Ranking corpus
City ranking studies
Each series collects yearly editions. External commercial lists are cited with place, rank, year, and a link to the original. OpenStats-owned series publish full tables.
CMHC Average 2-Bedroom Rent — Lowest Rent
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · housing · 1 edition
Average rent for purpose-built 2-bedroom apartments (all tenants) from CMHC Rental Market Survey. Rank 1 = lowest average rent among covered CMAs.
Open series →CMHC Purpose-Built Rental Vacancy — Highest Vacancy
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · housing · 2 editions
Purpose-built rental apartment vacancy rate from CMHC Rental Market Survey (October). Rank 1 = highest vacancy (most available rental stock among covered CMAs).
Open series →Demographia International Housing Affordability — Canadian Markets
Demographia / Frontier Centre for Public Policy · housing · 3 editions
Canadian subset of Demographia median multiple (median house price / median household income). Rank 1 = most affordable (lowest median multiple) among Canadian major markets in the international survey.
Open series →EIU Global Liveability Index
Economist Intelligence Unit · livability · 4 editions
Ranks ~173 cities on stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education, and infrastructure. Full dataset is paid; OpenStats stores only ranks and scores published in free press releases and news coverage.
Open series →Globe and Mail Most Livable Cities
The Globe and Mail · livability · 1 edition
2023 data partnership with Environics Analytics ranking 439 Canadian communities on ten livability categories.
Open series →Maclean's Best Communities
Maclean's · livability · 2 editions
Successor-style municipal livability ranking published by Maclean's for 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 edition).
Open series →Mercer Quality of Living City Ranking
Mercer · quality-of-life · 2 editions
Expat-oriented quality of living ranking across 39 factors in 10 categories. OpenStats stores Canadian cities named in free Mercer press releases (typically top-25 highlights), not the full paid ranking.
Open series →MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense · livability · 6 editions
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
Open series →National Bank Housing Affordability — Highest Mortgage Stress
National Bank of Canada Economics and Strategy · housing · 2 editions
Ranked by Mortgage Payment as a Percentage of Income (MPPI) on a representative home. Rank 1 = highest MPPI (least affordable). Free quarterly Housing Affordability Monitor tables.
Open series →Numbeo Quality of Life Index by City
Numbeo · quality-of-life · 3 editions
Crowd-sourced composite Quality of Life Index. Historical snapshots are free on Numbeo ranking pages; OpenStats cites Canadian cities from those public pages (cite_only). Higher index scores are better; ranks are global position on the snapshot page.
Open series →OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats · construction · 4 editions
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
Open series →OpenStats City Score
OpenStats · composite · 1 edition
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Open series →OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats · health · 1 edition
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Open series →OpenStats Residential Mill Rates
OpenStats · property-tax · 2 editions
Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).
Open series →RBC Housing Affordability — Least Affordable Markets
RBC Economics · housing · 3 editions
Ranked by RBC aggregate Housing Affordability Measure (% of median pre-tax household income for mortgage, property taxes, and utilities on a benchmark home). Rank 1 = highest ownership-cost burden (least affordable). CMA markets mapped to primary city slugs.
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