TORONTO - Justin Bieber's holiday show may be the hottest ticket in Toronto this week, but few have better reasons for Christmas cheer this season than his compatriot Michael Buble.

While Bieber was set to perform a hotly anticipated acoustic Christmas show at Toronto's Massey Hall on Wednesday night, Buble is fresh off a memorable performance on "Saturday Night Live" and his holiday disc has been one of the hottest items of the holiday shopping season.

So, which Canadian crooner is flying higher at the moment? Perhaps a tale of the tape can help determine the victor:

AGE: Buble is 36, while Bieber is 17.

HOMETOWN: Bieber hails from Stratford, Ont., while Buble grew up in Burnaby, B.C.

MOST MANTEL METAL?: Considering that Bieber's brand of featherlight teen-pop typically elicits sneering from some critics, his awards tally has been impressive: two Juno Awards and a pair of Grammy nominations. Respectable, to be sure, but no match for Buble, whose distinctive retro charm has helped him haul home 10 Junos and three Grammys. Advantage: Buble

FAMOUS FRIENDS: Buble has a longstanding partnership with well-connected Canadian hitmaker David Foster, he reeled in Shania Twain for a "White Christmas" duet and he starred in a splashy holiday special that featured a bevy of well-known guests, none bigger than ... well, Justin Bieber. Bieber, meanwhile, has collaborated with Usher, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, Rascal Flatts, Ludacris and Boyz II Men. Advantage: Bieber

TABLOID TRAUMA: Bieber's squeaky-clean image was tainted slightly this year when the singer was slapped with a paternity suit -- allegations his team has vigorously denied -- while he and girlfriend Selena Gomez were shadowed everywhere they went by prying paparazzi. The newlywed Buble and wife Luisana Lopilato seem to be afforded slightly more privacy. Advantage: Buble

SILVER-SCREEN DREAMS: Buble has mused in interviews about an eventual transition to acting, and he won laughs with a recent cameo on "Saturday Night Live" (one which coincidentally poked fun at Bieber). But his IMDB credits are limited to pre-fame performances in little-known stinkers (2001's "Totally Blonde," anyone?). Bieber's two-episode arc as a troubled teen on "CSI" didn't exactly elicit Emmy attention, but it was a bona fide role on a popular show, and his concert film "Never Say Never" earned more than $70 million in North America. Advantage: Bieber

SPORTS ALLEGIANCES: Buble is a diehard Vancouver Canucks fan who watched his team come within one game of a Stanley Cup win last spring. The last time Bieber's beloved Toronto Maple Leafs even made the playoffs -- back in 2004 -- he had just turned 10 years old. Advantage: Buble

SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY: This one's a landslide. Bieber has nearly 15.6 million followers on Twitter, an army of devoted fans who hang on his every lower-case missive as if their lives depend on it. Buble has roughly 600,000 followers but doesn't issue the tweets himself -- the reliably irreverent singer told The Canadian Press recently that he had to stay away from the platform because "(he would) get in huge trouble within days." Advantage: Bieber

DECEMBER DOMINANCE: While Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" has sold briskly -- reaching platinum certification three times in Canada -- Buble has this year achieved a level of holiday ubiquity usually reserved for festive drinks, goofy sweaters and tense family dinners. "Christmas" has been certified platinum seven times over in Canada and, according to Billboard, it's on pace to become the second best-selling record of the year in the U.S., behind only Adele's "21." Advantage: Buble

BEST HAIR: Sorry, Mike. Advantage: Bieber

THE WINNER: Two Canadians doing extraordinarily well for themselves with fanbases that barely overlap? Let's call this a tie.