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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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51	Sherbrooke	QC	179	98	150	152	46	82	22	10	30	73
52	St. John's	NL	177	77	57	138	5	75	59	13	101	113
53	Orillia	ON	119	123	137	101	34	78	34	78	125	59
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
55	Belleville	ON	24	90	135	115	153	14	59	139	136	80
56	Stratford	ON	144	138	103	86	147	42	90	57	42	4
57	Maple Ridge	BC	140	146	40	43	137	25	37	63	115	162
58	Saint-Georges	QC	127	40	145	169	51	19	44	35	42	150
59	Sault Ste. Marie	ON	112	11	128	95	123	87	112	104	92	79
60	Portage la Prairie	MB	29	4	130	142	176	15	145	102	170	33
61	Yorkton	SK	65	12	101	120	161	42	145	52	169	84
62	Richmond	BC	81	179	68	57	3	119	23	92	79	148
63	Camrose	AB	57	130	64	56	163	25	53	83	137	54
64	Kitchener	ON	85	134	65	60	117	78	3	166	47	135
65	Milton	ON	28	140	17	42	30	35	144	140	2	167
66	Brossard	QC	142	109	44	79	21	125	44	105	53	153
67	Terrebonne	QC	137	56	53	92	11	30	132	88	37	169
68	Prince Albert	SK	84	18	59	76	142	38	145	23	172	86
69	Ajax	ON	16	127	25	15	63	87	135	127	20	170
70	Vaughan	ON	7	171	8	18	14	52	141	135	9	180
71	Medicine Hat	AB	61	80	45	29	146	25	77	119	93	152
72	Hawkesbury	ON	50	78	180	173	48	95	44	47	143	23
73	Saint John	NB	158	22	99	126	78	52	145	32	147	89
74	Hamilton	ON	40	149	78	70	124	82	81	62	87	128
75	Moose Jaw	SK	65	32	74	105	157	38	145	91	134	71
76	Greater Sudbury	ON	103	50	87	81	103	119	104	103	75	112
77	Halton Hills	ON	39	141	11	31	57	42	128	137	2	154
78	Salmon Arm	BC	10	164	124	124	171	100	47	17	126	31
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
81	Wetaskiwin	AB	71	143	84	41	154	3	59	41	173	39
82	Whitby	ON	16	99	22	7	24	131	140	165	20	174
83	Sarnia	ON	21	15	67	74	126	146	125	124	98	107
84	Trois-Rivi�res	QC	134	27	162	153	71	119	82	75	47	93
85	Cold Lake	AB	92	93	18	18	33	5	69	164	164	77
86	Caledon	ON	59	161	5	26	49	25	94	143	1	177
87	Ingersoll	ON	65	70	93	83	93	42	6	178	82	104
88	Toronto	ON	22	170	46	101	32	140	119	123	78	57
89	St. Catharines	ON	12	84	121	112	108	152	91	134	39	109
90	Cornwall	ON	53	25	168	129	116	76	108	136	129	67
91	Delta	BC	32	160	31	27	149	30	145	95	67	157
92	Rouyn-Noranda	QC	155	60	148	158	44	52	120	99	31	17
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
94	Collingwood	ON	147	141	61	130	100	135	8	61	73	21
95	Estevan	SK	51	35	13	49	50	1	145	175	152	129
96	Red Deer	AB	44	86	27	23	129	76	134	94	152	122
97	Lloydminster	AB/SK	104	47	20	28	70	8	96	168	166	138
98	North Vancouver	BC	91	176	10	14	105	58	127	64	88	149
99	North Battleford	SK	92	56	97	103	165	15	145	19	179	58
100	Rivi�re-du-Loup	QC	159	68	158	159	95	95	30	8	76	38

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