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🇨🇦🏒 FUN FACT — I ASKED CHATGPT A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION…

Imagine I’m a fictional hockey player looking to sign with an NHL team.

I asked ChatGPT to study all 32 NHL markets and compare them with the best places to live in North America — looking at happiness, quality of life, safety, crime rates, living conditions and GDP per capita.

The result honestly surprised me.

⚜️ QUEBEC CAME OUT ON TOP.

And that made me think about something much bigger than hockey.

A predominantly French-speaking people, living in North America, managed to build a society with many of the characteristics we associate with some of the world’s most desirable places to live.

Strong social institutions.
High life satisfaction.
Safety.
Access to nature.
Culture.
Healthcare.
Education.
A strong sense of community.
And a quality of life that can compete with much larger and wealthier regions.

🇨🇭 In a way, Quebec has created something that feels like a North American version of Switzerland.

Not literally Switzerland — and certainly not perfect.

But when you look beyond GDP and start measuring how people actually live and feel about their lives, the picture becomes very interesting.

And the latest independent data support part of that observation: in 2026, Quebec recorded a happiness index of 74.5/100, the highest among Canadian provinces and above both Canada overall (70.5) and the United States (70.0). (Leger)

So here’s the question:

🏒 If you were an NHL player and had the choice between 32 cities — where would you choose to live?

Maybe the answer isn’t only about the hockey team.

Maybe it’s also about the place you call home.

⚜️ Québec — une petite nation avec une qualité de vie qui mérite d’être reconnue.