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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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130	Kenora	ON	31	74	85	51	106	136	145	58	146	32
45	Oshawa	ON	16	55	62	52	28	155	98	173	20	147
137	Petawawa	ON	106	93	76	53	55	82	99	150	6	96
29	Vancouver	BC	92	180	52	54	94	110	26	54	116	6
44	Langley	BC	122	155	24	55	40	17	12	93	141	164
63	Camrose	AB	57	130	64	56	163	25	53	83	137	54
62	Richmond	BC	81	179	68	57	3	119	23	92	79	148
9	Repentigny	QC	110	39	50	58	7	49	37	40	12	161
4	Kingston	ON	45	90	81	59	107	67	72	4	83	12
64	Kitchener	ON	85	134	65	60	117	78	3	166	47	135
177	Williams Lake	BC	88	96	96	61	167	154	145	151	178	91
106	Kamloops	BC	23	126	77	62	159	149	63	80	151	117
14	London	ON	113	58	73	63	41	125	50	22	90	87
46	New Westminster	BC	114	173	83	64	134	78	6	50	129	110
33	Port Hope	ON	2	135	88	65	80	49	53	148	13	97
161	Squamish	BC	149	169	39	66	152	146	34	157	131	106
32	Mississauga	ON	5	151	29	67	22	117	33	133	16	172
20	Thunder Bay	ON	36	7	115	68	131	61	120	55	124	92
122	Timmins	ON	161	2	94	68	42	136	145	118	104	41
74	Hamilton	ON	40	149	78	70	124	82	81	62	87	128
151	Surrey	BC	109	158	42	71	101	73	115	74	142	171
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
83	Sarnia	ON	21	15	67	74	126	146	125	124	98	107
38	Peterborough	ON	61	106	105	75	119	125	50	69	77	34
68	Prince Albert	SK	84	18	59	76	142	38	145	23	172	86
112	Port Coquitlam	BC	138	165	34	77	117	38	84	79	73	166
121	Kelowna	BC	48	176	71	77	151	87	53	109	149	120
43	Thompson	MB	72	31	26	79	26	61	87	116	180	27
66	Brossard	QC	142	109	44	79	21	125	44	105	53	153
176	Quesnel	BC	42	50	72	81	178	171	145	170	176	141
76	Greater Sudbury	ON	103	50	87	81	103	119	104	103	75	112
87	Ingersoll	ON	65	70	93	83	93	42	6	178	82	104
10	Winnipeg	MB	35	65	60	84	112	25	86	37	122	95
17	Laval	QC	69	119	75	85	19	61	2	76	32	167
56	Stratford	ON	144	138	103	86	147	42	90	57	42	4
141	Kawartha Lakes	ON	61	70	107	87	111	164	8	138	162	131
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
40	Woodstock	ON	70	47	109	89	136	87	15	159	100	60
22	North Bay	ON	157	41	133	90	51	17	99	71	46	26
6	Fredericton	NB	145	6	80	91	72	30	47	98	101	47
67	Terrebonne	QC	137	56	53	92	11	30	132	88	37	169
131	Chilliwack	BC	131	115	89	92	162	36	40	146	135	134
140	Midland	ON	85	107	139	94	124	104	50	82	120	68
59	Sault Ste. Marie	ON	112	11	128	95	123	87	112	104	92	79
118	Chatham-Kent	ON	9	5	127	96	148	149	120	163	70	101
79	Tillsonburg	ON	75	29	117	97	145	87	40	160	44	51
174	Norfolk	ON	41	147	112	98	175	161	84	161	36	99
13	Levis	QC	175	78	79	99	12	6	18	14	15	142
165	Abbotsford-Mission	BC	124	143	63	100	164	153	12	158	106	165

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

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