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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154	Edmundston, NB	120	4	178	181	76	164	60	4	180	158	151
179	Prince Rupert, BC	4	48	124	93	165	164	186	157	158	189	151
187	Truro, NS	68	69	164	162	120	115	178	131	172	158	153
152	Welland, ON	128	38	146	117	148	143	43	168	58	138	153
129	Saint-Hyacinthe, QC	22	92	169	173	56	92	53	39	133	143	155
178	Midland, ON	71	130	141	109	129	149	140	126	104	112	156
27	Joliette, QC	31	62	170	177	49	6	85	6	59	112	156
114	Brooks, AB	122	64	25	35	163	75	162	190	96	7	158
183	Bay Roberts, NL	149	70	59	187	55	88	64	189	93	190	159
170	Summerside, PE	88	64	185	146	128	110	162	36	171	82	160
142	Powell River, BC	79	74	153	112	190	138	97	44	83	117	161
108	Rivi?re-du-Loup, QC	40	40	167	179	77	59	87	13	168	149	161
177	Campbellton, AB	73	29	183	190	51	164	134	14	166	187	163
176	Norfolk, ON	103	151	112	94	180	131	41	187	46	54	163
147	Chatham-Kent, ON	105	24	128	114	151	164	88	184	13	145	163
150	Tillsonburg, ON	55	68	115	78	141	95	36	171	91	106	163
173	Miramichi, NB	130	20	162	141	88	164	111	40	174	165	167
185	Thetford Mines, QC	91	16	189	183	106	164	31	128	190	138	168
88	Prince Albert, SK	89	37	81	122	155	65	181	33	102	121	169
145	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC	94	43	171	171	79	131	120	46	56	155	169
130	Amos, QC	15	18	139	178	43	164	71	3	148	188	171
53	Wetaskiwin, AB	41	143	87	50	181	9	181	52	81	2	171
161	Wood Buffalo, AB	157	142	1	16	6	161	171	183	112	38	173
181	Cape Breton, NS	131	1	182	157	78	164	81	102	183	184	174
140	Cowansville, QC	11	53	180	182	70	104	35	2	188	79	174
153	Hawkesbury, ON	23	108	190	186	48	164	147	30	55	102	176
162	Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC	12	7	181	179	92	164	52	124	60	186	176
189	Williams Lake, BC	95	129	123	37	178	164	187	149	100	160	178
125	Fort St. John, BC	86	100	38	55	95	62	180	174	70	72	179
122	Timmins, ON	43	3	99	98	40	147	117	152	169	151	179
116	Grand Falls-Windsor, NL	85	34	69	164	66	125	56	1	157	178	179
171	Temiskaming Shores, ON	10	80	159	110	89	164	138	151	132	129	182
159	Bathurst, NB	117	10	161	184	63	164	123	25	152	149	183
172	Quesnel, BC	146	50	96	76	189	59	184	161	40	181	183
131	Strathmore, AB	92	86	46	8	162	155	146	98	74	14	185
103	Thompson, MB	28	35	33	139	38	164	189	71	79	82	185
164	Shawinigan, QC	65	9	187	185	126	164	108	92	139	117	187
138	Alma, QC	52	26	157	160	37	88	24	95	156	169	188
110	Leamington, ON	47	49	73	111	101	149	15	188	13	96	189
121	Kenora, ON	33	103	89	70	103	129	158	107	29	135	190

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

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