Vancouver<\/a>\u2014the sole Canadian city to make an appearance\u2014moved up a rank in this year\u2019s index, going from 10th place to ninth place.<\/p>\nVancouver\u2019s overall livability score increased from 95.8 in 2025 to 96 in 2026, with several of its category-specific scores shifting as well:<\/p>\n
Healthcare: increased from 95.8 to 96.
\nCulture and environment: decreased from 97.2 to 97.
\nInfrastructure: increased from 92.9 to 93.<\/p>\n
It continues to maintain its perfect score (100\/100) in education and ranks above Copenhagen in culture and environment (despite a minor score drop in that category).<\/p>\n
Although Vancouver moved up in this year\u2019s ranking, it still finished below its seventh-place position in 2024\u2014trailing behind Calgary, Alberta, which placed fifth that year.<\/p>\n
Looking even further back, Vancouver held strong at number one for around a decade between 2002 and 2010 before gradually slipping in ranks\u2014though usually still remaining among the top 10.<\/p>\n
Ranking methodology<\/p>\n
The EIU evaluated 173 cities worldwide using 30 distinct indicators, which were equally grouped into five categories.<\/p>\n
Indicators were weighted within each category to produce a category score of one (intolerable) to 100 (ideal). Category scores were then weighted into an overall livability score out of 100, with final scores grouped as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable, or intolerable.<\/p>\n
Below are the five categories and their total weight, as well as the indicators grouped into each category.<\/p>\n
Stability (25%): Presence of petty and violent crime, threat of terror, military conflict, and civil unrest\/conflict.
\nHealthcare (20%): Availability and quality of private and public healthcare, availability of over-the-counter drugs, and general healthcare indicators adapted from the World Bank.
\nCulture and environment (25%): Humidity\/temperature rating, discomfort of climate to travellers, level of corruption and censorship, social or religious restrictions, sporting and cultural availability, food and drink, and consumer goods and services.
\nEducation (10%): Availability and quality of private education, and public education indicators adapted from the World Bank.
\nInfrastructure (20%): Quality of road networks, public transportation, international links, energy and water provisions, and telecommunications, and availability of good quality housing.<\/p>\n
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