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torontonian here, i luv not only da province of ontario but esp da city of toronto :) can't see myself living anywhere else, TO rox!!!!!!!!!!

Wondering who give you the right to rank the Provinces Territories what authority do you have we are all equal there are no BIG or SMALL GOOD LOOKING or UNGLY everyone is the same under the CHATER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS it is so unwise to create DIVISIVENESS god bless

This list lost all credibility when you list Quebec as the the best province in Canada

Quebec has become number 1 at the expense of other provinces. they have received more money than all other provinces combined to pay for there lifestyle. The western provinces and Ontario have given absolutely massive amounts of money to them while at the same time lowing there own standard of living. If Quebec gave Alberta back about 170 billion dollars they look from them I dare say Alberta would take over top spot and Quebecs rise in taxes would make it unlivable

The only problem with Alberta is Albertans. \n\nTheir high median incomes, low taxes and putting all their eggs into one economic basket (resources) comes at high cost. When oil tanks so does the province and everyone in it, especially since no one wants dirty sand oil. And when it comes to the people and their politics/views on the world Alberta is, figuratively speaking, the Florida or Texas of Canada.\n\nThe best provinces are, in my humble opinion, Quebec, Ontario and BC with Nova Scotia a close fourth.

I live in Alberta but have also lived in Ontario and Nova Scotia.....and this list doesn't surprise me.... Quebec is the best province because they whine the most and control the government so they have unbelievably amazing social programs that they pay for using other provinces' equalization payments and then thumb their noses at everyone else.....if money was no object I would 100% move to BC....but for most people, I still think AB is the best

Video: **exist**\n\nCanadians provinces: Time for war

Unfortunately this video follows the common trend of undervaluing rural Canada. The Maritimes and the Prairies have so many hidden gems, and the people are so much more down to earth and friendly. Not to mention the peace and quiet that you can find there. Disappointed to see another video that highly favours BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec (the most populous provinces) and undervalues the more forgotten provinces (or territories).

I'm sorry.\nOntario is the best province to live in Canada??

All of our provinces are run by Fascists.

BC is the best province in the country #justsaying

Every Province and every Territory is awesome. We all love our country and we all have our own favour places to call home. To me It is Alberta. Except the Ocean we have pretty much everything including beautiful weather.

Quebec the best province in Canada????? OMG! Are you nuts?????

I am Quebecer and i think that all provinces of Canada are beautiful . I am so proud to be Canadian .

I am happily surprised that for a change, there is no Québec bashing in this video nor in the comments. Usually the Canadian social medias are full of repetitive degrading comments about Québec.\n I'm from Québec and as a veteran I served my country in many beautiful provinces and territories until retirement. I wish we would be more united and see what we have in common rather than the contrary. ??

I live 8 hours away from St. John’s Newfoundland and we get pretty good weather for the most part. Sure we get tons of snow in the winter but we don’t get fog everyday our summers are actually really nice. This guy probably searched up some info on St. John’s and thinks the whole island is like that.. I’ve been in every province and love them all Canada is the best country in the world and I’m proud to call it home

Alberta here. I’ve lived here all of my life and have travelled to every province. And I LOVE all of them!

Love my country and all provinces are great as compared to the world outside of Canada ??. The rankings are not an exact science but the info given is fairly accurate. Having Alberta ranked ahead of BC is the only issue I would have. Alberta’s complete shit show dealing with COVID and other social issues would leave it way behind BC in terms of what average Canadians opinion of each province would be. I have lived in Ontario, BC, and am thankful to be Canadian !

when you tell people to learn to learn French and move to Quebec... you are misleading them... They mostly disdain people that are not French Canadian born... Fantastic people outside of Quebec... but very pushy inside their own province about French first...

,Merci très beau reportage .mais je dois dire qu' il est difficile de dire réellement quel province est la meilleur ,une question de choix ,d habitudes ,mais vivant moi même ici au Québec ,je dois dire que j adore visiter les autres provinces ,mais mon cœur reste ici dans cette belle province qu' est le Québec

Born and raised in BC. BC means bring cash. Everything cost more in BC. GOVERNMENTS are more greedy in BC as well. More tax here more expensive to buy houses in BC as well. . fuel costs the most in world in BC I'm sure. Many of us leave to eastern province because BC is too expensive. Canada lets in too many Immigrants. Soon everywhere will look like vancouver. Asian or east Indian and very few other races

Alberta is home for me. The cost of living here is very affordable and taxes are lower than other provinces.

The northern usa province is our largest province

Sorry I don’t buy Manitoba being last. Winnipeg in itself has more amenities and entertainment options then all of the other Atlantic provinces combined. The median household income is higher in Toba then Atlantic provinces. The economy here is diversified therefore doesn’t rely on boom or bust like our western neighbours. \n\nI’m not saying put it first but objectively it’s more middle of the pack. Whatever I’m ok with actually having a disposable income and an easy life here.

You were doing so well until you got to Quebec. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Quebec and I can barely speak enough French to get a hotel room and a meal, but in major cities like Montreal and Quebec City plenty of people in the service industry speak better English than most of us do. The one problem is.....TAXES. Unless you are looking for socialist utopia where daycare is cheap you are likely to find them kinda oppressive. I grew up in Northner Ontario, worked in BC, Quebec, NB, Ontario and Alberta and have visited the rest of the provinces and NWT. Yukon and Nunavut still to go on my bucket list..... Personally, I love the people of Newfoundland the best, the scenery of BC the best and the taxes of Alberta the most. I could be happy living anywhere here now that I am retired but I have settled in New Brunswick for the cost of living. Plane tickets are cheap if I feel the need for a change of scenery.

I have been to every province and territory in Canada country, are trying to paint a untruthful picture of Canada (yes I am Canadian). Halifax is hole that needs to be filled in, people are very unfriendly, high cost for everything. Vancouver is full of drug addicts and whores, terrible traffic, terribly high cost of living, rains a lot a. Vancouver is like California in the US, people go to make money and then get the hell out. Ottawa is nicer than Toronto, just a lot of over paid federal employees. Alberta should be number one. Quebec is a long ways from number one that is for sure, often Quebecers are the rudest people in North America, I know that for sure....... .

I live in NB but I've been to every province all before I turned 30. From St John's to Vancouver. Haven't been to the territories yet but when I retire I could do a few travel nursing assignments up there......a few 3 month stints. Make some $$$ and say I've been everywhere!

Most people don't recognize my province because it's tiny compared to others even though we've had some pretty interesting things happen like a certain disaster in the 1900's but I'm glad you gave it a pretty good rank

Born and raised in Québec here! I love the Maritimes, especially New-Brunswick which is probably the only other province that makes me feel at home. <3

There might be 10 provinces, but there are also the Canadian territories

Interesting and objectively reasonable list. Surprised to see the Maritime provinces listed so low and Alberta rated so high. I grew up in Alberta and my heart is there, but the conservative politics is killing the province - as is Covid. The education and healthcare systems are suffering the most. I live in Vancouver - other than the astronomical cost of living here, we have a horrible amount of urban poverty and gang violence. Downtown has been overrun by the homeless the mentally I’ll and junkies. Like anywhere - it’s great if you have the money.

Just a little biased, with the poor handling of covid, the general hostility toward the Eenglish provinces an the massive subsidies from the Federal government nowhere close to #1

if you live in a third world country like me, the worst provinces in this country is still the best for me

Ranking the best provinces to live in bases on statistics only misses the mark on what actual Canadians think.\nFor example if you were to poll people from across the nation, I’m very certain, Quebec wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of the list as best province to live in, especially considering their politics!!

well i'm actually from Québec and i really love Nova Scotia. Such a beautiful province. But all the other province and territoire are beautiful as well, it would be a shame to died without to see each of them.

As a Quebecois Im very confused at our province being first lol. Should've mentionned Quebec City its way more beautiful than Mtl

Merci pour la fleur au Québec et je dois dire que chaque province du Kanata que j'ai visité avait ses beautés et ses problèmes Thank You all !

Alberta is the worst province, it's Canada's texas

I appreciate the humour and am trying not to take this too seriously, but c'mon, the Saskatchewan arguments are a self-own. It's the lowest province, every time. Only Regina and Saskatoon are doing fine. The economics aren't worth the social problems.\n\nThere is no way New Brunswick should be higher than two other Atlantic provinces either. Again, no funswick self-owning statements included in the vid.

Pretty good Adam I'd just mention a few of those things are...I don't want to say inaccurate but way more diverse. For instance French. Yes Quebec is the only French province BUT New Brunswick is the only Bilingual province and basically half and half. This is good for things like federal of provincial services because by law they must provide service in both languages but not so basically everywhere else. The problem with this is you can have an almost completely English town almost nobody speaks French and drive 15 minutes and be in a town where nobody speaks English. Research on this might be hard because a town with a French name may not have any French people in and vise versa. Also this problem is multiplied in the fact that if you Do want a French area we don't speak standard French or Quebecois but instead Le Chiac which is a difficult and confusing mix of old French and english (almost exactly like the Cajun dialect). Second part of this is that Montreal is easy to live in if you don't speak French and is so multicultural you are just apt to hear Swahili as French in public. Last part is be very careful where you move on the prairies as they have may isolated towns some that speak French also. Next is tipping I've never had to tip anyone for a haircut outside of the military and all other forms of tipping here on the east coast are purely optional and wait staff don't get upset if you don't leave a tip unless you were a jerk or left them extra work like making a big mess (I worked as cook for a while after I got out of the army and I rarely ever head staff complain) HOWEVER....tip a waitress well and she might accidentally give you 2 pieces of pie lol and tip a taxi driver well and he will not only get you the cheapest fare he will find ANYTHING you may need no questions asked. Lastly on the nice thing....we are nice for sure especially compared to our southern neighbours BUT there is a lot of passive aggressive nice that happens and this also varies greatly. For instance as a city boy of course you answered the way you did but a guy who have lived all over this country in big and small, French and English places who now has retired to a rural town I can say I find the cities quite snobby and the French and the English can be quite snobby to each other and where I live now if you asked a random stranger for 5$ chances are you would get it also driving down the road people you don't know will just wave at you as if you were the closest friends. Canada is certainly a weird place so many extremes and my advice to anyone wanting to move here is do your research and then visit and travel a bit if possible because even us Canadians can be surprised by thing or two across this gigantic country

When Canadas worst province is better than the USAs best state you know it's a good country!

The Maritime provinces are underrated. I may be biased being from there, but they deserve some love.

Let's be honest: Ontario is hella overrated. Important province and all, I just don’t like when the urban people in Toronto think Canada is all about Toronto. It's a good place in some locations, but everyone seems to talk about them and now other places of Canada (asides from the occasional mention of Quebec or B.C)

You gave the number 1 spot to the one province I would never live in. It might have some things going for it but I would put it no higher than 6.

This obviously done by someone who has no idea what a great province Manitoba is?. Disgusting

I can’t believe he ranked the embodiment of lung cancer over 8 actual provinces

I’ve lived in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan (as well as two other countries). I’ve also travelled to every province except Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories. All these places are wonderful, but Manitoba is home.

You should mention healthcare. Vast difference between the Atlantic provinces and the likes of BC

Every Province in Canada is rich in quality of people and resources unrivaled in the World.

If the Province is very diversed and very respectful province or small neighbourhood i would love to move in.