#2 - Overall - American Cities of the Future 2011/12 (Large Cities) - fDi Magazine 2011
#1 - Quality of Life - American Cities of the Future 2011/12 (Large Cities) - fDi Magazine 2011
#6 - Infrastructure - American Cities of the Future 2011/12 (Large Cities) - fDi Magazine 2011
#5 - Best Cities for the Next Generation to Live and Work in Canada - Next Generation Consulting 2010
#21 - Halifax (out of 180 Canadian cities and towns) - Canada's Best Places to Live - Moneysense - 2011
#17 - Halifax (out of 24 Global cities; Halifax only city with less than 1,000,000 people) - Global Scorecard on Prosperity- Conference Board of Canada - 2011
#3 -Halifax - Canada's Most Active Cities - MacLean's / Canadian Council on Learning - 2010
#5 - Halifax - Canada's Most Cultured Cities - MacLean's / Canadian Council on Learning - 2010
#6 - Halifax - Canada's Smartest Cities - MacLean's / Canadian Council on Learning - 2010
#7 - Halifax - Canada's Most Wired Cities - MacLean's / Canadian Council on Learning - 2010
#13 - Halifax - Canada's Most Socially Engaged Cities - MacLean's / Canadian Council on Learning - 2010
#16 - "B" - Halifax - Benchmarking the Attractiveness of 50 Canadian Cities - Conference Board of Canada: City Magnets II 2010
#5 - Halifax - International Business Cost Competitiveness, North America - KPMG Competitive Alternatives 2010