CANADA CITIES RATED HIGH ON GLOBAL LIVABILITY

Three of Canada's Biggest Cities are Among the 10 Most Livable in the World...

Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto among top 10 most ‘livable’ cities in the world, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit Global Livability Index.

The Economist Intelligence Unit is a division of The Economist Group, which operates the popular magazine The Economist.

Canadian cities ranked high on Global Livability Index based on stability, culture, healthcare, infrastructure, and education.

Calgary, Alberta, was the highest-
ranked Canadian city on the annual
index, placing fifth out of the 140
cities surveyed.

Vancouver and Toronto held on to their rankings from last year, ranking sixth and seventh, respectively.

The most livable city in the world was Vienna, Austria, for the second year in a row.

The 140 cities reviewed received a livability score based on qualitative and quantitative factors under each of the following five categories:

Stability: This category examines the prevalence of crime and the threat of terror, military conflict or civil unrest.

Healthcare: This category focuses on the availability and quality of private and public healthcare, over-the-counter drugs and other general healthcare indicators.

Culture and Environment: This category looks at temperature rating; climate; the level of corruption; social or religious restrictions; food and drink; and other social components.

Education: This category covers the availability and quality of private and public education.

Infrastructure: An assessment of the quality of roads, public transportation, availability of housing, and other elements.

If a city gets a rating of 100 in a specific category it means the conditions are ideal, whereas a rating of 1 is considered intolerable.

How Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto fared 

Calgary’s overall livability score was 97.5, help by perfect scores in four (4) of the five categories.

Only its Culture and Environment score came up short at 90 out of 100.

Vancouver was the only city in the top 10 to receive a perfect score in the Culture and Environment category and also scored 100 in both Healthcare and Education.
However, it came up short in the Infrastructure and Stability categories with scores of 92.9 and 95, respectively.

Toronto earned perfect scores in
Stability, Healthcare and Education,
but was the lowest-ranked in the top 10 for Infrastructure at 89.3.
Its score in Culture and Environment
was 97.2.