TORONTO-MONTREAL RIVALRY

The 'Toronto-Montreal rivalry' is a rivalry that exists between the Canadian cities of Toronto and Montreal. Both cities have many similarities and differences which have intensified the rivalry.

Contents

Canada's First City

Metropolitan Area Population

Comparison

Business

Sports

Hockey

Baseball

Anti-Toronto sentiment

See also

External links

Canada's First City

Up until the mid 1970s, Montreal was without question Canada's largest and most important city. This changed primarily as a result of the rise of the Quebec sovereignty movement. Over time, around
300,000 anglophones left the city, many heading down Highway 401 to Toronto.

Metropolitan Area Population

City/Year	Montreal	Toronto
1931	''1,023,000''	810,000
1941	''1,150,000''	900,000
1951	''1,539,000''	1,262,000
1961	''2,216,000''	1,919,000
1971	''2,743,000''	2,628,000
1981	2,828,000	''2,999,000''
1991	3,127,000	''3,893,000''
2001	3,451,027	''4,682,897''
'2006'	'3,635,571'	'''5,113,149'''

''Numbers pre-2001 are rounded off to nearest thousand.''

Source: Statistics Canada and Demographia

Comparison

Category	Montreal	Toronto
'Primary language'	French	English
'Founded'	1642 (as Ville-Marie)	1793 (as York)
'Pro sports teams'	3: National Hockey League, Canadian Football League, United Soccer Leagues First Division	5: National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, Canadian Football League
'Universities'	5: McGill University, Concordia University, Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal, École de technologie supérieure	6: York University, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Ontario College of Art & Design, University of Guelph-Humber, Tyndale University College & Seminary
'University Population'	~194,600 (5.3 students for every 100 residents)	~131,700 (2.4 students for every 100 residents)

Business

Sports

Sports teams from both Toronto and Montreal have been competing against each other as long as Canada has been a country.

Hockey

See also Maple-Leafs Canadiens Rivalry
Historically the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Montreal Canadiens have had a long standing hockey rivalry. This rivalry not only included residents of the two cities, but also hockey fans from across the country. The intensity of this rivalry has lessened since National Hockey League expansion.

Baseball

In 1969, Major League Baseball awarded the city of Montreal a baseball franchise. The Montreal Expos quickly became not only the team of the city, but the team of the whole country. This changed in 1977, when MLB awarded a second team to Canada, more specifically, Toronto. This led to a small rivalry, but nothing compared to the hockey one. As of 2005, the Montreal Expos have moved to Washington under the name of the Nationals. This ended the baseball rivalry.

Anti-Toronto sentiment

It is in Montreal where the practice of hating Toronto was born. This ''hatred'' is often more intense among Quebec anglophones than Quebec francophones. According to Albert Nerenberg in his film, ''Let's All Hate Toronto'', Montrealers generally viewed Torontonians as stodgy hosers. [1]

See also

★ Toronto

★ History of Toronto

★ Montreal

★ History of Montreal

★ National Hockey League rivalries

★ Primate city

★ Second city

★ Battle of Alberta

External links

★ The Official Website of the ''Let's All Hate Toronto'' documentary



★ ''Calgary Herald'' article on ''Let's All Hate Toronto''.