Top 10 Best Communities in Canada in 2021

The reasoning behind the Best Communities ranking by Maclean’s remains that “while there are many intangible things that determine quality of life that can’t be quantified and measured, a lot of tangible things can be.” This is the inaugural edition of the ranking of Canadian communities by Maclean’s.

 

Watch the video: Top 10 Best Communities in Canada.

 

Canada’s premier current affairs magazine, Maclean's engages, enlightens, as well as entertains over 2 million readers with exclusive stories and strong investigative reporting.

 

  For the 2021 Rankings, data on 415 communities across Canada was collected and compared based on specific categories that were considered to hold the most importance for an average individual. With a subsequent change in priorities and remote working coming into the mainstay in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, some categories were accordingly streamlined by Maclean’s. While recognizing the fact that different things are important to different people, Maclean's nonetheless has allotted greater weightage to categories that might be most important to average people.

 

Maclean’s Ranking of 415 Communities in Canada – Methodology
Factor	Points
Housing affordability	19
Weather	17
Internet quality	14
Health	11
Taxes	9
Crime	7
Community involvement	7
Population growth	6
Amenities [Restaurants and bars nearby: 4 points, Airport nearby: 2 points]	6

 

  Here, let's see the Top 10 communities in Canada that made the mark in 2021, as per Maclean’s.

 

Canada’s Top 10 Best Communities in 2021: Maclean’s
Sl. No.	Rank in 2021	Name of City	Province	Top 3 features [in order]
1	#1	Halifax	Nova Scotia	·         Internet access ·         Amenities ·         Health
2	#1 [tied]	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	·         Internet access ·         Amenities ·         Population growth
3	#2	Fredericton	New Brunswick	·         Internet access ·         Amenities ·         Affordability
4	#3	St. Thomas	Ontario	·         Internet access ·         Health ·         Amenities
5	#4	Belleville	Ontario	·         Internet access ·         Health ·         Amenities
6	#5	Edmonton	Alberta	·         Internet access ·         Amenities ·         Health
7	#6	Winnipeg	Manitoba	·         Internet access ·         Amenities ·         Health
8	#7	Moncton	New Brunswick	·         Internet access ·         Affordability ·         Amenities
9	#8	Cornwall	Ontario	·         Internet access ·         Health ·         Community
10	#9	Brooks	Alberta	·         Internet access ·         Taxes ·         Population growth

 

Note. Initially, Charlottetown was put at #10, later adjusted and tied with Halifax for #1. Along with being the most popular country for migrate overseas, Canada is also among the Top 3 countries for immigration post COVID. Canada immigration pathways available include –

• Express Entry system
• Provincial Nominee Program
• Atlantic Immigration Pilot
• Agri-Food Program
• Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
• Quebec-selected skilled workers
• Start-Up Visa
• Family sponsorship
• Temporary residence to permanent residence

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RELATED Canada Skilled Immigration Points Calculator – Check your eligibility

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you are looking to Work, Study, Invest, Visit, or Migrate to Canada, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No. 1 Immigration & Visa Company. If you found this blog engaging, you may also like …

500,000 immigrants working in Canada are trained in STEM fields