How Many Protesters?

Different opinions on the total number of people in the downtown area.

JAN 2022

1/30/20221 min read

People are angry with the government and with the news coverage. There were a couple of reports of people harassing reporters covering the protest. I was assigned to ENG Camera coverage but they kept us away from the downtown core while they decide how to handle the coverage. Here's a live hit I did with a reporter just outside the main protest area and we still got heckled.

I've heard the crowd estimates and I have to disagree with the numbers I'm hearing. Over a million people along Wellington Street? No way. There's a lot of people and cars in the downtown core but there's no way that number is accurate.