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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182	Squamish, BC	110	175	52	27	164	125	149	132	151	146	15
159	Bathurst, NB	117	10	161	184	63	164	123	25	152	149	183
115	Brossard, QC	160	123	50	128	21	75	53	75	152	146	20
7	Fredericton, NB	50	20	83	134	72	30	103	74	154	47	30
70	Stratford, ON	5	131	102	89	140	125	75	28	155	56	11
138	Alma, QC	52	26	157	160	37	88	24	95	156	169	188
116	Grand Falls-Windsor, NL	85	34	69	164	66	125	56	1	157	178	179
179	Prince Rupert, BC	4	48	124	93	165	164	186	157	158	189	151
106	Drummondville, QC	97	35	173	174	87	22	86	167	159	65	119
118	Blainville, QC	184	97	27	144	3	142	26	75	160	102	91
133	Owen Sound, ON	54	105	142	119	105	164	73	16	161	106	74
190	New Glasgow, NS	135	28	172	176	75	164	150	132	162	182	138
63	Rouyn-Noranda, QC	17	46	155	171	36	102	38	104	163	33	90
57	Whitehorse, YT	19	156	51	5	1	110	175	89	164	33	9
59	Saint John, NB	93	23	103	140	71	75	153	37	165	102	133
177	Campbellton, AB	73	29	183	190	51	164	134	14	166	187	163
62	North Bay, ON	27	81	136	106	53	131	57	92	167	19	136
108	Rivi?re-du-Loup, QC	40	40	167	179	77	59	87	13	168	149	161
122	Timmins, ON	43	3	99	98	40	147	117	152	169	151	179
134	Lachute, QC	41	30	184	188	84	35	119	56	170	129	145
170	Summerside, PE	88	64	185	146	128	110	162	36	171	82	160
187	Truro, NS	68	69	164	162	120	115	178	131	172	158	153
146	Saguenay, QC	137	63	154	155	25	131	70	103	173	52	142
173	Miramichi, NB	130	20	162	141	88	164	111	40	174	165	167
160	Baie-Comeau , QC	128	4	101	151	17	164	82	56	175	171	114
65	Victoriaville, QC	36	17	175	163	99	8	28	41	176	117	142
158	Corner Brook, NL	81	93	67	149	10	149	106	12	177	174	94
18	Moncton, NB	66	13	104	141	26	35	98	21	177	106	61
163	Granby, QC	115	60	147	165	80	4	34	136	179	172	97
154	Edmundston, NB	120	4	178	181	76	164	60	4	180	158	151
141	Val-d'Or, QC	38	51	149	152	69	100	114	139	181	33	91
104	Charlottetown, PE	46	94	119	148	61	11	128	46	182	164	35
181	Cape Breton, NS	131	1	182	157	78	164	81	102	183	184	174
21	Levis, QC	147	83	88	138	12	22	18	22	184	10	52
23	Quebec, QC	30	118	138	150	7	56	38	22	184	28	17
58	St. John's, NL	117	99	37	153	4	14	127	24	186	106	46
180	Sept-Iles, QC	20	45	122	169	22	108	109	95	187	179	148
140	Cowansville, QC	11	53	180	182	70	104	35	2	188	79	174
51	Sherbrooke, QC	76	72	158	161	40	47	38	8	189	72	66
185	Thetford Mines, QC	91	16	189	183	106	164	31	128	190	138	168

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

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