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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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12	Whitehorse	YT	155	131	43	1	1	11	8	121	168	19
142	Wood Buffalo	AB	98	129	1	20	2	10	138	179	161	151
62	Richmond	BC	81	179	68	57	3	119	23	92	79	148
119	Markham	ON	46	161	12	4	4	136	139	128	9	179
52	St. John's	NL	177	77	57	138	5	75	59	13	101	113
25	Quebec City	QC	174	115	132	137	6	22	80	12	34	29
21	Halifax	NS	153	107	69	107	7	67	72	18	109	24
9	Repentigny	QC	110	39	50	58	7	49	37	40	12	161
30	Oakville	ON	1	158	2	22	9	67	126	132	2	160
101	Richmond Hill	ON	46	161	15	9	10	97	137	126	9	176
67	Terrebonne	QC	137	56	53	92	11	30	132	88	37	169
13	Levis	QC	175	78	79	99	12	6	18	14	15	142
150	Corner Brook	NL	168	93	113	161	13	170	99	8	79	78
70	Vaughan	ON	7	171	8	18	14	52	141	135	9	180
35	Saint-Jerome	QC	104	64	166	149	15	104	12	56	14	81
1	Ottawa-Gatineau	ON	58	117	41	37	16	60	27	60	44	55
162	Sept-�les	QC	178	36	116	139	17	151	124	90	118	20
153	Baie-Comeau	QC	164	10	91	136	18	142	145	89	55	124
17	Laval	QC	69	119	75	85	19	61	2	76	32	167
138	Saguenay	QC	118	38	146	151	20	104	145	66	61	132
66	Brossard	QC	142	109	44	79	21	125	44	105	53	153
32	Mississauga	ON	5	151	29	67	22	117	33	133	16	172
157	Temiskaming Shores	ON	126	114	153	114	22	129	145	117	59	10
82	Whitby	ON	16	99	22	7	24	131	140	165	20	174
39	Yellowknife	NW	133	83	3	3	25	97	104	87	175	1
43	Thompson	MB	72	31	26	79	26	61	87	116	180	27
11	Moncton	NB	167	17	104	110	27	110	19	21	89	63
45	Oshawa	ON	16	55	62	52	28	155	98	173	20	147
24	Newmarket	ON	14	132	16	6	29	61	97	130	8	145
65	Milton	ON	28	140	17	42	30	35	144	140	2	167
123	Montreal	QC	78	165	157	143	31	160	89	73	96	25
88	Toronto	ON	22	170	46	101	32	140	119	123	78	57
85	Cold Lake	AB	92	93	18	18	33	5	69	164	164	77
53	Orillia	ON	119	123	137	101	34	78	34	78	125	59
3	Burlington	ON	3	147	19	17	35	30	30	101	2	156
26	Windsor	ON	27	9	70	47	36	159	53	120	91	140
179	Bay Roberts	NL	81	121	111	179	37	178	145	156	58	143
42	Rimouski	QC	99	112	147	140	38	104	104	6	25	16
41	Clarington	ON	11	88	33	21	39	110	76	154	20	175
44	Langley	BC	122	155	24	55	40	17	12	93	141	164
14	London	ON	113	58	73	63	41	125	50	22	90	87
16	Calgary	AB	65	111	6	5	42	38	114	110	35	119
122	Timmins	ON	161	2	94	68	42	136	145	118	104	41
92	Rouyn-Noranda	QC	155	60	148	158	44	52	120	99	31	17
158	Alma	QC	115	43	149	155	45	145	145	77	18	48
51	Sherbrooke	QC	179	98	150	152	46	82	22	10	30	73
128	Amos	QC	136	28	131	162	47	171	145	5	57	15
72	Hawkesbury	ON	50	78	180	173	48	95	44	47	143	23
86	Caledon	ON	59	161	5	26	49	25	94	143	1	177
95	Estevan	SK	51	35	13	49	50	1	145	175	152	129

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