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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40	Medicine Hat, AB	158	52	49	17	156	40	101	143	69	61	138
39	Moose Jaw, SK	74	31	97	120	157	95	133	146	72	19	88
38	Yellowknife, NT	2	94	5	1	58	101	187	42	146	121	8
37	Halton Hills, ON	161	159	12	38	54	22	3	110	42	63	74
36	London, ON	90	54	76	66	42	87	94	26	128	160	77
35	Victoria, BC	1	180	179	86	175	104	167	19	4	79	3
34	Yorkton, SK	87	25	120	127	159	68	185	94	73	52	22
33	Rimouski, QC	16	47	156	159	34	81	30	11	113	173	31
32	Brantford, ON	141	58	91	25	136	11	104	172	26	102	128
31	Guelph, ON	72	141	54	58	90	47	28	127	123	28	42
30	Saskatoon, SK	67	125	47	63	152	75	151	27	89	38	57
29	Canmore, AB	3	178	6	3	144	110	76	7	101	5	4
28	Gatineau, QC	132	56	77	147	16	34	76	148	63	91	10
27	Joliette, QC	31	62	170	177	49	6	85	6	59	112	156
26	Lacombe, AB	44	120	29	9	169	17	91	98	75	27	102
25	Lethbridge, AB	112	77	61	20	167	71	125	130	61	10	88
24	Swift Current, SK	127	10	74	108	161	35	152	88	86	3	117
23	Quebec, QC	30	118	138	150	7	56	38	22	184	28	17
22	Oshawa, ON	153	71	66	43	57	43	18	175	9	127	66
21	Levis, QC	147	83	88	138	12	22	18	22	184	10	52
20	Clarington, ON	185	114	34	18	45	9	18	175	16	65	100
19	Repentigny, QC	168	74	60	128	9	2	13	75	123	72	100
18	Moncton, NB	66	13	104	141	26	35	98	21	177	106	61
17	Oakville, ON	167	165	2	30	14	44	3	110	1	91	13
16	Whitby, ON	183	112	24	39	35	35	18	175	9	82	40
15	Saanich, BC	26	186	64	19	160	122	33	19	6	68	17
14	Calgary, AB	123	119	8	7	59	95	37	59	71	42	25
13	Newmarket, ON	151	143	15	66	32	2	7	110	19	82	40
12	St. Albert, AB	170	154	9	10	100	31	76	46	50	22	49
11	Strathcona County, AB	177	91	4	13	104	85	58	46	53	17	69
10	Winnipeg, MB	99	76	78	124	112	58	130	46	36	47	44
9	Red Deer, AB	126	87	31	11	149	17	168	72	44	17	83
8	Edmonton, AB	108	124	40	22	92	68	109	46	41	33	38
7	Fredericton, NB	50	20	83	134	72	30	103	74	154	47	30
6	Brandon, MB	45	31	110	136	131	47	137	84	66	12	105
5	Regina, SK	104	78	43	81	130	1	143	73	94	9	27
4	Halifax, NS	24	94	79	130	8	65	116	9	88	42	16
3	Kingston, ON	12	113	86	47	110	65	66	4	51	65	44
2	Burlington, ON	163	136	20	29	44	17	3	54	2	38	34
1	Ottawa, ON	39	134	36	43	15	14	27	18	65	60	7

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

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