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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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71	Medicine Hat	AB	61	80	45	29	146	25	77	119	93	152
16	Calgary	AB	65	111	6	5	42	38	114	110	35	119
27	Canmore	AB	89	171	4	8	121	6	78	53	55	2
129	Grande Prairie	AB	76	59	9	13	75	52	135	172	158	139
19	Lethbridge	AB	53	80	55	36	158	22	27	96	122	108
96	Red Deer	AB	44	86	27	23	129	76	134	94	152	122
142	Wood Buffalo	AB	98	129	1	20	2	10	138	179	161	151
113	Okotoks	AB	33	143	14	10	81	12	143	167	86	146
8	Edmonton	AB	37	120	37	11	68	42	49	42	114	104
63	Camrose	AB	57	130	64	56	163	25	53	83	137	54
5	St. Albert	AB	37	125	7	2	86	24	24	38	64	163
85	Cold Lake	AB	92	93	18	18	33	5	69	164	164	77
81	Wetaskiwin	AB	71	143	84	41	154	3	59	41	173	39
102	Brooks	AB	83	46	23	33	150	8	74	180	150	118
97	Lloydminster	AB/SK	104	47	20	28	70	8	96	168	166	138
44	Langley	BC	122	155	24	55	40	17	12	93	141	164
121	Kelowna	BC	48	176	71	77	151	87	53	109	149	120
124	Coquitlam	BC	138	174	47	34	99	61	112	86	66	158
131	Chilliwack	BC	131	115	89	92	162	36	40	146	135	134
132	Parksville	BC	92	152	125	122	170	134	37	100	110	36
133	Penticton	BC	20	168	136	135	177	131	67	34	159	9
46	New Westminster	BC	114	173	83	64	134	78	6	50	129	110
112	Port Coquitlam	BC	138	165	34	77	117	38	84	79	73	166
111	Fort St. John	BC	64	82	28	44	66	72	40	177	173	83
78	Salmon Arm	BC	10	164	124	124	171	100	47	17	126	31
62	Richmond	BC	81	179	68	57	3	119	23	92	79	148
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
57	Maple Ridge	BC	140	146	40	43	137	25	37	63	115	162
98	North Vancouver	BC	91	176	10	14	105	58	127	64	88	149
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
103	Dawson Creek	BC	96	66	90	48	130	100	91	112	156	49
106	Kamloops	BC	23	126	77	62	159	149	63	80	151	117
49	Vernon	BC	15	167	100	125	173	73	3	33	157	52
36	Nanaimo	BC	97	156	120	109	127	42	8	31	139	73
134	Prince George	BC	101	69	56	35	166	52	145	85	165	120
135	Cranbrook	BC	34	154	98	72	156	58	145	45	138	45
161	Squamish	BC	149	169	39	66	152	146	34	157	131	106
163	Prince Rupert	BC	151	41	106	50	160	178	145	147	177	3
164	Terrace	BC	141	63	108	72	141	169	145	114	171	46
165	Abbotsford-Mission	BC	124	143	63	100	164	153	12	158	106	165
177	Williams Lake	BC	88	96	96	61	167	154	145	151	178	91
176	Quesnel	BC	42	50	72	81	178	171	145	170	176	141
168	Powell River	BC	74	137	129	128	180	129	145	43	116	76
172	Port Alberni	BC	128	76	144	127	179	157	129	129	163	66
91	Delta	BC	32	160	31	27	149	30	145	95	67	157
175	Campbell River	BC	128	153	118	117	168	161	69	113	148	115
151	Surrey	BC	109	158	42	71	101	73	115	74	142	171
145	Burnaby	BC	111	176	82	108	91	136	62	81	110	144
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

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For the full methodology on how we crunched our numbers, click here.

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