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From 1981 to 1998, Toronto and Montreal were placed in opposite conferences, resulting in a "cooling" of the rivalry. [11] The fortunes of the two teams since 1967 have also seen a marked difference; the Canadiens have won 10 Stanley Cup championships since that year, while the Maple Leafs have yet to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. [ 11 ]
However, neither team has won the cup since the 1990s when Montreal won the cup in 1993, and Toronto in 1967. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, Montreal leads the regular season series 366–301–88–13 with a 46–32 playoff record against Toronto.
A significant change is that, after holding the position of largest city in Canada on all 19 previous censuses, covering the first 129 years of the nation of Canada, Montreal drops to second place on the list, displaced by Toronto. These two cities have maintained the same top two positions on all subsequent censuses.
The Pearson Cup (French: Coupe Pearson) was an annual midseason Major League Baseball rivalry between former Canadian rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos.Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada.
By the 1980s, Toronto had surpassed Montreal as Canada's most populous city and chief economic hub. During this time, in part owing to the political uncertainty raised by the resurgence of the Quebec sovereignty movement, many national and multinational corporations moved their head offices from Montreal to Toronto and Western Canadian cities. [75]
Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. The stadium cost $1.5 billion; [208] with interest that figure ballooned to nearly $3 billion, and was paid off in December 2006. [209] Montreal also hosted the first ever World Outgames in the summer of 2006, attracting over 16,000 participants engaged in 35 sporting activities.
[1] [7] In spite of this congestion, it is the primary commuting route in Toronto, and over 50 percent of vehicles bound for downtown Toronto use the highway. [45] "The Basketweave", just east of the Highway 400 interchange, is a free-flowing crossover between the collector and express lanes. Oriole GO Station looking north at Highway 401.
During the seventies the population of Toronto surpassed that of Montreal. In 1971, the populations of the respective Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) for Toronto and Montreal stood at 2.7 million and 2.6 million. By 1981, Toronto had surpassed Montreal with a population of 3 million versus 2.8 million for Montreal.