Ottawa named Canada’s best by MoneySense Magazine
Today, the City of Ottawa was named the best place to live in Canada by MoneySense Magazine. Ottawa also took the top spot in 2007 and 2008, remaining in the top two in 2009.
MoneySense has recognized what the residents of Ottawa have known for some time - that our quality of life is second-to-none. As someone who has lived in our great city all my life, I know that this is the best place in the country, and perhaps the world, in which to live, work, start a business, and raise a family.
MoneySense conducts an annual ranking of the best places to live in Canada based on a variety of factors including job creation, crime rates, health services, culture, recreation, cost of living, housing affordability and average salaries. MoneySense refines and adds to these criteria each year to give a more accurate and complete accounting of their rankings.
Ottawa is blessed to have two top-tier universities, two colleges, and a number of research institutions, including the NRC and the Heart Institute. The talent pool created by these institutions is enormous and provides Ottawa with a distinct advantage in Canada and around the world.
Ottawa is affordable, healthy, increasingly cosmopolitan and more accessible. I can honestly say that I have never been more optimistic about the future of our city than I am today.