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Boating, beaches, swimming, wake surfing, waterskiing, golf, snow skiing and snowboarding, hiking, cycling, wineries, vineyards, orchards, breweries, shopping, dining, Rockets hockey, concerts, art galleries, museums, festivals, clean air, awesome views, good pay and plenty of disposable income.
All of the above are among the 494 attractions that help make Kelowna 'the best city to live in' in Canada in 2026.
The ranking comes from a new study conducted by Toronto-based digital marketing agency dNOVO Group.
dNOVO crunched the numbers to find the best quality of life for its target audience: growing businesses, law firms and medical professionals.
"The assumption that a great life costs more is getting harder to defend," said a dNOVO spokesperson.
"Kelowna offers access to mountains, lakes and wineries and still manages a cost of living of just $1,400 a month. That's the story nobody tells: the cities punching hardest on livability aren't the expensive ones. The best quality of life in Canada right now is hiding in smaller cities and people are starting to figure that out."
dNOVO ranked 28 of Canada's largest cities and generated this top-10 list from it.
With 494 attractions, Kelowna by far outpaced the field, which included No. 2 Barrie with 181 attractions, third-place Abbotsford with 127 and No. 4 Sherbrooke with 137.
In fact, the weighting attached to attractions catapulted Kelowna to the top.
Kelowna's natural beauty and abundance of things to see and do set the city apart.
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Otherwise, Kelowna tended to rank in the middle of the pack or below average on the safety, disposable income, quality of life and pollution indexes.
For instance, we've all heard about how Kelowna's homeless population and the associated mental health issues, drug addiction and crime are a huge concern for the city and its residents.
Kelowna's safety index was 37.9, ranking ninth, just above Sudbury with 37.5.
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The all-encompassing 'quality of life' index was 174.2 for Kelowna, putting it 6th on the top 10 list below Sherbrooke, Burlington, Oakville, Barrie and Abbotsford.
Money also factors into what makes a city the best to live in.
Much is made of Kelowna's high cost of living, topped by pricey housing, groceries, utilities and gas for the car.
However, the dNOVO survey put Kelowna in the middle of the pack when it comes to a monthly disposable income of $923.
Cities with more disposable income are Sherbrooke at $1,641, Abbotsford with $1,253, Windsor at $1,083, Oshawa with $1,041 and Burlington with $967.
The disposable income number is determined by taking the average monthly salary -- just over $4,000 for Kelowna -- and subtracting median monthly apartment rent of $1,700 and the cost of other necessities to come up with what's left over.
In Kelowna, that spare money becomes $923 monthly in disposable income -- money to go skiing, golfing, out for dinner, tasting and buying at a winery.
"The best Canadian city to live in is Kelowna, with the most attractions for tourists and residents," summed up the dNOVO survey.
"Sports activities are the most popular here, with boating, golf and hiking in the summer, while skiing and snowboarding resorts get filled with visitors in the winter months. Kelowna offers a low cost of living, which lets workers keep $922 (a month) in disposable income."
