If you don’t believe that Montreal is a pretty good place to live and spend a quality life, then you must see the following survey which put Montreal on the 4th position in entire North America concerning the quality of life.

This newest ranking was put up by the annual Mercer survey and it included around 231 cities from the globe in its survey.

If taking the whole of the world, Montreal played very well as it made itself prominent in the list of top-30 cities and stood on number 21.

World rankings

European cities, of course, are considered as the topmost cities of the world as eight of them are included in the list of top 10.

Don’t be too sad, fella, as our one city stands on number 5, managing to enter in the list top-10 list of the world i.e. Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vienna, Austria won the ranking with number 1 position.

Top 10 cities in the world for quality of living

1. Vienna, Austria

2. Zurich, Switzerland

3. Auckland, New Zealand

4. Munich, Germany

5. Vancouver, Canada

6. Dusseldorf, Germany

7. Frankfurt, Germany

8. Geneva, Switzerland

9. Copenhagen, Denmark

10. Basel, Switzerland

Top 10 cities in North America for quality of living

1. Vancouver, Canada

2. Toronto, Canada

3. Ottawa, Canada

4. Montreal, Canada

5. San Francisco, USA

6. Calgary, Canada

7. Boston, USA

8. Honululu, USA

9. Seattle, USA

10. New York, USA

Mercer’s Ranking Criteria:

Mercer’s ranking based on the following criteria for the quality of life.

• Political and social environment

• Economic environment

• Socio-cultural environment

• Medical and health considerations

• Schools and education

• Public services and transportation

• Recreation

• Consumer goods

• Housing

• Natural environment