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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101	New Westminster, BC	114	166	106	102	145	98	136	60	122	69	14
102	Vaughan, ON	190	176	10	97	19	157	7	110	12	77	50
103	Thompson, MB	28	35	33	139	38	164	189	71	79	82	185
104	Charlottetown, PE	46	94	119	148	61	11	128	46	182	164	35
105	Centre Wellington, ON	105	146	42	34	139	104	2	179	142	22	12
106	Drummondville, QC	97	35	173	174	87	22	86	167	159	65	119
107	Belleville, ON	83	64	137	102	143	129	107	147	27	82	119
108	Rivi?re-du-Loup, QC	40	40	167	179	77	59	87	13	168	149	161
109	Sorel-Tracy, QC	64	33	166	175	65	104	63	150	43	160	148
110	Leamington, ON	47	49	73	111	101	149	15	188	13	96	189
111	Langley, BC	171	169	35	40	150	68	153	60	129	21	65
112	Richmond Hill, ON	186	189	17	58	11	115	83	110	47	129	31
113	Okotoks, AB	152	145	18	4	108	162	115	182	33	16	28
114	Brooks, AB	122	64	25	35	163	75	162	190	96	7	158
115	Brossard, QC	160	123	50	128	21	75	53	75	152	146	20
116	Grand Falls-Windsor, NL	85	34	69	164	66	125	56	1	157	178	179
117	Cambridge, ON	166	90	57	75	114	54	47	161	130	96	133
118	Blainville, QC	184	97	27	144	3	142	26	75	160	102	91
119	Ingersoll, ON	108	55	95	52	121	92	68	186	77	54	121
120	Barrie, ON	162	115	58	26	82	44	65	166	76	167	83
121	Kenora, ON	33	103	89	70	103	129	158	107	29	135	190
122	Timmins, ON	43	3	99	98	40	147	117	152	169	151	179
123	Duncan, BC	75	173	135	69	158	71	177	38	32	112	56
124	Pembroke, ON	57	107	134	123	133	88	89	140	114	100	82
125	Fort St. John, BC	86	100	38	55	95	62	180	174	70	72	179
126	Cold Lake, AB	80	104	19	12	63	147	169	158	109	4	128
127	Vernon, BC	56	177	127	50	184	41	159	32	20	177	106
128	Niagara Falls, ON	102	59	125	86	138	131	43	168	84	117	95
129	Saint-Hyacinthe, QC	22	92	169	173	56	92	53	39	133	143	155
130	Amos, QC	15	18	139	178	43	164	71	3	148	188	171
131	Strathmore, AB	92	86	46	8	162	155	146	98	74	14	185
132	Penticton	9	169	160	101	186	103	165	31	23	121	110
133	Owen Sound, ON	54	105	142	119	105	164	73	16	161	106	74
134	Lachute, QC	41	30	184	188	84	35	119	56	170	129	145
135	Burnaby, BC	150	188	109	131	94	41	92	60	121	138	24
136	Dollard-Des Ormeaux, QC	180	136	41	143	17	122	94	75	92	146	31
137	Markham, ON	189	180	14	49	2	144	7	110	47	156	35
138	Alma, QC	52	26	157	160	37	88	24	95	156	169	188
139	Sylvan Lake, AB	147	121	21	2	147	154	118	98	29	25	121
140	Cowansville, QC	11	53	180	182	70	104	35	2	188	79	174
141	Val-d'Or, QC	38	51	149	152	69	100	114	139	181	33	91
142	Powell River, BC	79	74	153	112	190	138	97	44	83	117	161
143	Elliot Lake, ON	7	8	188	113	84	164	112	178	117	182	87
144	Kelowna, BC	124	185	98	54	168	59	157	85	52	127	52
145	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC	94	43	171	171	79	131	120	46	56	155	169
146	Saguenay, QC	137	63	154	155	25	131	70	103	173	52	142
147	Chatham-Kent, ON	105	24	128	114	151	164	88	184	13	145	163
148	Parksville, BC	37	150	151	96	170	62	45	134	103	121	97
149	Montreal, QC	25	174	165	165	29	115	94	75	94	175	5
150	Tillsonburg, ON	55	68	115	78	141	95	36	171	91	106	163

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

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