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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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30	Oakville	ON	1	158	2	22	9	67	126	132	2	160
33	Port Hope	ON	2	135	88	65	80	49	53	148	13	97
3	Burlington	ON	3	147	19	17	35	30	30	101	2	156
2	Victoria	BC	4	175	58	30	169	36	30	27	97	5
32	Mississauga	ON	5	151	29	67	22	117	33	133	16	172
28	Cobourg	ON	6	136	114	104	84	119	25	115	81	14
70	Vaughan	ON	7	171	8	18	14	52	141	135	9	180
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
118	Chatham-Kent	ON	9	5	127	96	148	149	120	163	70	101
78	Salmon Arm	BC	10	164	124	124	171	100	47	17	126	31
41	Clarington	ON	11	88	33	21	39	110	76	154	20	175
89	St. Catharines	ON	12	84	121	112	108	152	91	134	39	109
147	Brampton	ON	13	139	36	45	104	125	142	141	16	178
24	Newmarket	ON	14	132	16	6	29	61	97	130	8	145
49	Vernon	BC	15	167	100	125	173	73	3	33	157	52
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
69	Ajax	ON	16	127	25	15	63	87	135	127	20	170
45	Oshawa	ON	16	55	62	52	28	155	98	173	20	147
133	Penticton	BC	20	168	136	135	177	131	67	34	159	9
83	Sarnia	ON	21	15	67	74	126	146	125	124	98	107
88	Toronto	ON	22	170	46	101	32	140	119	123	78	57
106	Kamloops	BC	23	126	77	62	159	149	63	80	151	117
55	Belleville	ON	24	90	135	115	153	14	59	139	136	80
80	Brantford	ON	24	73	86	38	137	131	40	145	120	136
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
26	Windsor	ON	27	9	70	47	36	159	53	120	91	140
65	Milton	ON	28	140	17	42	30	35	144	140	2	167
60	Portage la Prairie	MB	29	4	130	142	176	15	145	102	170	33
127	Barrie	ON	30	99	51	25	73	119	133	152	62	155
130	Kenora	ON	31	74	85	51	106	136	145	58	146	32
91	Delta	BC	32	160	31	27	149	30	145	95	67	157
113	Okotoks	AB	33	143	14	10	81	12	143	167	86	146
135	Cranbrook	BC	34	154	98	72	156	58	145	45	138	45
10	Winnipeg	MB	35	65	60	84	112	25	86	37	122	95
20	Thunder Bay	ON	36	7	115	68	131	61	120	55	124	92
5	St. Albert	AB	37	125	7	2	86	24	24	38	64	163
8	Edmonton	AB	37	120	37	11	68	42	49	42	114	104
77	Halton Hills	ON	39	141	11	31	57	42	128	137	2	154
74	Hamilton	ON	40	149	78	70	124	82	81	62	87	128
174	Norfolk	ON	41	147	112	98	175	161	84	161	36	99
176	Quesnel	BC	42	50	72	81	178	171	145	170	176	141
110	Sorel-Tracy	QC	42	53	155	156	77	119	117	106	38	61
96	Red Deer	AB	44	86	27	23	129	76	134	94	152	122
4	Kingston	ON	45	90	81	59	107	67	72	4	83	12
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
121	Kelowna	BC	48	176	71	77	151	87	53	109	149	120
148	Welland	ON	49	62	142	123	140	155	71	153	39	124
72	Hawkesbury	ON	50	78	180	173	48	95	44	47	143	23

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

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