City size comparison

compared to

Boston is around the same size as Vancouver.

Vancouver (map shows its 61 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 126 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 98.1% the size of Vancouver.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vancouver vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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