The Economist's annual "livability index" has once again ranked Toronto as one of the top five most livable cities in the world, maintaining its fourth place position. Cities are ranked on 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
Toronto scored an overall rating of 97.2 out of 100, falling just behind Vancouver (97.3), Vienna (97.4), and Melbourne (97.5), but beating Adelaide (96.6). All of the top five cities had scores of 100 when it comes to healthcare and education, but Toronto was the only city to get a perfect grade on stability.
When it comes to culture and environment, Toronto had the second highest score at 97.2. What seems to have brought out score down ever so slightly, however, is our ranking in infrastructure, 89.3, the lowest of the five.
"There does appear to be a correlation between the types of cities that sit right at the very top of the ranking," the report said. "Those that score best tend to be mid-sized cities in wealthier countries with a relatively low population density. This can foster a range of recreational activities without leading to high crime levels or overburdened infrastructure. Eight of the top ten scoring cities are in Australia and Canada, with population densities of 2.88 and 3.40 people per sq km respectively."
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Original Source: Economist