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Best places to live 2011

Best Places to Live 2011

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Click headings to reorder columns. Numbers represent ranking out of 180 cities.

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Overall rank	City	Prov.	Weather	Affordable housing	Household income	Discretionary income	New cars on road	Job prospects	Population growth	Access to health care	Low crime rate	Walk/bike to work
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165	Abbotsford-Mission	BC	124	143	63	100	164	153	12	158	106	165
69	Ajax	ON	16	127	25	15	63	87	135	127	20	170
158	Alma	QC	115	43	149	155	45	145	145	77	18	48
128	Amos	QC	136	28	131	162	47	171	145	5	57	15
153	Baie-Comeau	QC	164	10	91	136	18	142	145	89	55	124
127	Barrie	ON	30	99	51	25	73	119	133	152	62	155
152	Bathurst	NB	146	2	154	148	58	171	145	11	108	113
179	Bay Roberts	NL	81	121	111	179	37	178	145	156	58	143
55	Belleville	ON	24	90	135	115	153	14	59	139	136	80
147	Brampton	ON	13	139	36	45	104	125	142	141	16	178
7	Brandon	MB	60	34	95	141	139	2	65	28	119	42
80	Brantford	ON	24	73	86	38	137	131	40	145	120	136
144	Brockville	ON	56	104	126	117	143	97	108	67	128	75
102	Brooks	AB	83	46	23	33	150	8	74	180	150	118
66	Brossard	QC	142	109	44	79	21	125	44	105	53	153
3	Burlington	ON	3	147	19	17	35	30	30	101	2	156
145	Burnaby	BC	111	176	82	108	91	136	62	81	110	144
86	Caledon	ON	59	161	5	26	49	25	94	143	1	177
16	Calgary	AB	65	111	6	5	42	38	114	110	35	119
117	Cambridge	ON	121	104	49	32	120	100	34	162	47	159
175	Campbell River	BC	128	153	118	117	168	161	69	113	148	115
160	Campbellton	NB	160	19	174	147	65	175	145	7	98	70
63	Camrose	AB	57	130	64	56	163	25	53	83	137	54
27	Canmore	AB	89	171	4	8	121	6	78	53	55	2
170	Cape Breton	NS	176	1	170	171	76	176	145	48	110	127
34	Centre Wellington	ON	135	122	38	45	128	19	1	155	7	101
108	Charlottetown	PE	172	54	92	121	63	140	88	26	113	43
118	Chatham-Kent	ON	9	5	127	96	148	149	120	163	70	101
131	Chilliwack	BC	131	115	89	92	162	36	40	146	135	134
41	Clarington	ON	11	88	33	21	39	110	76	154	20	175
28	Cobourg	ON	6	136	114	104	84	119	25	115	81	14
85	Cold Lake	AB	92	93	18	18	33	5	69	164	164	77
94	Collingwood	ON	147	141	61	130	100	135	8	61	73	21
124	Coquitlam	BC	138	174	47	34	99	61	112	86	66	158
150	Corner Brook	NL	168	93	113	161	13	170	99	8	79	78
90	Cornwall	ON	53	25	168	129	116	76	108	136	129	67
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
149	Cowansville	QC	143	132	172	160	74	42	118	25	60	11
135	Cranbrook	BC	34	154	98	72	156	58	145	45	138	45
103	Dawson Creek	BC	96	66	90	48	130	100	91	112	156	49
91	Delta	BC	32	160	31	27	149	30	145	95	67	157
156	Dolbeau-Mistassini	QC	115	24	171	175	97	168	145	44	52	12
109	Drummondville	QC	151	86	163	167	88	19	3	149	71	93
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
8	Edmonton	AB	37	120	37	11	68	42	49	42	114	104
139	Edmundston	NB	170	15	169	154	89	67	145	2	68	116
115	Elliot Lake	ON	102	20	179	145	83	174	145	111	63	8
95	Estevan	SK	51	35	13	49	50	1	145	175	152	129
111	Fort St. John	BC	64	82	28	44	66	72	40	177	173	83
6	Fredericton	NB	145	6	80	91	72	30	47	98	101	47

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