Vancouver ranked most liveable city in North America for 2015
The 2015 Quality of Living survey ranks Vancouver as the best city in North America for quality of life… again!
Vancouver renewed its title of fifth most liveable city in the world and first in North America, beaten only by Vienna, Zurich, Auckland and Munich. 2014’s survey, conducted by Mercer, returned the same results.
The survey looks at several factors such as personal freedom, crime, political stability and air quality, and Vancouver’s milder climate is one of the main reasons for it having a higher ranking in North America.
The survey also looks at housing but not for the cost. If that were to be taken into account, Vancouver would most certainly dip a few spots in the ranking as would many cities. Almost every city on this list also ranks as one of the most expensive to live in.
While cities in Western Europe held a majority of the rankings, there were more Canadian cities in the top 35 than those in the U.S. Behind Vancouver was Toronto (15), Ottawa (18), Montreal (24) and Calgary (33).
Top 35 cities for quality of living:
- Vienna, Austria
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Munich, Germany
- Vancouver, Canada
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Sydney, Australia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Bern, Switzerland
- Berlin, Germany
- Toronto, Canada
- Hamburg, Germany
- Melbourne, Australia
- Ottawa, Canada
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Brussels, Belgium
- Perth, Australia
- Montreal, Canada
- Nurnberg, Germany
- Singapore, Singapore
- Adelaide, Australia
- Paris, France
- San Francisco, U.S.A.
- Canberra, Australia
- Helsinki, Finland
- Oslo, Norway
- Calgary, Canada
- Boston, U.S.A
- Dublin, Ireland