MoneySense Magazine released
Canada's Best Places to Live in April (hopefully this hasn't already been discussed in another thread), ranking Canada's cities on a number of factors:
The sunshine factor - weather
Home cheap home - housing costs
Perfect pay - Income levels
Nice life - lifestyle factors
Real wealth - discretionary income
Crime and punishment - crime levels
The full explanation of the criteria are found in the link provided above. Here's the top 10 (with emphasis added, of course)
1 Ottawa - Gatineau ON
2 Halifax NS
3 Québec QC
4 Guelph ON
5 Fredericton NB
6 Kingston ON
7 Moncton NB
8 London ON
9 Victoria BC
10 Gander NL
Other major cities:
12 Toronto
13 Winnipeg
15 Vancouver
23 Montréal
27 St. John's
28 Calgary
31 Edmonton
39 Regina
70 Charlottetown
Full listings for Economic, Real Estate, Weather, Amenities, and Attractions
What do you think? The trend seems to lean toward smaller cities, it seems, which receives no complaint from me. I haven't examined the criteria in detail, but one should consider whether the values of the researchers are in line with personal values.