Best Places to Live 2012

Best Places to Live compiles municipal data and information from Statistic Canada and other sources. Numbers below represent rankings out of 190 cities. Where statistics are only available by province, provincial rankings are shown. Some cities have the same ranks because they are tied. For full methodology, click here.

Click headings to reorder columns. Numbers represent ranking out of 190 cities.

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Overall rank	City	Walk/Bike To Work	Affordable Housing	Household Income	Discretionary Income	New Cars	Pop. Growth	Low Crime	Doctors Per 1,000	Weather	Jobless Rate	Culture
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43	Estevan, SK	134	43	22	116	72	28	171	185	54	1	111
125	Fort St. John, BC	86	100	38	55	95	62	180	174	70	72	179
7	Fredericton, NB	50	20	83	134	72	30	103	74	154	47	30
28	Gatineau, QC	132	56	77	147	16	34	76	148	63	91	10
163	Granby, QC	115	60	147	165	80	4	34	136	179	172	97
116	Grand Falls-Windsor, NL	85	34	69	164	66	125	56	1	157	178	179
95	Grande Prairie, AB	144	60	11	14	96	152	171	106	85	28	145
76	Greater Sudbury, ON	116	73	93	98	107	120	80	137	114	45	102
31	Guelph, ON	72	141	54	58	90	47	28	127	123	28	42
4	Halifax, NS	24	94	79	130	8	65	116	9	88	42	16
37	Halton Hills, ON	161	159	12	38	54	22	3	110	42	63	74
77	Hamilton, ON	133	147	82	90	124	98	90	54	45	82	78
153	Hawkesbury, ON	23	108	190	186	48	164	147	30	55	102	176
71	High River, AB	51	126	55	6	154	156	93	98	33	7	121
119	Ingersoll, ON	108	55	95	52	121	92	68	186	77	54	121
27	Joliette, QC	31	62	170	177	49	6	85	6	59	112	156
44	Kamloops, BC	121	139	105	42	165	31	156	56	24	72	81
188	Kawartha Lakes, ON	136	132	108	92	115	164	160	181	77	163	127
144	Kelowna, BC	124	185	98	54	168	59	157	85	52	127	52
121	Kenora, ON	33	103	89	70	103	129	158	107	29	135	190
151	Kentville, NS	142	106	163	154	123	121	139	10	131	47	83
3	Kingston, ON	12	113	86	47	110	65	66	4	51	65	44
75	Kitchener, ON	140	140	68	82	118	11	47	161	98	69	80
134	Lachute, QC	41	30	184	188	84	35	119	56	170	129	145
26	Lacombe, AB	44	120	29	9	169	17	91	98	75	27	102
111	Langley, BC	171	169	35	40	150	68	153	60	129	21	65
41	Laval, QC	174	126	84	137	27	17	32	75	79	82	66
110	Leamington, ON	47	49	73	111	101	149	15	188	13	96	189
25	Lethbridge, AB	112	77	61	20	167	71	125	130	61	10	88
21	Levis, QC	147	83	88	138	12	22	18	22	184	10	52
98	Lloydminster, AB, SK	143	42	26	24	98	115	178	161	119	5	121
36	London, ON	90	54	76	66	42	87	94	26	128	160	77
155	Longueuil, QC	138	132	148	158	50	138	53	75	144	135	29
80	Maple Ridge, BC	169	162	53	30	153	47	122	60	149	28	73
137	Markham, ON	189	180	14	49	2	144	7	110	47	156	35
157	Matane, QC	59	6	186	189	39	164	74	137	111	185	111
40	Medicine Hat, AB	158	52	49	17	156	40	101	143	69	61	138
178	Midland, ON	71	130	141	109	129	149	140	126	104	112	156
78	Milton, ON	174	154	16	32	30	163	3	110	35	44	54
173	Miramichi, NB	130	20	162	141	88	164	111	40	174	165	167
54	Mississauga, ON	181	163	30	115	28	22	16	110	5	143	74
18	Moncton, NB	66	13	104	141	26	35	98	21	177	106	61
149	Montreal, QC	25	174	165	165	29	115	94	75	94	175	5
39	Moose Jaw, SK	74	31	97	120	157	95	133	146	72	19	88
74	Nanaimo, BC	76	169	145	61	127	35	155	42	110	63	50
190	New Glasgow, NS	135	28	172	176	75	164	150	132	162	182	138
101	New Westminster, BC	114	166	106	102	145	98	136	60	122	69	14
13	Newmarket, ON	151	143	15	66	32	2	7	110	19	82	40
128	Niagara Falls, ON	102	59	125	86	138	131	43	168	84	117	95
176	Norfolk, ON	103	151	112	94	180	131	41	187	46	54	163

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

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