Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary are numbers 3, 4 and 5 on a list of the world's most livable cities, rankings unchanged from last year despite growing global instability affecting other nations' positions. (CBC )All three Canadian cities received top marks for health care and education, but their scores varied under the other categories. Global instability growingThe index ranks 140 countries, and many of the position changes this year can be attributed to growing instability around the world, the report said. The global average livability score has fallen 0.9 per cent to 74.8 per cent over the past five years, the report said. As global instability grows, these movements have been overwhelmingly negative, with no city in the top tier registering a score improvement."

Source: CBC News August 18, 2016 22:41 UTC