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Best places to live 2010

Ottawa-Gatineau, ON

Current Rank: 1 | 2010 Rank: 1
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 91,005 Houshold discretionary (%): 28.49
New cars (%): 19.53 Unemployment rate (%): 6.60
Population 2001 : 1,067,800 Population (% change '01-'06): 5.90
Population 2006 : 1,130,761    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 301,950 Time to buy (in years): 3.32
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 8.93 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 5
Transit: 8    
Crime
Crime severity: 75.50 Violent crime rate: 944
Total crime rate: 5463    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.65 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.30
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 163.40 Precipitation (ml/year): 914.20
Days below 0C: 153.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 22
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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