Montreal’s cultural vitality has allowed it to rise to number 60 in the list of the world’s 100 best cities, well behind its eternal rival Toronto, which is ranked 23rd.
The 2024 edition of the ranking, created after analysis of more than 270 cities by Vancouver-based marketing firm Resonance, unveiled on Monday, includes five Canadian cities, namely Toronto (23rd), Vancouver (50th), Montreal (60th). and Ottawa (90th). and Calgary (93rd).
This is a slight decline for metropolitan Quebec, which ranked 57th last year.
Montreal was particularly praised by the ranking’s authors for its cultural vitality, which earned it 20th place in the world, and for the quality of its universities, which earned it 29th place.
Resonance is particularly excited about the Espace St-Denis project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2025 and will include the St-Denis Theater. The numerous cycle path projects and the pedestrianization of around ten traffic arteries in the summer were also highlighted.
For its part, Toronto, described as an “emerging global destination,” is praised for its continued development that is leading to explosive population growth. Among the world’s 500 largest companies, Queen City ranked 10th in the world for the quality of its universities and 11th for its headquarters.
Large metropolises also appear to be popular in the ranking, which places London in first place, followed by Paris, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.