{"id":8,"date":"2026-07-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:00:00","slug":"calgary-tops-canadas-best-places-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Tops Canada\u2019s Best Places to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/anne-marie-richardson\/calgary-tops-list-of-best-places-to-live-in-canada-in-2026-remotion-videos-71fc\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Calgary, AB earned the top 2026 ranking for combining affordability, quality of life, and career opportunities into one well-rounded place to live and work.<br \/>\nThe ranking described living costs as moderate, with avg. monthly expenses for one person, excluding rent, near $1.5K, a major draw in Calgary.<br \/>\nCalgary&#039;s biggest employers included business services, international trade, hospitality, construction, natural resources, and manufacturing, while avg. yearly salary sat near $63.7K locally.<br \/>\nThe same ranking highlighted excellent healthcare, low crime, low taxes, and one of Canada&#039;s best education systems as key livability strengths for residents.<br \/>\nProximity to the Rocky Mountains, plus a warm, friendly atmosphere that welcomed expats, helped Calgary stand out for recreation and everyday lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary, AB earned the top 2026 ranking for combining affordability, quality of life, and career opportunities into one well-rounded place to live and work. The ranking described living costs as moderate, with avg. monthly expenses for one person, excluding rent, near $1.5K, a major draw in Calgary. Calgary&#039;s biggest employers included business services, international trade, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}