Brand Recognition

Greater Victoria is globally recognized as a beautiful place and has won some impressive ratings. Greater Victoria was named among the Best Cities in the Americas and Vancouver Island received a rating as the Top North American Island by one of the world's top travel magazines, Condé Nast Traveler. Greater Victoria received a rating of 96 per cent for ambience, second in the world only to Carmel, California. In 2010, Money Sense magazine named Greater Victoria among the Top Ten Best Places To Live In Canada, and a research study at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business named Greater Victoria the Greenest Transportation City in Canada.

The Greater Victoria region is a hot bed of opportunity and a top North American "Micro City of the Future" according to the Financial Times. Ranked #1 in Canada and #3 in North America, Greater Victoria won top honors for our region's economic infrastructure.

Greater Victoria has an amazing story to tell, and international recognition like this shows why we are a natural place to do business. The region not only competes globally, but is a world-class destination for investment and opportunity.

The 2009/2010 FDi magazine North American Cities of the Future report compared over 60 different factors including; economic potential, human resources, high tech industry, business costs, quality of life and community infrastructure. The Greater Victoria region scored highly on a number of factors, including economic infrastructure and foreign direct investment strategy.

What this means to business is that Greater Victoria has an international reputation as a place people want to live. Attracting the most qualified employees to Greater Victoria is easy.

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