调查报告显示：温哥华高房价，低收入，25-34岁年轻人流失，教育相对偏低

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greater-vancouver-board-of-trade-report-1.3588331

A new report says Vancouver's inadequate public transit and lack of affordable housing may hinder the city's ability to attract labour and business investment.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade released a scorecard today prepared by the Conference Board of Canada that rates the city ninth among big international cities in terms of key economic and social indicators.

The report says Vancouver ranks ninth in the economic category and seventh in the social category, but housing and public transit hurt the city's liveability ranking and could be hurdles for attracting future investment. Flight of the Millennials?

The report says other challenges facing British Columbia's largest city include a low proportion of 25 to 34 year-olds — a demographic change the report says should not be ignored. "You're only feeling the leading edge of it," said conference board CEO Daniel Muzyka. "It's going to get a lot worse. So, yes we need to involve everybody, but we really need immigration." The decrease in the number of young people may be due to the cost of housing — the city got a "D" for housing affordability.

"Anyone contemplating a move to the region faces exorbitant housing costs," the report notes. "This limits the region's attraction to younger people who could represent its future." Low productivity levels, land scarcity and high marginal tax rates were also noted as drawbacks in the Vancouver area.