Last Updated on February 7, 2020

August 17, 2017 – Canadian cities make up three of the top five most ‘livable’ in the world, according to the 2017 ranking produced by the Economist magazine.

Vancouver comes in third, Toronto fourth and Calgary joint fifth in the Global Livability Report 2017, which scores countries based on infrastructure, culture, environment, healthcare, education and stability.

Melbourne tops the list in a top 10 dominated by Australian and Canadian cities, with Adelaide (5=) and Perth (7) also making an appearance.

Vienna (2), Auckland (8), Helsinki (9) and Hamburg (10) also scored highly.

Top 10 Most Livable Cities 2017

Rank	City	Score/100
1	Melbourne	97.5
2	Vienna	97.4
3	Vancouver	97.3
4	Toronto	97.2
5=	Calgary	96.6
5=	Adelaide	96.6
7	Perth	95.9
8	Auckland	95.7
9	Helsinki	95.6
10	Hamburg	95

Figures: The Economist Intelligence Unit

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Vancouver

Vancouver’s overall score of 97.3 was mainly down to perfect 100 scores for culture and environment, plus healthcare and education.

The culture and environment category scored each city on everything from humidity to corruption, religious restriction and quality of food. Both healthcare and education included scores for availability and quality of both private and public services.

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The British Columbian city also scored 95 for ‘stability’ and 92.9 for ‘infrastructure’ in the report.

Figures: The Economist Intelligence Unit

Toronto

Toronto came in just 0.1 of a point below Vancouver, with an overall score of 97.2. The Ontario giant also scored a perfect 100 for healthcare and education, plus the same for stability.

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Toronto scored a 97.2 for its culture and environment, while it came out lowest on infrastructure, with a score of 89.3.

Figures: The Economist Intelligence Unit

Calgary

Despite the perceived economic downturn in Alberta, Calgary still managed to come out joint fifth on the list, with an overall score of 96.6.

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The score of 96.4 came in a category that judged road networks, quality of housing, plus quality of water and energy provision.

Calgary’s lowest score of 89.1 came in the culture and environment category.

Figures: The Economist Intelligence Unit

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