Top 10 Places to Live in Canada

BEST CITIES IN CANADA Whether it's real estate or employment opportunities that you're looking for, these are the top 10 most booming cities in Canada. TOP 10, FROM WEST TO EAST: Vancouver Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Toronto Victoria Calgary Regina Ottawa Montreal It can be very difficult to pick any one “best city" in this beautiful country. How do you decide? Do you go by weather? Housing values? Employment numbers? For our purposes we first went mainly by size, in both land size and/or population, and then discovered a recurring trend. The biggest cities in Canada also happen to be the most booming cities. RATE OF INFLATION (%) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%) AVERAGE SALARY 2.4 8.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2,5 - 100000 8 - 7.8 2.2 7.2* 6.8 2,0 – 80000 6.1 6.1 1.7 6 - 5.5 1.6 1.5 5.1 1,5 – 60000 4.4 4.2 3.5 47,200 *. 1,0 - 40000 0.87* 0,5 0.4 20000 0,0 *AVERAGE *AVERAGE *AVERAGE CRIME RATE (PER 100K) COST OF LIVING RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH (%) 120 - 12000 - 15 - 10,801 10,126 100 96.10* 10000 - 12.6 12.1 12 80 - 8000 - 7,278 9.2 9.3 9.1 9. 60 - 8 6000 - 7.4 6.5 4,159 4,152 4,402 3,871 40 - 6. 4000 - 4.4 3.1 1,902 20 - 3 2000 - 1,269 772 0.784* *AVERAGE *AVERAGE OVERALL After assessing all of the figures collated, this is how we would rank the top 10 cities in Canada. RANKINGS 1-EDMONTON 2-REGINA 3-OTTAWA 4-CALGARY 5-MONTREAL 6-QUEBEC CITY 7-TORONTO 8-VICTORIA 9-HAMILTON 10-VANCOUVER Quantity of hospitals per city HEALTH CARE Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Montreal 10 Calgary Toronto 8 Vancouver 4 Ottawa 6 Regina 1 Victoria 2 4 6. 8 10 House Prices: | 2002 2012 Average Annual Growth (%) 9.20 800 700 8.30 7 9.20 12 6.10 5.80 7.90 7.60 7.20 600 500 400 300 200 100 Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Regina Toronto Vancouver Ottawa Montreal Calgary Victoria CMI Canadian Mortgages Inc. Sources: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca http://www.moneysense.ca http://www.thespec.com http://www.spvm.qc.ca http://www.cbc.ca Canadian Mortgages Inc. Provides mortgage brokerage, investment, and construction financing. Check out our services at http://www.canadianmortgagesinc.ca or follow us on twitter to keep up to date with the latest in Canadian real estate and investment news. @camortgages Pictures: Copyright ©Canadian Mortgages Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this info- graphic may be reproduced without Canadian mortgages inc's express consent. Optional: Backlinks are allowed. http://es.wikipedia.org Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Regina Toronto (0 Montreal Calgary Victoria Edmonton 101.9 Hamilton 92.66 Quebec City 98.14 Regina 105.01 Toronto 99.66 Vancouver 104.54 Ottawa 98.20 730,063 Montreal 90.24 Calgary Calgary 105.93 Victoria Victoria 95.36 Edmonton Edmonton 87,930 Hamilton - CO Hamilton 76,730 Quebec City Quebec City 76,450 Regina 84,890 Toronto 68,110 Vancouver 060ʻL9 94,700 Ottawa Montreal 67,010 Calgary 89,490 Victoria 77,820 BEST CITIES IN CANADA Whether it's real estate or employment opportunities that you're looking for, these are the top 10 most booming cities in Canada. TOP 10, FROM WEST TO EAST: Vancouver Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Toronto Victoria Calgary Regina Ottawa Montreal It can be very difficult to pick any one “best city" in this beautiful country. How do you decide? Do you go by weather? Housing values? Employment numbers? For our purposes we first went mainly by size, in both land size and/or population, and then discovered a recurring trend. The biggest cities in Canada also happen to be the most booming cities. RATE OF INFLATION (%) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%) AVERAGE SALARY 2.4 8.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2,5 - 100000 8 - 7.8 2.2 7.2* 6.8 2,0 – 80000 6.1 6.1 1.7 6 - 5.5 1.6 1.5 5.1 1,5 – 60000 4.4 4.2 3.5 47,200 *. 1,0 - 40000 0.87* 0,5 0.4 20000 0,0 *AVERAGE *AVERAGE *AVERAGE CRIME RATE (PER 100K) COST OF LIVING RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH (%) 120 - 12000 - 15 - 10,801 10,126 100 96.10* 10000 - 12.6 12.1 12 80 - 8000 - 7,278 9.2 9.3 9.1 9. 60 - 8 6000 - 7.4 6.5 4,159 4,152 4,402 3,871 40 - 6. 4000 - 4.4 3.1 1,902 20 - 3 2000 - 1,269 772 0.784* *AVERAGE *AVERAGE OVERALL After assessing all of the figures collated, this is how we would rank the top 10 cities in Canada. RANKINGS 1-EDMONTON 2-REGINA 3-OTTAWA 4-CALGARY 5-MONTREAL 6-QUEBEC CITY 7-TORONTO 8-VICTORIA 9-HAMILTON 10-VANCOUVER Quantity of hospitals per city HEALTH CARE Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Montreal 10 Calgary Toronto 8 Vancouver 4 Ottawa 6 Regina 1 Victoria 2 4 6. 8 10 House Prices: | 2002 2012 Average Annual Growth (%) 9.20 800 700 8.30 7 9.20 12 6.10 5.80 7.90 7.60 7.20 600 500 400 300 200 100 Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Regina Toronto Vancouver Ottawa Montreal Calgary Victoria CMI Canadian Mortgages Inc. Sources: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca http://www.moneysense.ca http://www.thespec.com http://www.spvm.qc.ca http://www.cbc.ca Canadian Mortgages Inc. Provides mortgage brokerage, investment, and construction financing. Check out our services at http://www.canadianmortgagesinc.ca or follow us on twitter to keep up to date with the latest in Canadian real estate and investment news. @camortgages Pictures: Copyright ©Canadian Mortgages Inc 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this info- graphic may be reproduced without Canadian mortgages inc's express consent. Optional: Backlinks are allowed. http://es.wikipedia.org Edmonton Hamilton Quebec City Regina Toronto (0 Montreal Calgary Victoria Edmonton 101.9 Hamilton 92.66 Quebec City 98.14 Regina 105.01 Toronto 99.66 Vancouver 104.54 Ottawa 98.20 730,063 Montreal 90.24 Calgary Calgary 105.93 Victoria Victoria 95.36 Edmonton Edmonton 87,930 Hamilton - CO Hamilton 76,730 Quebec City Quebec City 76,450 Regina 84,890 Toronto 68,110 Vancouver 060ʻL9 94,700 Ottawa Montreal 67,010 Calgary 89,490 Victoria 77,820