Looking for happiness? Lonely Planet says, “Come to Montreal.”

The Australia-based travel guide company recently published a list of the World’s 10 Happiest Places, and the city of Montreal — described as “clean, welcoming and refreshingly multicultural” — made the cut.

Although Canada’s second largest city scored high on the happiness scale, it couldn’t beat the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, which ranked #1 on Lonely Planet’s happy places list. Francophone like Montreal, Vanuatu undoubtedly earned more points for the weather!

Last year, Kellogg’s Special K Satisfaction Survey found that the happiest women in Canada live in Toronto. But this same Kellogg’s poll reported that the chic women of Montreal scored highly on “satisfaction with body image.”

If you’re thinking about relocating to happy Montreal, we can help. Check out our Living Abroad in Canada: Montreal page for lots of Montreal relocation resources.

Montreal “Juste Pour Rire” festival photo by jeanpierrelavoie (flickr)