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Living in Calgary is not as easy as it is in many other cities in Canada for generation Zs, a new survey has found. The city ranked 26th among 50 cities in a new study by Point2Homes, ranking the metropolitan areas as the most ‘gen Z ready,’ based on housing affordability, cost of living, work-life balance and perceived mental health among other metrics.
Most cities in the survey ranking in the top 10 for Canadian adults under age 30 are in eastern Canada with populations less than 300,000.
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St. John’s, NL, ranked as the most gen Z-friendly city, with Quebec City second.
Quebec municipalities made up eight of the top 10 cities. The only city not in Quebec besides St. John’s was Regina in 10th spot.
Edmonton landed in 27th, while Vancouver — the most expensive housing market in Canada — ranked 14th most desirable. One reason for its higher placing was Vancouver scored highly on median income, walkability, and arts and culture. It did, however, rank near the bottom for cost of living. Both Calgary and Edmonton also scored highly on median income, but they ranked lower on other metrics, including transit.
Of all large cities, Montreal ranked highest in eighth spot, scoring highly on arts, culture and recreation, walkability and public transit.
One of the key housing measures — the home price to income ratio — showed Montreal in 20th spot versus 36th for Vancouver and 17th for Calgary. Edmonton was in seventh spot.
Toronto, 32nd overall in the study, ranked 41st for the home price to income ratio — though Canada’s largest city did place highly for transit and remote work.
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