由总部设在英国伦敦的著名投资咨询公司美世（Mercer）周三发表的一项最新调查（Mercer Quality of Living Survey）显示，多伦多被评为全球第16最宜居城市，加拿大有4个城市进入前25名，其中温哥华与新西兰的奥克兰（Auckland）并列第4，首都渥太华第14，蒙特利尔的得分与澳大利亚的珀斯相同，并列排名第21位；卡加利排名在28位。奥地利首都维也纳蝉联第一，没有任何美国城市进入前25，排名最高者为夏威夷首府檀香山（Honolulu），第31位。
排名前50 位的城市：
Rank 2010
City
Country
Qol index 2010
1
VIENNA
AUSTRIA
108.6
2
ZURICH
SWITZERLAND
108
3
GENEVA
SWITZERLAND
107.9
4
VANCOUVER
CANADA
107.4
4
AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
107.4
6
DUSSELDORF
GERMANY
107.2
7
FRANKFURT
GERMANY
107
7
MUNICH
GERMANY
107
9
BERN
SWITZERLAND
106.5
10
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA
106.3
11
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
106.2
12
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND
105.9
13
AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS
105.7
14
OTTAWA
CANADA
105.5
15
BRUSSELS
BELGIUM
105.4
16
TORONTO
CANADA
105.3
17
BERLIN
GERMANY
105
18
MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA
104.8
19
LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG
104.6
20
STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
104.5
21
PERTH
AUSTRALIA
104.2
21
MONTREAL
CANADA
104.2
23
HAMBURG
GERMANY
104.1
24
NURNBURG
GERMANY
103.9
24
OSLO
NORWAY
103.9
26
CANBERRA
AUSTRALIA
103.6
26
DUBLIN
IRELAND
103.6
28
CALGARY
CANADA
103.5
28
SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE
103.5
30
STUTTGART
GERMANY
103.3
31
HONOLULU
UNITED STATES
103.1
32
ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA
103
32
SAN FRANCISCO
UNITED STATES
103
34
PARIS
FRANCE
102.9
35
HELSINKI
FINLAND
102.6
36
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA
102.4
37
BOSTON
UNITED STATES
102.2
38
LYON
FRANCE
101.9
39
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
101.6
40
TOKYO
JAPAN
101.4
41
MILAN
ITALY
100.8
41
KOBE
JAPAN
100.8
41
YOKOHAMA
JAPAN
100.8
44
BARCELONA
SPAIN
100.6
45
LISBON
PORTUGAL
100.3
45
CHICAGO
UNITED STATES
100.3
45
WASHINGTON
UNITED STATES
100.3
48
MADRID
SPAIN
100.2
49
NEW YORK CITY
UNITED STATES
100
50
SEATTLE
UNITED STATES
99.8
