Top Best Cities in Canada
In the top ten, more than half of the spots went to British Columbia.
The Globe and Mail conducted a study and analyzed 439 Canadian cities with a population of 10,000 or more. The experts' goal was to identify the best cities to live in, taking into account factors ranging from the quality of infrastructure and education to climate, access to health care and safety. Relative to each other, the factors are not equal and, conventionally, the location and number of grocery stores are more important than the location and number of libraries.
In total, journalists selected 100 cities, the full list can be viewed on the website, but the first twenty are of most interest:
20. Maple Ridge, British Columbia (known for being the filming location for The X-Files, Rambo, Smallville, and Stargate);
19. Fort St. John, British Columbia (one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway);
18. New Westminster, British Columbia (average rental value CA$ 2,007, and top industries include health care, trade, science, and education);
17. Port Coquitlam, British Columbia (population diversity rate 42% above the Canadian average);
16. Westmount, Quebec (transportation and pedestrian infrastructure is 159% above the Canadian average and crime is 58% lower);
15. Langley, British Columbia (average real estate value on the primary market — CA$ 1,101,584);
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14. Vancouver, British Columbia (median income — CA$ 126,594);
13. Canmore, Alberta (the city is surrounded by mountains, the climate is mild, the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -4.6°C);
12. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (median income — CA$ 112,335, median rent — CA$ 1,246);
11. Mont-Royal, Quebec (crime rate 63% lower than the Canadian average, median income CA$ 228,621);
10. Oak Bay, British Columbia (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Filipinos, and South Asians are among the city's minority communities);
9. Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (only 19% of residents spend more than 30% of income on housing, and the median income is CA$ 129,962);
8. Calgary, Alberta (the top occupations in demand are sales and service, business and financial management, trade, transportation and social science and education);
7. Saanich, British Columbia (largest city in the Capital District on Vancouver Island, population 109,752);
6. West Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada's wealthiest municipality with an average household net worth of CA$ 4,454,424);
5. Burlington, Ontario (as many as 93% of the population have a regular health care provider);
4. Regina, Saskatchewan (among the most common occupations are sales, business administration and science professionals, with a median income of CA$ 115,421 and a median rent of CA$ 1,192);
3. Winnipeg, Manitoba (population 797,004, 41% of whom are families with children);
2. North Vancouver, British Columbia (population 161,469, 42% of whom are families with children);
1. Victoria, British Columbia (population 95,384, 49% of households are single-person, mild climate, about 20 days of heavy precipitation per year).
Interestingly, more than half — 12 out of 20 — of the cities on the list are in British Columbia. At the same time, the capital province Ontario is represented only by Burlington, and Ottawa is only at number 24. Toronto, one of the country's most famous cities, ranked 64th, while the capital of Quebec was 44th.
Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) is not represented in the top 20 at all. Fredericton, the first of the region's cities, is ranked 43rd, with only Dieppe — both in the province of New Brunswick — making the top 100.
