Montreal has been ranked among the top 50 best cities in the world, according to Resonance Consultancy’s World Best Cities Report of 2021.
The ranking is released annually, and this year, Montreal placed 41st, as the third-highest Canadian city on the list behind Toronto (13th) and Vancouver (34th).
Other Canadian cities featured on the list include Calgary (47th), Ottawa (67th), and Edmonton (76th).
A leading advisor in tourism, real estate and economic development, the website is lauded as the world’s most thorough city ranking that analyzes key statistics as well as user-generated reviews and online activity in channels such as Google, Facebook and Instagram.
“The World’s Best Cities rankings are composed of experiential factors that people consider most important in choosing a city to live and visit, as well as empirical factors that business decision-makers consider important for business or investment,” says Resonance President & CEO Chris Fair.
Based on each city’s performance in the 25 factors analyzed, these are the World’s 20 Best Cities for 2021:
1. London, England
2. New York City, United States
3. Paris, France
4. Moscow, Russia
5. Tokyo, Japan
6. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7. Singapore, Singapore
8. Barcelona, Spain
9. Los Angeles, United States
10. Madrid, Spain
11. Rome, Italy
12. Chicago, United States
13. Toronto, Canada
14. San Francisco, United States
15. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16. St. Petersburg, Russia
17. Amsterdam, Netherlands
18. Berlin, Germany
19. Prague, Czech Republic
20. Washington DC, United States
The full ranking of the top 100 cities is available at BestCities.org/Reports/2021-Worlds-Best-Cities/
