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This is good news. I'm hoping to move to Canada next year - either Alberta or Ontario. Many other places look great too but I need somewhere with a decent amount of sunshine as lack of sunlight depresses me.

Don't forget Australia :)

I agree it's an awesome Country since I was born here. Yes, it can be chilly here during the winter months, but for those of us who live in the wine region of the Okanagan in the interior of British Columbia, we enjoy hot summers and mild spring and autumn. Anything grows here. It is the land of plenty. Just last Sunday, I was downhill skiing in powder snow and then 20 minutes later, looking out my house window at green grass and a blue Kalamalka Lake in the background. Oh life is great in Canada, eh!

I left Canada and have a better life in Orange County

Oh, this is a struggle for me. Don't get me wrong, I truly believe Canada is the best place to live - but can't get my husband to see that or justify the expense of moving back there...at least not yet.

is it only me that think that better homes does not necessarily mean better life? I honestly believe that Canadians (especially we, the British Columbians) pay premium prices on everything... whereas it can be nice to have all these qualities, it might be hard for people that just starting their life (new families, undergrad or postgrad students, new immigrants.. etc)

I'm from Canada, now living in Anguilla ( http://www.anguilla-beaches.com ). Aside from friends, I don't miss a thing about Canada (Montreal). And this time of year, I'm delighted that I don't have to put up with grey (Canadian spelling just for you ;-) ) skies, sleet, leafless trees, and depressed faces (mine among them).

Instead, we live tax-free, are always warm, visit our daughters in New York whenever we want (they're whining about the weather now), have new friends, eat out more, but... I'm still too busy working at home. Thanks to the Web, I can live and work anywhere in the world. My choice isn't Canada. The only time I go back is for our company get together (which, um, unfortunately, is in February).

I find these surveys (which once found Montreal to be the most livable city in the world - laughable, I'd live in Paris or New York or Hong Kong any year) to be absurd. They don't measure the things that are important to me, in any event.

To each his own, I guess.

All the best,
Ken Evoy

Kevoy - where do you work and how can I work there! haha I'm Canadian and love living here, but yes, the dreary pre-snowstorm season is a tad depressing

As a U.S. expat I would never move back to the States. Nice place to visit but.... I much prefer to live in a country where all men really are created equal we don't just pay lip service to the saying. The U.S. could learn a lot from Canada. Hell, most of your citizens wear the maple leaf when they travel. That's because the rest of the world knows just how awesome Canada really is. We're nice and polite and we know how to say "please" & "thank you" eh!!!!

Love Canada and the universal healthcare system. Don't like the taxes. Keeping my fingers crossed for the US health bill.

Most native born people have a different opinion about their home country or city from those who moved there later. I'm often asked how I could ever have left Zurich, Switzerland, a city ranked near the top of these lists. It's all subjective. Having lived in Tokyo, London and New York besides Toronto, I still rank that city at the top in overall quality of life for me and my family, cold winter climate included.

To get full view of “best” or “worst” you need to see where people answering this surveys come from, in which other countries they lived (except their homeland). You agree that if somebody came straight to Canada from his home country, no surprise Canada will be best, as (s)he doesn’t have any other options to think about, right?

I lived/worked in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada will be last in the list if I need to choose where to spend the rest of my life. It is nice country but really not the best [for me]. BTW New Zealand is not on the list at all. Is it because HSBC doesn’t have branch over there?

Thanks for the link. I'm a U.S. expat who's been living in Canada since 2003. While no place is perfect, Canada has friendly people, a comprehensive health care system, and some of the best Chinese food outside of China. What's not to love?

Learn more about how to move to Canada at www.livingabroadincanada.com/getting-started.

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i moved to canada in 1968 , tho ive have visited most country,s in europe , i find that canada is truly the best country in the world to live in , i know that europe has many sights to see , as well as the uk , but being here in canada i feel safe and secure

I live in Ecuador and it is a wonderful country. Its people are so nice and kind, they will give you the most warming welcome. I have put together a helpful fact sheet, and also an article on Ecuadorian manners and customs

Am from Kenya and reading about Canada makes me fall in love to that country. Thanks for the revelations and the sharing too.