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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34	Yorkton, SK	87	25	120	127	159	68	185	94	73	52	22
38	Yellowknife, NT	2	94	5	1	58	101	187	42	146	121	8
68	Woodstock, ON	63	57	111	45	134	51	83	172	82	91	106
161	Wood Buffalo, AB	157	142	1	16	6	161	171	183	112	38	173
10	Winnipeg, MB	99	76	78	124	112	58	130	46	36	47	44
84	Windsor, ON	145	14	75	74	46	164	47	158	31	169	128
189	Williams Lake, BC	95	129	123	37	178	164	187	149	100	160	178
57	Whitehorse, YT	19	156	51	5	1	110	175	89	164	33	9
16	Whitby, ON	183	112	24	39	35	35	18	175	9	82	40
53	Wetaskiwin, AB	41	143	87	50	181	9	181	52	81	2	171
152	Welland, ON	128	38	146	117	148	143	43	168	58	138	153
42	Waterloo, ON	29	101	32	53	52	124	47	161	98	72	21
65	Victoriaville, QC	36	17	175	163	99	8	28	41	176	117	142
35	Victoria, BC	1	180	179	86	175	104	167	19	4	79	3
127	Vernon, BC	56	177	127	50	184	41	159	32	20	177	106
102	Vaughan, ON	190	176	10	97	19	157	7	110	12	77	50
56	Vancouver, BC	6	190	72	41	91	75	123	60	106	112	1
141	Val-d'Or, QC	38	51	149	152	69	100	114	139	181	33	91
187	Truro, NS	68	69	164	162	120	115	178	131	172	158	153
94	Trois-Rivi?res, QC	97	27	174	167	74	62	62	107	146	152	91
47	Toronto, ON	60	178	48	28	31	71	61	110	25	156	6
122	Timmins, ON	43	3	99	98	40	147	117	152	169	151	179
150	Tillsonburg, ON	55	68	115	78	141	95	36	171	91	106	163
46	Thunder Bay, ON	96	22	116	105	118	164	132	90	39	82	95
103	Thompson, MB	28	35	33	139	38	164	189	71	79	82	185
185	Thetford Mines, QC	91	16	189	183	106	164	31	128	190	138	168
72	Terrebonne, QC	176	79	62	135	20	88	42	75	141	47	99
169	Terrace, BC	49	101	129	80	137	131	174	95	150	175	59
171	Temiskaming Shores, ON	10	80	159	110	89	164	138	151	132	129	182
139	Sylvan Lake, AB	147	121	21	2	147	154	118	98	29	25	121
24	Swift Current, SK	127	10	74	108	161	35	152	88	86	3	117
168	Surrey, BC	179	172	56	61	102	153	144	60	120	82	108
170	Summerside, PE	88	64	185	146	128	110	162	36	171	82	160
131	Strathmore, AB	92	86	46	8	162	155	146	98	74	14	185
11	Strathcona County, AB	177	91	4	13	104	85	58	46	53	17	69
70	Stratford, ON	5	131	102	89	140	125	75	28	155	56	11
66	Steinbach, MB	8	89	100	118	187	160	128	104	21	14	61
58	St. John's, NL	117	99	37	153	4	14	127	24	186	106	46
91	St. Catharines, ON	113	67	121	107	117	164	46	170	16	121	64
12	St. Albert, AB	170	154	9	10	100	31	76	46	50	22	49
182	Squamish, BC	110	175	52	27	164	125	149	132	151	146	15
109	Sorel-Tracy, QC	64	33	166	175	65	104	63	150	43	160	148
51	Sherbrooke, QC	76	72	158	161	40	47	38	8	189	72	66
164	Shawinigan, QC	65	9	187	185	126	164	108	92	139	117	187
180	Sept-Iles, QC	20	45	122	169	22	108	109	95	187	179	148
60	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	82	2	130	85	111	164	100	143	125	45	114
30	Saskatoon, SK	67	125	47	63	152	75	151	27	89	38	57
52	Sarnia, ON	111	19	71	71	132	138	105	154	22	69	133
61	Salmon Arm, BC	32	164	152	84	183	22	142	15	13	96	83
145	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC	94	43	171	171	79	131	120	46	56	155	169

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

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