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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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86	Caledon	ON	59	161	5	26	49	25	94	143	1	177
65	Milton	ON	28	140	17	42	30	35	144	140	2	167
3	Burlington	ON	3	147	19	17	35	30	30	101	2	156
30	Oakville	ON	1	158	2	22	9	67	126	132	2	160
77	Halton Hills	ON	39	141	11	31	57	42	128	137	2	154
137	Petawawa	ON	106	93	76	53	55	82	99	150	6	96
34	Centre Wellington	ON	135	122	38	45	128	19	1	155	7	101
24	Newmarket	ON	14	132	16	6	29	61	97	130	8	145
70	Vaughan	ON	7	171	8	18	14	52	141	135	9	180
101	Richmond Hill	ON	46	161	15	9	10	97	137	126	9	176
119	Markham	ON	46	161	12	4	4	136	139	128	9	179
9	Repentigny	QC	110	39	50	58	7	49	37	40	12	161
33	Port Hope	ON	2	135	88	65	80	49	53	148	13	97
35	Saint-Jerome	QC	104	64	166	149	15	104	12	56	14	81
13	Levis	QC	175	78	79	99	12	6	18	14	15	142
147	Brampton	ON	13	139	36	45	104	125	142	141	16	178
32	Mississauga	ON	5	151	29	67	22	117	33	133	16	172
158	Alma	QC	115	43	149	155	45	145	145	77	18	48
18	Guelph	ON	117	90	48	24	91	87	15	131	19	69
69	Ajax	ON	16	127	25	15	63	87	135	127	20	170
82	Whitby	ON	16	99	22	7	24	131	140	165	20	174
48	Pickering	ON	16	109	21	12	85	118	120	125	20	172
45	Oshawa	ON	16	55	62	52	28	155	98	173	20	147
41	Clarington	ON	11	88	33	21	39	110	76	154	20	175
42	Rimouski	QC	99	112	147	140	38	104	104	6	25	16
120	Saint-Hyacinthe	QC	123	75	160	165	53	142	82	36	26	22
167	Thetford Mines	QC	180	26	178	180	114	87	145	46	27	88
104	Victoriaville	QC	173	14	165	173	102	67	67	84	28	35
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
51	Sherbrooke	QC	179	98	150	152	46	82	22	10	30	73
92	Rouyn-Noranda	QC	155	60	148	158	44	52	120	99	31	17
17	Laval	QC	69	119	75	85	19	61	2	76	32	167
146	Granby	QC	171	72	141	132	97	78	20	142	33	111
25	Quebec City	QC	174	115	132	137	6	22	80	12	34	29
16	Calgary	AB	65	111	6	5	42	38	114	110	35	119
174	Norfolk	ON	41	147	112	98	175	161	84	161	36	99
67	Terrebonne	QC	137	56	53	92	11	30	132	88	37	169
110	Sorel-Tracy	QC	42	53	155	156	77	119	117	106	38	61
89	St. Catharines	ON	12	84	121	112	108	152	91	134	39	109
107	Niagara Falls	ON	73	45	123	119	133	146	65	171	39	98
148	Welland	ON	49	62	142	123	140	155	71	153	39	124
56	Stratford	ON	144	138	103	86	147	42	90	57	42	4
58	Saint-Georges	QC	127	40	145	169	51	19	44	35	42	150
1	Ottawa-Gatineau	ON	58	117	41	37	16	60	27	60	44	55
79	Tillsonburg	ON	75	29	117	97	145	87	40	160	44	51
22	North Bay	ON	157	41	133	90	51	17	99	71	46	26
64	Kitchener	ON	85	134	65	60	117	78	3	166	47	135
84	Trois-Rivi�res	QC	134	27	162	153	71	119	82	75	47	93
117	Cambridge	ON	121	104	49	32	120	100	34	162	47	159
31	Waterloo	ON	85	96	30	16	62	87	91	169	47	28

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