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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19	Repentigny, QC	168	74	60	128	9	2	13	75	123	72	100
26	Lacombe, AB	44	120	29	9	169	17	91	98	75	27	102
175	Chilliwack, BC	139	135	113	57	177	84	130	155	136	112	102
76	Greater Sudbury, ON	116	73	93	98	107	120	80	137	114	45	102
6	Brandon, MB	45	31	110	136	131	47	137	84	66	12	105
68	Woodstock, ON	63	57	111	45	134	51	83	172	82	91	106
127	Vernon, BC	56	177	127	50	184	41	159	32	20	177	106
168	Surrey, BC	179	172	56	61	102	153	144	60	120	82	108
81	Petawawa, ON	100	116	80	21	33	22	12	180	114	79	108
132	Penticton	9	169	160	101	186	103	165	31	23	121	110
43	Estevan, SK	134	43	22	116	72	28	171	185	54	1	111
157	Matane, QC	59	6	186	189	39	164	74	137	111	185	111
99	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC	107	85	133	155	67	44	72	107	140	112	111
60	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	82	2	130	85	111	164	100	143	125	45	114
160	Baie-Comeau , QC	128	4	101	151	17	164	82	56	175	171	114
83	Saint-Jerome, QC	84	82	177	168	24	6	121	75	118	133	116
24	Swift Current, SK	127	10	74	108	161	35	152	88	86	3	117
49	Portage la Prairie, MB	34	12	143	145	185	110	183	128	28	33	117
107	Belleville, ON	83	64	137	102	143	129	107	147	27	82	119
106	Drummondville, QC	97	35	173	174	87	22	86	167	159	65	119
119	Ingersoll, ON	108	55	95	52	121	92	68	186	77	54	121
71	High River, AB	51	126	55	6	154	156	93	98	33	7	121
139	Sylvan Lake, AB	147	121	21	2	147	154	118	98	29	25	121
167	Cornwall, ON	70	38	176	133	122	141	148	156	62	180	121
98	Lloydminster, AB, SK	143	42	26	24	98	115	178	161	119	5	121
165	Brockville, ON	78	83	131	100	124	164	141	125	67	141	121
188	Kawartha Lakes, ON	136	132	108	92	115	164	160	181	77	163	127
84	Windsor, ON	145	14	75	74	46	164	47	158	31	169	128
126	Cold Lake, AB	80	104	19	12	63	147	169	158	109	4	128
174	Abbotsford-Mission, BC	172	157	90	56	179	14	113	153	134	152	128
67	Camrose, AB	58	126	70	35	174	56	145	142	57	25	128
32	Brantford, ON	141	58	91	25	136	11	104	172	26	102	128
59	Saint John, NB	93	23	103	140	71	75	153	37	165	102	133
52	Sarnia, ON	111	19	71	71	132	138	105	154	22	69	133
117	Cambridge, ON	166	90	57	75	114	54	47	161	130	96	133
62	North Bay, ON	27	81	136	106	53	131	57	92	167	19	136
97	Cranbrook, BC	48	161	126	73	172	85	164	17	38	56	136
40	Medicine Hat, AB	158	52	49	17	156	40	101	143	69	61	138
190	New Glasgow, NS	135	28	172	176	75	164	150	132	162	182	138
166	Brampton, ON	188	157	39	95	109	158	16	110	18	154	140
184	Campbell River, BC	119	149	144	76	173	83	161	44	136	168	140
65	Victoriaville, QC	36	17	175	163	99	8	28	41	176	117	142
146	Saguenay, QC	137	63	154	155	25	131	70	103	173	52	142
45	North Battleford, SK	61	41	118	126	176	33	190	86	105	22	142
134	Lachute, QC	41	30	184	188	84	35	119	56	170	129	145
50	Saint-Georges, QC	156	14	150	169	47	54	25	33	138	47	145
95	Grande Prairie, AB	144	60	11	14	96	152	171	106	85	28	145
109	Sorel-Tracy, QC	64	33	166	175	65	104	63	150	43	160	148
180	Sept-Iles, QC	20	45	122	169	22	108	109	95	187	179	148
156	Prince George, BC	124	122	85	64	171	125	176	53	107	106	150

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

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