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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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39	Yellowknife	NW	133	83	3	3	25	97	104	87	175	1
27	Canmore	AB	89	171	4	8	121	6	78	53	55	2
163	Prince Rupert	BC	151	41	106	50	160	178	145	147	177	3
56	Stratford	ON	144	138	103	86	147	42	90	57	42	4
2	Victoria	BC	4	175	58	30	169	36	30	27	97	5
29	Vancouver	BC	92	180	52	54	94	110	26	54	116	6
171	La Tuque	QC	108	8	173	166	54	165	145	174	132	7
115	Elliot Lake	ON	102	20	179	145	83	174	145	111	63	8
133	Penticton	BC	20	168	136	135	177	131	67	34	159	9
157	Temiskaming Shores	ON	126	114	153	114	22	129	145	117	59	10
149	Cowansville	QC	143	132	172	160	74	42	118	25	60	11
156	Dolbeau-Mistassini	QC	115	24	171	175	97	168	145	44	52	12
4	Kingston	ON	45	90	81	59	107	67	72	4	83	12
28	Cobourg	ON	6	136	114	104	84	119	25	115	81	14
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
92	Rouyn-Noranda	QC	155	60	148	158	44	52	120	99	31	17
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
12	Whitehorse	YT	155	131	43	1	1	11	8	121	168	19
162	Sept-�les	QC	178	36	116	139	17	151	124	90	118	20
94	Collingwood	ON	147	141	61	130	100	135	8	61	73	21
120	Saint-Hyacinthe	QC	123	75	160	165	53	142	82	36	26	22
72	Hawkesbury	ON	50	78	180	173	48	95	44	47	143	23
21	Halifax	NS	153	107	69	107	7	67	72	18	109	24
123	Montreal	QC	78	165	157	143	31	160	89	73	96	25
22	North Bay	ON	157	41	133	90	51	17	99	71	46	26
43	Thompson	MB	72	31	26	79	26	61	87	116	180	27
31	Waterloo	ON	85	96	30	16	62	87	91	169	47	28
25	Quebec City	QC	174	115	132	137	6	22	80	12	34	29
37	Joliette	QC	55	103	164	157	58	61	53	3	85	30
78	Salmon Arm	BC	10	164	124	124	171	100	47	17	126	31
130	Kenora	ON	31	74	85	51	106	136	145	58	146	32
60	Portage la Prairie	MB	29	4	130	142	176	15	145	102	170	33
38	Peterborough	ON	61	106	105	75	119	125	50	69	77	34
104	Victoriaville	QC	173	14	165	173	102	67	67	84	28	35
132	Parksville	BC	92	152	125	122	170	134	37	100	110	36
178	Val-d'Or	QC	169	84	143	149	61	142	145	144	107	37
100	Rivi�re-du-Loup	QC	159	68	158	159	95	95	30	8	76	38
154	Lachute	QC	165	102	175	171	82	52	99	39	95	39
81	Wetaskiwin	AB	71	143	84	41	154	3	59	41	173	39
122	Timmins	ON	161	2	94	68	42	136	145	118	104	41
7	Brandon	MB	60	34	95	141	139	2	65	28	119	42
108	Charlottetown	PE	172	54	92	121	63	140	88	26	113	43
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
135	Cranbrook	BC	34	154	98	72	156	58	145	45	138	45
164	Terrace	BC	141	63	108	72	141	169	145	114	171	46
6	Fredericton	NB	145	6	80	91	72	30	47	98	101	47
158	Alma	QC	115	43	149	155	45	145	145	77	18	48
103	Dawson Creek	BC	96	66	90	48	130	100	91	112	156	49
116	Owen Sound	ON	150	128	140	113	109	110	94	16	65	50

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