Three Ontario neighbourhoods – Old Town in Toronto, Corktown in Hamilton and Sandy Hill in Ottawa – have been ranked among the best in the country, according to a report that reveals most Canadians like their neighbourhoods. According to Re/Max’s 2024 Liveability Report , 86 per cent of Canadians like the quality of life and liveability their neighbourhoods offer, while 50 per cent like their neighbourhoods a lot. The report explores the neighbourhood qualities that resonate most with Canadians as determined by a Leger survey and determines the best neighbourhoods according to that criteria: affordability, proximity to work, easily walkable, access to green spaces and parks, proximity to health or medical services, low-density neighbourhoods, proximity to public transit, easily driveable, proximity to preferred childcare/schools, access to bike lanes/walking paths, a neighbourhood with diverse cultures and ethnicities, and high-density neighbourhoods.
Re/Max teamed up with Montreal-based data analytics company Local Logic to rank neighbourhoods across 24 of Canada’s biggest cities. Notably, neighbourhood safety wasn’t part of the Local Logic scores and therefore wasn’t considered in the ranking. As a result, the data was supplemented and vetted by Re/Max brokers and agents based on their neighbourhood expertise.
TOP 10 MOST LIVEABLE CITIES While Ontario dominated the top 10 list with more locations than any other province, the prairie provinces topped the list, th.