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best city in canada to live in

A recent ranking of the best cities in the world includes one Canadian destination. Condé Nast Traveler released the winners of its annual Reader's Choice Awards, highlighting the best of the best in travel and hospitality, and the True North gained some much-deserved recognition.

Over 500,000 Condé Nast Traveler (CN) readers submitted their votes for the best countries and cities to travel to, hotels to stay in, spas to relax at, cruises to embark on and global restaurants worth ordering from and when it comes to the best cities in the world, Vancouver came out on top.

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The best cities in Canada were ranked and two Quebec destinations managed to make the top five.

Travel + Leisure, a travel magazine focused on providing trip ideas, hotel picks, flight sales, city guides, and travel tips from the experts, announced its 2023 World Best Awards, highlighting Canada's top cities, hotels, spas, and resorts.

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Canada is one of the most desirable countries in the world. Still, choosing a city to live in with your growing family is no easy feat. But when it comes to access to daycare and schools, the cost of food and commute times, Quebec just might be the perfect spot for you and your little ones.

Yore Oyster, a personal finance and investment company, ranked the best cities in Canada to raise a family, and Quebec totally dominated the list. The company evaluated a total of 27 Canadian cities, scoring them on a number of criteria such as cost of living, childcare costs, maternity and parental leave, crime rate, quality of life and median age.

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The Montreal versus Toronto debate is nothing new, but for those of us who live in these two cities, the arguments also never get old. We Montrealers love it when we top Toronto in rankings — as we did in this one highlighting the best spots across Canada to move to — and we love every chance to explain our superiority.

So, when one Redditor created a thread asking folks which city they should move to, the replies didn't disappoint. The Reddit post, created by the user u/groz_v, asked which of the two cities is best when it comes to particular criteria, including making friends, good transportation, affordable housing, and affordable universities, to name a few.

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It seems as if more and more people are packing up and trekking on over to la belle province. In fact, U-Haul's list of the top 25 Canadian growth cities for 2022 named five Quebec cities among the most popular spots across Canada to move to.

The rental company used transactional data compiled for the annual U-Haul Growth Index to compile its ranking, and Quebec registered the second-largest net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks in 2022.

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