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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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1	Ottawa-Gatineau	ON	58	117	41	37	16	60	27	60	44	55
2	Victoria	BC	4	175	58	30	169	36	30	27	97	5
3	Burlington	ON	3	147	19	17	35	30	30	101	2	156
4	Kingston	ON	45	90	81	59	107	67	72	4	83	12
5	St. Albert	AB	37	125	7	2	86	24	24	38	64	163
6	Fredericton	NB	145	6	80	91	72	30	47	98	101	47
7	Brandon	MB	60	34	95	141	139	2	65	28	119	42
8	Edmonton	AB	37	120	37	11	68	42	49	42	114	104
9	Repentigny	QC	110	39	50	58	7	49	37	40	12	161
10	Winnipeg	MB	35	65	60	84	112	25	86	37	122	95
11	Moncton	NB	167	17	104	110	27	110	19	21	89	63
12	Whitehorse	YT	155	131	43	1	1	11	8	121	168	19
13	Levis	QC	175	78	79	99	12	6	18	14	15	142
14	London	ON	113	58	73	63	41	125	50	22	90	87
15	Saskatoon	SK	79	99	35	40	144	30	74	20	144	64
16	Calgary	AB	65	111	6	5	42	38	114	110	35	119
17	Laval	QC	69	119	75	85	19	61	2	76	32	167
18	Guelph	ON	117	90	48	24	91	87	15	131	19	69
19	Lethbridge	AB	53	80	55	36	158	22	27	96	122	108
20	Thunder Bay	ON	36	7	115	68	131	61	120	55	124	92
21	Halifax	NS	153	107	69	107	7	67	72	18	109	24
22	North Bay	ON	157	41	133	90	51	17	99	71	46	26
23	Regina	SK	80	61	32	39	113	12	116	72	140	100
24	Newmarket	ON	14	132	16	6	29	61	97	130	8	145
25	Quebec City	QC	174	115	132	137	6	22	80	12	34	29
26	Windsor	ON	27	9	70	47	36	159	53	120	91	140
27	Canmore	AB	89	171	4	8	121	6	78	53	55	2
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
30	Oakville	ON	1	158	2	22	9	67	126	132	2	160
31	Waterloo	ON	85	96	30	16	62	87	91	169	47	28
32	Mississauga	ON	5	151	29	67	22	117	33	133	16	172
33	Port Hope	ON	2	135	88	65	80	49	53	148	13	97
34	Centre Wellington	ON	135	122	38	45	128	19	1	155	7	101
35	Saint-Jerome	QC	104	64	166	149	15	104	12	56	14	81
36	Nanaimo	BC	97	156	120	109	127	42	8	31	139	73
37	Joliette	QC	55	103	164	157	58	61	53	3	85	30
38	Peterborough	ON	61	106	105	75	119	125	50	69	77	34
39	Yellowknife	NW	133	83	3	3	25	97	104	87	175	1
40	Woodstock	ON	70	47	109	89	136	87	15	159	100	60
41	Clarington	ON	11	88	33	21	39	110	76	154	20	175
42	Rimouski	QC	99	112	147	140	38	104	104	6	25	16
43	Thompson	MB	72	31	26	79	26	61	87	116	180	27
44	Langley	BC	122	155	24	55	40	17	12	93	141	164
45	Oshawa	ON	16	55	62	52	28	155	98	173	20	147
46	New Westminster	BC	114	173	83	64	134	78	6	50	129	110
47	Leamington	ON	8	32	66	88	90	158	20	176	29	44
48	Pickering	ON	16	109	21	12	85	118	120	125	20	172
49	Vernon	BC	15	167	100	125	173	73	3	33	157	52
50	Swift Current	SK	77	12	54	105	155	3	129	49	133	123

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

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