Overview
- North Vancouver ranks No. 1 overall, with West Vancouver second and Pitt Meadows third in the Globe and Mail’s national index.
- Six Metro Vancouver municipalities place in the top 10, joined by New Westminster (5), Vancouver (9) and White Rock (10).
- The ranking evaluates 454 municipalities using roughly 58 variables across 10 categories, from health care and safety to climate.
- In the housing affordability sub-ranking, no B.C. city reaches the top 100, while Quebec communities dominate the top spots, including Mont‑Laurier, Thetford Mines and Rivière‑du‑Loup.
- By city size, North Vancouver leads large cities, West Vancouver leads mid-sized, and Pitt Meadows leads small communities.