VANCOUVER
Imagine living in a place where you can kayak in the morning and snowboard in the afternoon… welcome to Vancouver! Consistently ranked one of the best places in the world to live, Vancouver offers a cosmopolitan lifestyle in a beautiful natural environment. Vancouver's spectacular setting offers an abundance of recreational activities: sailing, swimming, mountain biking, fishing, hiking, snowboarding, golf, scuba diving, or just hanging out on one of the many downtown beaches. Vancouver is just a short 1.5 hour drive from Whistler, B.C., North America's largest ski resort.
City Awards
For the second year in a row, Condé Nast Traveler magazine voted Vancouver the "Best City in the Americas" at their annual Readers' Choice Awards.
Vancouver consistently ranks in the top five cities in the world for outstanding quality of life.
In 2010, the city will host the world as the Olympic Games come to Vancouver and Whistler-Blackcomb.
In 2005, The Economist named Vancouver, "The World's Most Desirable Place to Live" in a survey of 127 cities.
Vancouver ranked third overall in the 2005 annual "Quality of Life Survey", published by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
