We're Number... Seven?

At least in a couple of categories according to Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, in his latest book, Who’s Your City? Below you'll find how Guelph ranks amongst other cities in Canada, in five categories, in this convenient chart form:

BEST PLACES IN CANADIAN PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES (*)

OVERALL
	SINGLES	MID-CAREER	FAMILIES	EMPTY- NESTERS	RETIREES
1	Calgary	Ottawa-Gatineau	Ottawa-Gatineau	Toronto	Ottawa- Gatineau
2	Iqaluit	Calgary	Toronto	Ottawa- Gatineau	Toronto
3	Ottawa-Gatineau	Whitehorse	Calgary	Calgary	Calgary
4	Victoria	Yellowknife	Fredericton	Victoria	Victoria
5	Yellowknife	Iqaluit	Yellowknife	Canmore	Montreal
6	Edmonton	Edmonton	Guelph	Charlottetown	Vancouver
7	Guelph	Guelph	Quebec City	Vancouver	Kingston
8	Canmore	Victoria	Kingston	Montreal	Quebec City
9	Whitehorse	Toronto	Hamilton	Parksville	Guelph
10	Montreal	Montreal	Montreal	Kingston	Halifax

(*) From Who’s Your City? by Richard Florida (Appendix C, p. 326).

But who is this dude? Here's his bio from the City press release: "Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation. He is a regular columnist for The Globe and Mail and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Economist, The Harvard Business Review, and The Atlantic Monthly."

Also from the press release: "The revised Canadian edition of Florida’s international bestseller used a number of important factors to determine each city’s ranking; the percentage of the city’s population that fits a particular life stage, underlying economic conditions (regional economic growth and a measure of creativity, talent and tolerance), amenities and quality of life factors (arts and culture), and specific cost of living."

So there you go, so if you're single, in mid-career, have a family, or are retired, you've got it made in the shade here in the Royal City. Sorry, Empty-Nesters.