Yep, it's not just me who loves living in Canada; Canada's quality of life has been raved about by prominent organizations and magazines. Since 2007, Canada has consistently ranked in the top 5 best countries to live in by the United Nation and its Human Development Index (HDI) Rankings. It ranked in the fourth spot in the 2009 report, after Iceland (#3), Australia (#2), and Norway (#1). The USA ranked at #13 in 2009. But for some reason the HDI methodology has recently changed (it's now geometric rather than arithmatic), and because of this, for the first time since 2006 (at #6), Canada dropped to the 8th spot on the 2010 report, while the USA, also for the first time since 2006 (at #8), made it back into the top ten and ranked on the 4th spot. Weird... It doesn't matter, as in my opinion Canada will always be on the number one spot! :)
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In December 2008, Forbes magazine rated Canada as one of the friendliest countries to live in. While celebrating Canada Day in 2008, a popular magazine in Canada, Canadian Living, asked Canadians to share why they love living in Canada. From the many entries, it is clear that Canadians are generally very happy and grateful to call this country their home.
It doesn't matter that winters tend to be long and cold; Canadians still find many ways to entertain themselves during those cold winter months. They love winter sports! It's no coincidence that the national sport in Canada is Ice Hockey. Another sport they love is fishing, and not even winter can stop them from doing that; they'll go ice fishing! Then there is the adventurous dog sledding sport amongst other winter sports, such as skiing, ice skating, snow boarding, tobogganing, curling, skidooing, etc.
Since summers are usually short here (maybe a bit longer in British Columbia), people living in Canada make the most of it. But so does the government; it's not for nothing that Canadians joke about the four seasons in Canada, calling summer "construction season", as roads are being repaired from the damage that was caused due to ice and snow. The joke goes: almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction season.
People appreciate living in Canada due to many factors, but
what's
truly and highly appreciated are the following factors (in random
order):
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I love living in canada because...
I always know I am safe. I don't need to worry about war and such.
I also love that I can play in snow in winter and swim in summer.
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