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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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106	Kamloops	BC	23	126	77	62	159	149	63	80	151	117
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
54	Duncan	BC	26	157	110	116	174	49	15	65	154	72
93	Courtenay	BC	128	150	102	131	172	108	27	24	155	18
103	Dawson Creek	BC	96	66	90	48	130	100	91	112	156	49
49	Vernon	BC	15	167	100	125	173	73	3	33	157	52
129	Grande Prairie	AB	76	59	9	13	75	52	135	172	158	139
133	Penticton	BC	20	168	136	135	177	131	67	34	159	9
180	New Glasgow	NS	154	44	159	168	67	177	145	107	160	130
142	Wood Buffalo	AB	98	129	1	20	2	10	138	179	161	151
141	Kawartha Lakes	ON	61	70	107	87	111	164	8	138	162	131
172	Port Alberni	BC	128	76	144	127	179	157	129	129	163	66
85	Cold Lake	AB	92	93	18	18	33	5	69	164	164	77
134	Prince George	BC	101	69	56	35	166	52	145	85	165	120
97	Lloydminster	AB/SK	104	47	20	28	70	8	96	168	166	138
169	Truro	NS	163	49	152	163	110	110	99	122	167	65
12	Whitehorse	YT	155	131	43	1	1	11	8	121	168	19
61	Yorkton	SK	65	12	101	120	161	42	145	52	169	84
60	Portage la Prairie	MB	29	4	130	142	176	15	145	102	170	33
164	Terrace	BC	141	63	108	72	141	169	145	114	171	46
68	Prince Albert	SK	84	18	59	76	142	38	145	23	172	86
111	Fort St. John	BC	64	82	28	44	66	72	40	177	173	83
81	Wetaskiwin	AB	71	143	84	41	154	3	59	41	173	39
39	Yellowknife	NW	133	83	3	3	25	97	104	87	175	1
176	Quesnel	BC	42	50	72	81	178	171	145	170	176	141
163	Prince Rupert	BC	151	41	106	50	160	178	145	147	177	3
177	Williams Lake	BC	88	96	96	61	167	154	145	151	178	91
99	North Battleford	SK	92	56	97	103	165	15	145	19	179	58
43	Thompson	MB	72	31	26	79	26	61	87	116	180	27

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

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