{"id":21,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/ynottony-ca\/2026\/10\/09\/oxford-economics-names-edmonton-a-city-to-watch-in-2026-global-cities-index\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","slug":"oxford-economics-names-edmonton-a-city-to-watch-in-2026-global-cities-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/oxford-economics-names-edmonton-a-city-to-watch-in-2026-global-cities-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Economics Names Edmonton a &#8216;City to Watch&#8217; in 2026 Global Cities Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Oxford Economics just named Edmonton a &#039;City to Watch&#039; in their 2026 Global Cities Index, and as someone who&#039;s called this city home all my life, that doesn\u2019t surprise me. Edmonton landed at 125th globally, with Calgary at 69th, but what stands out is why we\u2019re on the radar: a 3% population growth, a resilient economy, and solid governance. Of course, this recognition comes with its own set of challenges\u2014rising housing costs and environmental concerns are real. For families thinking about their next move or investors weighing opportunities, these shifts matter. Navigating a market like this means you need real insight and local experience, not just the headlines. That\u2019s what I\u2019m here for\u2014straight talk and solutions that help you make sense of what\u2019s happening in our city.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.culturealberta.com\/articles\/oxford-economics-names-edmonton-a-city-to-watch-in-2026-global-cities-index\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford Economics just named Edmonton a &#039;City to Watch&#039; in their 2026 Global Cities Index, and as someone who&#039;s called this city home all my life, that doesn\u2019t surprise me. Edmonton landed at 125th globally, with Calgary at 69th, but what stands out is why we\u2019re on the radar: a 3% population growth, a resilient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ynottony.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}