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Canadian cities namely Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto were ranked high on the Global Liveability Index that was recently released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
The Economist Intelligence Unit is a division of The Economist Group, which operates the popular magazine The Economist. The index ranks world cities based on criteria like stability, culture, healthcare, infrastructure, and education.
The survey ranked Calgary at fifth position out of 140 world cities, the highest by any city in Canada. Vancouver and Toronto held on to their rankings from last year, ranking sixth and seventh, respectively. This makes three Canadian cities among the top 10 most ‘liveable’ cities in the world.
The high ranking of Canadian cities- Calgary in Alberta province, Vancouver in British Columbia province, Toronto in Ontario province only shows that Canadian cities are free from the threat of terror, military conflict or civil unrest. The availability and quality of private and public healthcare as well as education are beyond expectations in these cities. Also, the quality of roads, public transportation, availability of housing, secularity and tolerance are all at its peak.
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According to Statistics Canada, Calgary had welcomed nearly 46% of total immigrants moving to Alberta. During the same period, nearly 81% of total immigrants moving to British Columbia landed up in Vancouver and about 76% of immigrants who moved to Ontario chose Toronto as their preferred destination.
By virtue of being the largest city in Canada, Toronto in Ontario province is also a fierce competitor to Silicon Valley and Seattle in terms of tech jobs and settlements. Since 2013, it has added about 80,100 tech jobs and foreign skilled immigrants were its major beneficiaries. Calgary, Alberta is known for heavy establishments such as oil and gas industry and the same requires a skilled workforce which is fulfilled by foreign skilled Immigration.
The index applauded the efforts of Vancouver in maintaining corruption-free public services, high-level of secularism and greater sensitivity to climate change. Toronto outranked other Canadian cities in healthcare and education services.
A unique agreement between the federal government and provincial governments of Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia offers several options for foreigners interested in immigrating to Alberta through the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP), Ontario through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program and British Columbia through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) respectively.
Currently, the AINP has three immigration streams: Alberta Opportunity Stream, Alberta Self-Employed Farmer Stream, Alberta Express Entry Stream. Each of these streams caters to a specific group of immigrants. In recent times, Alberta’s Express Entry Stream has given provincial nominations to eligible candidates even with CRS cut-off score as low as 362.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) accepts applications under three immigration categories namely Human Capital Category, Employer Job Offer Category, Business Category. Express Entry candidates with work experience in specific tech occupations are targeted under the Human Capital Category.
British Columbia has two main immigration streams under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) namely Entrepreneur Immigration, Skills Immigration that includes Express Entry candidates.
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