Vancouver ranks fifth in global 2012 quality of living rankings

Vancouver has been ranked as Canada’s top-rated city for quality of living, retaining its fifth-place spot globally.

The annual Mercer Quality of Living survey says Vienna retains the top spot as the city with the world’s best quality of living, also keeping its first place ranking.

The survey also found that Zurich and the New Zealand city of Auckland were ranked second and third with Munich taking fourth spot.

The survey says Canada offers some of the best quality of living in the world with Ottawa ranking 14th, Toronto 15th, Montreal 23rd and Calgary 32nd.

Globally, the cities with the lowest quality of living are: Khartoum, Sudan; N’Djamena, Chad; Port-au Prince, Haiti; and Bangui in the Central African Republic.

Baghdad ranked last.

Mercer Quality of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2012
Rank	City	Country
1	Vienna	Austria
2	Zurich	Switzerland
3	Auckland	New Zealand
4	Munich	Germany
5	Vancouver	Canada
6	Düsseldorf	Germany
7	Frankfurt	Germany
8	Geneva	Switzerland
9	Copenhagen	Denmark
10	Bern	Switzerland
10	Sydney	Australia
12	Amsterdam	Netherlands
13	Wellington	New Zealand
14	Ottawa	Canada
15	Toronto	Canada
16	Berlin	Germany
17	Hamburg	Germany
17	Melbourne	Australia
19	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
19	Stockholm	Sweden
21	Perth	Australia
22	Brussels	Belgium
23	Montreal	Canada
24	Nurnberg	Germany
25	Singapore	Singapore
26	Canberra	Australia
27	Stuttgart	Germany
28	Honolulu, HI	United States
29	Adelaide	Australia
29	Paris	France
29	San Francisco, CA	United States
32	Calgary	Canada
32	Helsinki	Finland
32	Oslo	Norway
35	Boston, MA	United States
35	Dublin	Ireland
37	Brisbane	Australia
38	London	United Kingdom
39	Lyon	France
40	Barcelona	Spain
41	Milan	Italy
42	Chicago, IL	United States
43	Washington, DC	United States
44	Lisbon	Portugal
44	New York City, NY	United States
44	Seattle, WA	United States
44	Tokyo	Japan
48	Kobe	Japan
49	Madrid	Spain
49	Pittsburgh, PA	United States
49	Yokohama	Japan

Source, Photo: Canadian Press, Old-Man-George