91大黄鸭 has been ranked the second-best small city in Canada by Resonance Consultancy, a multinational advisory company that specializes in real estate, tourism and economic development.

The Okanagan centre trails only the province鈥檚 capital, Victoria, which came in first.

For the purposes of the rankings, a small city was described as one that had a metropolitan population of less than 200,000.

The scoring was based on 32 factors which were placed into one of six core categories 鈥� place, product, programming, people, prosperity, and promotion.

鈥淧lace鈥� evaluated the city鈥檚 physical characteristics including weather, traffic, and air quality; 鈥減roduct鈥� looked at institutions and infrastructure such as bike paths and education systems; 鈥減rogramming鈥� surveyed entertainment and dining across a variety of target markets; 鈥減eople鈥� accounted for the population and demographics taking note of factors such as diversity and educational attainment; 鈥減rosperity鈥� considered household income levels and inequality, employment statistics, and poverty rates; lastly, 鈥減romotion鈥� was based on how people engaged with the city on the internet.

The city was celebrated for its opportunities, shopping, and affordability.

鈥淧eople are coming to a hometown knowing that they won鈥檛 just be able to buy anything they need, they鈥檒l also have plenty of new finds to explore,鈥� read 91大黄鸭鈥檚 ranking.

Unlike Victoria, 91大黄鸭 did not finish first in any of the core categories (or any of the subcategories for that matter), however, its consistency across multiple subcategories is where 91大黄鸭 got its strength.

The city finished second in the core category of programming, second in the subcategories of self-employment and shopping, fourth in nightlife, and fifth in growth rate.

According to the city, there are nearly 4,000 residential units that are either currently under construction or due to be built soon in the downtown core.

91大黄鸭 has also been attractive to tech companies which have 鈥渟eeded an ecosystem for startups that has since produced successful job engines like FreshGrade and Hyper Hippo.鈥�

The capital, meanwhile, was revered for its mild temperatures and diverse geography which allows its residents to 鈥渟urf, mountain bike, and put in eight hours at the office all in one day.鈥�

It was ranked first in the 鈥減rogramming鈥� category and second in the 鈥減lace鈥� category, acknowledging its range of activities as well as its unique geography.

The COVID-19 pandemic lent itself to Victoria鈥檚 advantage, as many of the city鈥檚 strongest features became even more important to its residents when pandemic restrictions were put in place.

The rankings described Victoria as 鈥渟eemingly engineered for the post-pandemic, seize-the-day, work-from-home lifestyle.鈥�

For all of its strengths, Victoria was recognized as having a high cost of living and it was highlighted that the population skews older than other cities.