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For the fifth-straight year, Vancouver has been named the best city in the world to live.
And two other Canadian centres — Toronto and Calgary — cracked the top 10 in the annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which was released Monday.
Toronto and Calgary came in at fourth and fifth, respectively, in the listing, which was based on 30 factors across five broad categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Each factor was rated as accepted, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable in a system that “allows for direct comparison between locations,” according to the report.
Scores are compiled out of 100 overall. Vancouver received a score of 98.
“Vancouver remains at the top of the ranking, a position that can only have been cemented by the successful hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which provided a boost to the infrastructure and culture and environment categories,” the survey’s authors wrote in their summary.
1. Vancouver
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Vienna, Austria
4. Toronto
5. Calgary
6. Finland, Helsinki
7. Sydney, Australia
8. Perth, Australia
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Auckland, New Zealand
Read more: http://www.canada.com/Vancouver+Toro...#ixzz1EqWNRxXI
And two other Canadian centres — Toronto and Calgary — cracked the top 10 in the annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which was released Monday.
Toronto and Calgary came in at fourth and fifth, respectively, in the listing, which was based on 30 factors across five broad categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Each factor was rated as accepted, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable in a system that “allows for direct comparison between locations,” according to the report.
Scores are compiled out of 100 overall. Vancouver received a score of 98.
“Vancouver remains at the top of the ranking, a position that can only have been cemented by the successful hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which provided a boost to the infrastructure and culture and environment categories,” the survey’s authors wrote in their summary.
1. Vancouver
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Vienna, Austria
4. Toronto
5. Calgary
6. Finland, Helsinki
7. Sydney, Australia
8. Perth, Australia
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Auckland, New Zealand
Read more: http://www.canada.com/Vancouver+Toro...#ixzz1EqWNRxXI
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