Toronto is world's best city to live in, Economist study says
The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Jan. 30 2015, 6:50 AM EST
Last updated Friday, Jan. 30 2015, 1:55 PM EST

Toronto is the world's best city to live in, according to a study of major metropolises by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

And Montreal is the second-best, with Stockholm, Amsterdam and San Francisco rounding out the top five.

The two Canadian cities topped the overall scoring in the 2015 Safe Cities Index published this week by the EIU, a unit of The Economist magazine. It is based on a ranking of 50 major cities by a new study of safety along with past rankings based on liveability and cost of living. Cities were further sorted according to past country rankings based on business environment, degree of democracy and food security.

Vancouver, which often scores highly in global rankings of this kind, was not included in the survey; nor was any other Canadian city.

THE GLOBAL TOP 10

Toronto
Montreal
Stockholm
Amsterdam
San Francisco
Melbourne
Zurich
Washington, D.C.
Sydney
Chicago
THE 10 SAFEST CITIES

Tokyo
Singapore
Osaka
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Sydney
Zurich
Toronto
Melbourne
New York