Victoria ranked at the top using a 32 factor analysis for Canada’s Best Small Cities this year
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Resonance Consultancy today announced the 25 top-performing Canadian cities with populations under 200,000.
A leading advisor in real estate, tourism and economic development, Resonance’s Best Cities rankings quantify and benchmark the relative quality of place, reputation and competitive identity for cities all over the world. They are lauded as the world’s most thorough city ranking, based on a unique methodology that analyzes key statistics as well as user-generated reviews and online activity in channels such as Google, Facebook and Instagram.
“Our Best Cities rankings have been the global benchmark for measuring city performance since 2014, used by global governments and media like National Geographic and AFAR to evaluate the trajectory of the world’s urban centres both large and small,” says Resonance President & CEO Chris Fair. “The Best Cities rankings are composed of experiential factors that people consider most important in choosing a city to live and visit, as well as empirical factors that business decision-makers consider important for business or investment.”
As a result, Resonance’s Best Cities rankings don’t just consider cities as places to live, work or visit, but take a more holistic approach using a wide range of factors that show positive correlations with attracting employment, investment and/or visitors. These range from the number of quality culinary experiences and museums, to employment, direct flight connections and mentions each city has on Instagram.
New for 2022, the Best Small Cities in Canada ranking revealed the top-performing Canadian cities with metropolitan populations under 200,000.
Based on each city’s performance in the 32 factors analyzed in 2022, these are Canada’s
Best Small Cities this year:
1) Victoria, BC
2) Kelowna, BC
3) Kingston, ON
4) Niagara Falls, ON
5) Waterloo, ON
Other BC communities ranked were Kamloops at #18, Nanaimo #20 and Saanich at #23.
