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The inaugural report of the B次元官网网址楤est Small Cities in CanadaB次元官网网址� states 82 per cent of Canadians now live in cities. According to the Chris Fair of Resonance Consultancy, it has taken approximately 100 years for that shift in society for Canada to become so urbanized.
B次元官网网址淲hen you go back at, the beginning of the 1900s, less than half of Canadians lived in cities, and by 1980, it reached that 80 per cent threshold,B次元官网网址� said Fair, adding itB次元官网网址檚 not surprising to see cities like Victoria and Kelowna at the top of list.
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On this edition of Today in BC, host Peter McCully talked with Fair as well as the mayors and Chamber of Commerce CEOs about the report.
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says the biggest misconception about Victoria is B次元官网网址渨eB次元官网网址檙e a sleepy little town where people come to retire, but Victoria has changed in the last decade.B次元官网网址�
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Kelowna was named the second-best small city in Canada. The report shows that Kelowna is a very active hub for arts and entertainment.
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In addition to Victoria and Kelowna, North Vancouver, Kamloops, Nanaimo and Saanich made the Top 25 list. The report can be downloaded at .
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