Canada’s major cities typically score highly in “best city” rankings. Ванкувер is frequently named among the лучших городов в мире, чтобы жить, и Торонто also ranks high on many “best of” scales.

Но в последнее время Scorecard на процветание Отчет, compiled by the Торонто совет по торговле (the city’s chamber of commerce), reached a different conclusion: на основе economic competitiveness as well as overall quality of life, the “лучший город на планете” является…Калгари.

Почему Калгари? The report noted that:

Calgary’s blistering economy over the past five years may have powered it to the top, но its overall favourable environment provides a solid basis for attracting and keeping people. Только в области экономики, Калгари зарабатывает семь "А" классов, coming in as the top performer in five indicators: employment growth, рост доходов, unemployment rate, non-residential building permit growth и общий индекс налог (TTI). On measures of Labour Attractiveness, Сила Калгари исходит от его low incidence of low-income population, low homicide rate и, somewhat surprisingly, its relative housing affordability.

Рейтинг позади Калгари были Даллас и Гонконг, в #2 и #3, соответственно. Fourth-place was a four-way tie between Toronto, Бостон, Лондон, и Нью-Йорке. Завершая верхнюю 10 были Ванкувер и Сиэтл (ставят на #8) и Квебек в #10.

Однако, the data for this report was compiled when the economy was still flying high, leading the authors to conclude that “Calgary’s continued domination is currently under threat, as weaker energy prices and tighter credit conditions have slowed oil and gas activity in the province of Alberta.”

The full report is available as a PDF file or in an abbreviated online presentation version.

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