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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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126
Grand Falls-Windsor
NL
148
23
119
175
87
166
108
1
83
82
139
Edmundston
NB
170
15
169
154
89
67
145
2
68
116
37
Joliette
QC
55
103
164
157
58
61
53
3
85
30
4
Kingston
ON
45
90
81
59
107
67
72
4
83
12
128
Amos
QC
136
28
131
162
47
171
145
5
57
15
42
Rimouski
QC
99
112
147
140
38
104
104
6
25
16
160
Campbellton
NB
160
19
174
147
65
175
145
7
98
70
100
Rivière-du-Loup
QC
159
68
158
159
95
95
30
8
76
38
150
Corner Brook
NL
168
93
113
161
13
170
99
8
79
78
51
Sherbrooke
QC
179
98
150
152
46
82
22
10
30
73
152
Bathurst
NB
146
2
154
148
58
171
145
11
108
113
25
Quebec City
QC
174
115
132
137
6
22
80
12
34
29
52
St. John's
NL
177
77
57
138
5
75
59
13
101
113
13
Levis
QC
175
78
79
99
12
6
18
14
15
142
166
Miramichi
NB
166
21
156
146
96
180
145
15
94
126
116
Owen Sound
ON
150
128
140
113
109
110
94
16
65
50
78
Salmon Arm
BC
10
164
124
124
171
100
47
17
126
31
21
Halifax
NS
153
107
69
107
7
67
72
18
109
24
99
North Battleford
SK
92
56
97
103
165
15
145
19
179
58
15
Saskatoon
SK
79
99
35
40
144
30
74
20
144
64
11
Moncton
NB
167
17
104
110
27
110
19
21
89
63
14
London
ON
113
58
73
63
41
125
50
22
90
87
68
Prince Albert
SK
84
18
59
76
142
38
145
23
172
86
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
108
Charlottetown
PE
172
54
92
121
63
140
88
26
113
43
2
Victoria
BC
4
175
58
30
169
36
30
27
97
5
7
Brandon
MB
60
34
95
141
139
2
65
28
119
42
136
Kentville
NS
120
89
151
164
115
82
78
29
127
137
173
Summerside
PE
162
29
167
133
122
161
145
30
145
85
36
Nanaimo
BC
97
156
120
109
127
42
8
31
139
73
73
Saint John
NB
158
22
99
126
78
52
145
32
147
89
49
Vernon
BC
15
167
100
125
173
73
3
33
157
52
133
Penticton
BC
20
168
136
135
177
131
67
34
159
9
58
Saint-Georges
QC
127
40
145
169
51
19
44
35
42
150
120
Saint-Hyacinthe
QC
123
75
160
165
53
142
82
36
26
22
10
Winnipeg
MB
35
65
60
84
112
25
86
37
122
95
5
St. Albert
AB
37
125
7
2
86
24
24
38
64
163
154
Lachute
QC
165
102
175
171
82
52
99
39
95
39
9
Repentigny
QC
110
39
50
58
7
49
37
40
12
161
81
Wetaskiwin
AB
71
143
84
41
154
3
59
41
173
39
8
Edmonton
AB
37
120
37
11
68
42
49
42
114
104
168
Powell River
BC
74
137
129
128
180
129
145
43
116
76
156
Dolbeau-Mistassini
QC
115
24
171
175
97
168
145
44
52
12
135
Cranbrook
BC
34
154
98
72
156
58
145
45
138
45
167
Thetford Mines
QC
180
26
178
180
114
87
145
46
27
88
72
Hawkesbury
ON
50
78
180
173
48
95
44
47
143
23
170
Cape Breton
NS
176
1
170
171
76
176
145
48
110
127
50
Swift Current
SK
77
12
54
105
155
3
129
49
133
123
46
New Westminster
BC
114
173
83
64
134
78
6
50
129
110
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For the full methodology on how we crunched our numbers, click
here
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