the cultural impact and references to both, I expected Vancouver, home of the canadian movie industry AND where a shitload of yank stuff gets shot to be a far more populous city than Winnipeg, whose landmark cultural touchstones are a joke about going back there in the simpsons, and “Winnipeg is a frozen shithole” by venetian snares.
EDIT : Oh, metropolitan vancouver still has more people than metropolitan winnipeg. Ignore this post I guess?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_Metropolitan_Region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District
Surrey alone almost has as many people as Vancouver, but the Lower Mainland definitely has more people than Winnipeg.
This.
What a lot of people think of as “Vancouver” is actually a mass span of multiple cities all mushed up against each other. The actual city of Vancouver is only a small piece of the Lower Mainland.
Commonly referred to as Metro Vancouver these days. Used to be the Greater Vancouver Regional District.