根据财经杂志MoneySense的年度评估,阿省2个城市在加拿大201个城市和社区名列头2位,其中人口仅有64,000的圣阿尔伯特(St. Albert;下图)名列第一,卡加利(Calgary)居次席;而圣阿尔伯特在2013年的同类评比中曾经名列第二。( M5 o/ s1 i2 i5 {' h/ [. S7 e8 c
5 O |) v0 D: {* a2 O据悉,评价指标主要是与生活质量有关的方面,包括就业、房屋价格、犯罪率、天气以及家庭平均收入等等。& Y- z) S8 ]) l, B' `9 }/ u
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在该杂志的排行榜中,前20位中有一半的城市均在加西。$ e3 O: C, x8 n4 X
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安省的伯林顿(Burlington)和奥克维尔(Oakville)分列第五和第七位,其中伯林顿名列中等城市(mid-sized city)类别的首位,奥克维尔居次。8 h4 C8 m4 \! ^* g8 @: `. n) N
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详细名单如下:6 d) y. Z- Z1 L
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Canada’s Best Places to Live 2014 (top 10 out of 201)
$ Z; Q, \4 g9 ]- St. Albert, Alta.
- Calgary
- Strathcona County, Alta.
- Ottawa
- Burlington, Ont.
- Boucherville, Que.
- Oakville, Ont.
- Edmonton
- Regina
- Quebec City( \% y+ ]' X/ b% K) u" T1 I
Top small cities in Canada (top 5 out of 140)
3 Y5 N/ w! k( X- ~. u- T& {7 B- St. Albert, Alta.
- Strathcona County, Alta.
- Boucherville, Que.
- Lacombe, Alta.
- Rimouski, Que.
6 ?1 F% E' ~# @$ j Top mid-sized cities in Canada (top 5 out of 46) 2 `1 j1 t& q% H( K) e
- Burlington, Ont.
- Oakville, Ont.
- Regina
- Kingston, Ont.
- Lévis, Que.
9 w( l1 b# c# U# k: y. |: Z) T Top large cities in Canada (top 5 out of 15)
8 m: u+ F5 Z% B) E- Calgary
- Ottawa
- Edmonton
- Quebec City
- Winnipeg4 r& h7 W2 l( U! V
报告全文请见:Canada’s Best Places to Live 2014: Time to think small 1 S; f8 ], T7 p& ?+ S+ I* h& {
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