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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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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	Rivi�re-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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