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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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34	Centre Wellington	ON	135	122	38	45	128	19	1	155	7	101
17	Laval	QC	69	119	75	85	19	61	2	76	32	167
49	Vernon	BC	15	167	100	125	173	73	3	33	157	52
64	Kitchener	ON	85	134	65	60	117	78	3	166	47	135
109	Drummondville	QC	151	86	163	167	88	19	3	149	71	93
46	New Westminster	BC	114	173	83	64	134	78	6	50	129	110
87	Ingersoll	ON	65	70	93	83	93	42	6	178	82	104
94	Collingwood	ON	147	141	61	130	100	135	8	61	73	21
141	Kawartha Lakes	ON	61	70	107	87	111	164	8	138	162	131
12	Whitehorse	YT	155	131	43	1	1	11	8	121	168	19
36	Nanaimo	BC	97	156	120	109	127	42	8	31	139	73
44	Langley	BC	122	155	24	55	40	17	12	93	141	164
165	Abbotsford-Mission	BC	124	143	63	100	164	153	12	158	106	165
35	Saint-Jerome	QC	104	64	166	149	15	104	12	56	14	81
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
18	Guelph	ON	117	90	48	24	91	87	15	131	19	69
40	Woodstock	ON	70	47	109	89	136	87	15	159	100	60
13	Levis	QC	175	78	79	99	12	6	18	14	15	142
11	Moncton	NB	167	17	104	110	27	110	19	21	89	63
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
146	Granby	QC	171	72	141	132	97	78	20	142	33	111
51	Sherbrooke	QC	179	98	150	152	46	82	22	10	30	73
62	Richmond	BC	81	179	68	57	3	119	23	92	79	148
5	St. Albert	AB	37	125	7	2	86	24	24	38	64	163
28	Cobourg	ON	6	136	114	104	84	119	25	115	81	14
29	Vancouver	BC	92	180	52	54	94	110	26	54	116	6
1	Ottawa-Gatineau	ON	58	117	41	37	16	60	27	60	44	55
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
19	Lethbridge	AB	53	80	55	36	158	22	27	96	122	108
100	Rivi�re-du-Loup	QC	159	68	158	159	95	95	30	8	76	38
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
53	Orillia	ON	119	123	137	101	34	78	34	78	125	59
161	Squamish	BC	149	169	39	66	152	146	34	157	131	106
117	Cambridge	ON	121	104	49	32	120	100	34	162	47	159
57	Maple Ridge	BC	140	146	40	43	137	25	37	63	115	162
132	Parksville	BC	92	152	125	122	170	134	37	100	110	36
9	Repentigny	QC	110	39	50	58	7	49	37	40	12	161
131	Chilliwack	BC	131	115	89	92	162	36	40	146	135	134
79	Tillsonburg	ON	75	29	117	97	145	87	40	160	44	51
80	Brantford	ON	24	73	86	38	137	131	40	145	120	136
111	Fort St. John	BC	64	82	28	44	66	72	40	177	173	83
72	Hawkesbury	ON	50	78	180	173	48	95	44	47	143	23
58	Saint-Georges	QC	127	40	145	169	51	19	44	35	42	150
66	Brossard	QC	142	109	44	79	21	125	44	105	53	153
6	Fredericton	NB	145	6	80	91	72	30	47	98	101	47
78	Salmon Arm	BC	10	164	124	124	171	100	47	17	126	31
8	Edmonton	AB	37	120	37	11	68	42	49	42	114	104
14	London	ON	113	58	73	63	41	125	50	22	90	87

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