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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51	Sherbrooke, QC	76	72	158	161	40	47	38	8	189	72	66
52	Sarnia, ON	111	19	71	71	132	138	105	154	22	69	133
53	Wetaskiwin, AB	41	143	87	50	181	9	181	52	81	2	171
54	Mississauga, ON	181	163	30	115	28	22	16	110	5	143	74
55	Peterborough, ON	35	110	107	64	97	110	76	91	63	100	69
56	Vancouver, BC	6	190	72	41	91	75	123	60	106	112	1
57	Whitehorse, YT	19	156	51	5	1	110	175	89	164	33	9
58	St. John's, NL	117	99	37	153	4	14	127	24	186	106	46
59	Saint John, NB	93	23	103	140	71	75	153	37	165	102	133
60	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	82	2	130	85	111	164	100	143	125	45	114
61	Salmon Arm, BC	32	164	152	84	183	22	142	15	13	96	83
62	North Bay, ON	27	81	136	106	53	131	57	92	167	19	136
63	Rouyn-Noranda, QC	17	46	155	171	36	102	38	104	163	33	90
64	Delta, BC	164	182	44	23	146	92	51	60	37	32	42
65	Victoriaville, QC	36	17	175	163	99	8	28	41	176	117	142
66	Steinbach, MB	8	89	100	118	187	160	128	104	21	14	61
67	Camrose, AB	58	126	70	35	174	56	145	142	57	25	128
68	Woodstock, ON	63	57	111	45	134	51	83	172	82	91	106
69	Pickering, ON	181	110	23	86	81	131	18	110	9	141	23
70	Stratford, ON	5	131	102	89	140	125	75	28	155	56	11
71	High River, AB	51	126	55	6	154	156	93	98	33	7	121
72	Terrebonne, QC	176	79	62	135	20	88	42	75	141	47	99
73	Courtenay, BC	18	160	132	125	182	4	125	29	97	106	69
74	Nanaimo, BC	76	169	145	61	127	35	155	42	110	63	50
75	Kitchener, ON	140	140	68	82	118	11	47	161	98	69	80
76	Greater Sudbury, ON	116	73	93	98	107	120	80	137	114	45	102
77	Hamilton, ON	133	147	82	90	124	98	90	54	45	82	78
78	Milton, ON	174	154	16	32	30	163	3	110	35	44	54
79	Orillia, ON	62	88	140	83	23	144	135	35	126	77	60
80	Maple Ridge, BC	169	162	53	30	153	47	122	60	149	28	73
81	Petawawa, ON	100	116	80	21	33	22	12	180	114	79	108
82	Caledon, ON	187	168	7	45	60	80	1	110	67	38	48
83	Saint-Jerome, QC	84	82	177	168	24	6	121	75	118	133	116
84	Windsor, ON	145	14	75	74	46	164	47	158	31	169	128
85	North Vancouver, BC	155	187	13	15	116	109	67	60	127	56	2
86	Port Hope, ON	101	138	94	48	83	164	14	160	2	56	25
87	Port Coquitlam, BC	173	167	45	78	135	17	69	60	145	91	57
88	Prince Albert, SK	89	37	81	122	155	65	181	33	102	121	169
89	Dawson Creek, BC	53	97	117	60	142	51	170	141	108	91	54
90	Collingwood, ON	21	152	63	66	86	71	102	86	86	129	47
91	St. Catharines, ON	113	67	121	107	117	164	46	170	16	121	64
92	Cobourg, ON	14	148	114	104	62	119	99	134	7	135	61
93	Ajax, ON	178	116	28	90	68	159	18	110	8	133	79
94	Trois-Rivi?res, QC	97	27	174	167	74	62	62	107	146	152	91
95	Grande Prairie, AB	144	60	11	14	96	152	171	106	85	28	145
96	Coquitlam, BC	165	183	65	72	113	51	59	60	143	61	39
97	Cranbrook, BC	48	161	126	73	172	85	164	17	38	56	136
98	Lloydminster, AB, SK	143	42	26	24	98	115	178	161	119	5	121
99	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC	107	85	133	155	67	44	72	107	140	112	111
100	Richmond, BC	154	184	92	132	5	28	7	60	90	121	35

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

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