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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3	Kingston, ON	12	113	86	47	110	65	66	4	51	65	44
144	Kelowna, BC	124	185	98	54	168	59	157	85	52	127	52
11	Strathcona County, AB	177	91	4	13	104	85	58	46	53	17	69
43	Estevan, SK	134	43	22	116	72	28	171	185	54	1	111
153	Hawkesbury, ON	23	108	190	186	48	164	147	30	55	102	176
145	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC	94	43	171	171	79	131	120	46	56	155	169
67	Camrose, AB	58	126	70	35	174	56	145	142	57	25	128
152	Welland, ON	128	38	146	117	148	143	43	168	58	138	153
27	Joliette, QC	31	62	170	177	49	6	85	6	59	112	156
162	Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC	12	7	181	179	92	164	52	124	60	186	176
25	Lethbridge, AB	112	77	61	20	167	71	125	130	61	10	88
167	Cornwall, ON	70	38	176	133	122	141	148	156	62	180	121
28	Gatineau, QC	132	56	77	147	16	34	76	148	63	91	10
55	Peterborough, ON	35	110	107	64	97	110	76	91	63	100	69
1	Ottawa, ON	39	134	36	43	15	14	27	18	65	60	7
6	Brandon, MB	45	31	110	136	131	47	137	84	66	12	105
82	Caledon, ON	187	168	7	45	60	80	1	110	67	38	48
165	Brockville, ON	78	83	131	100	124	164	141	125	67	141	121
40	Medicine Hat, AB	158	52	49	17	156	40	101	143	69	61	138
125	Fort St. John, BC	86	100	38	55	95	62	180	174	70	72	179
14	Calgary, AB	123	119	8	7	59	95	37	59	71	42	25
39	Moose Jaw, SK	74	31	97	120	157	95	133	146	72	19	88
34	Yorkton, SK	87	25	120	127	159	68	185	94	73	52	22
131	Strathmore, AB	92	86	46	8	162	155	146	98	74	14	185
26	Lacombe, AB	44	120	29	9	169	17	91	98	75	27	102
120	Barrie, ON	162	115	58	26	82	44	65	166	76	167	83
188	Kawartha Lakes, ON	136	132	108	92	115	164	160	181	77	163	127
119	Ingersoll, ON	108	55	95	52	121	92	68	186	77	54	121
41	Laval, QC	174	126	84	137	27	17	32	75	79	82	66
103	Thompson, MB	28	35	33	139	38	164	189	71	79	82	185
53	Wetaskiwin, AB	41	143	87	50	181	9	181	52	81	2	171
68	Woodstock, ON	63	57	111	45	134	51	83	172	82	91	106
142	Powell River, BC	79	74	153	112	190	138	97	44	83	117	161
128	Niagara Falls, ON	102	59	125	86	138	131	43	168	84	117	95
95	Grande Prairie, AB	144	60	11	14	96	152	171	106	85	28	145
24	Swift Current, SK	127	10	74	108	161	35	152	88	86	3	117
90	Collingwood, ON	21	152	63	66	86	71	102	86	86	129	47
4	Halifax, NS	24	94	79	130	8	65	116	9	88	42	16
30	Saskatoon, SK	67	125	47	63	152	75	151	27	89	38	57
100	Richmond, BC	154	184	92	132	5	28	7	60	90	121	35
150	Tillsonburg, ON	55	68	115	78	141	95	36	171	91	106	163
136	Dollard-Des Ormeaux, QC	180	136	41	143	17	122	94	75	92	146	31
183	Bay Roberts, NL	149	70	59	187	55	88	64	189	93	190	159
149	Montreal, QC	25	174	165	165	29	115	94	75	94	175	5
5	Regina, SK	104	78	43	81	130	1	143	73	94	9	27
114	Brooks, AB	122	64	25	35	163	75	162	190	96	7	158
73	Courtenay, BC	18	160	132	125	182	4	125	29	97	106	69
75	Kitchener, ON	140	140	68	82	118	11	47	161	98	69	80
42	Waterloo, ON	29	101	32	53	52	124	47	161	98	72	21
189	Williams Lake, BC	95	129	123	37	178	164	187	149	100	160	178

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

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