Best Places to Raise Kids 2012

Best Places to Raise Kids 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. Weightings and categories for this list differ from Best Places to Live ranking. For full methodology, click here.

Click headings to reorder columns. Numbers represent ranking out of 190 cities.

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Overall Rank	City	% of Pop. 14 or Under	Daycare Per 1,000	Students % of Pop.	Average House Price	Household Income	Crime	Health	Jobless Rate	Climate	Culture
								▲
107	Amos	67	1	5	18	139	97	1	188	156	171
134	Grand Falls-Windsor	136	11	11	44	69	50	2	178	153	179
141	Edmundston	186	6	8	8	178	70	3	158	179	151
19	Kingston	139	9	3	102	86	29	4	65	53	44
177	Campbellton	123	6	8	16	183	139	5	187	165	163
85	Joliette	164	1	5	47	170	96	5	112	54	156
75	Rimouski	145	1	5	42	156	60	7	173	110	31
128	Rivi?re-du-Loup	140	1	5	33	167	108	8	149	166	161
58	Sherbrooke	119	1	5	52	158	59	9	72	188	66
35	Halifax	141	10	10	95	79	106	10	42	76	16
148	Bathurst	172	6	8	10	161	132	11	149	153	183
13	Levis	91	1	5	89	88	33	12	10	185	52
56	Quebec	179	1	5	92	138	34	13	28	185	17
176	Corner Brook	148	11	11	98	67	112	14	174	177	94
131	Owen Sound	153	9	3	80	142	42	15	106	160	74
102	St. John's	118	11	11	117	37	142	15	106	183	46
67	Canmore	158	7	4	186	6	104	17	5	98	4
32	Moncton	126	6	8	24	104	110	17	106	176	61
23	Saskatoon	56	12	2	130	47	125	19	38	79	57
43	London	106	9	3	72	76	73	20	160	137	77
115	Victoria	190	8	12	163	179	157	21	79	1	3
61	Saanich	171	8	12	180	64	43	22	68	2	17
111	Salmon Arm	33	8	12	149	152	149	23	96	12	83
5	St. Albert	41	7	4	173	9	94	24	22	44	49
46	Saint-Georges	115	1	5	14	150	38	25	47	150	145
144	Miramichi	98	6	8	15	162	119	26	165	172	167
138	Charlottetown	110	4	9	82	119	144	26	164	180	35
68	Prince Albert	7	12	2	46	81	173	28	121	95	169
167	Summerside	103	4	9	41	185	157	29	82	174	160
50	Saint John	95	6	8	28	103	140	30	102	164	133
137	Kentville	108	10	10	75	163	146	31	47	129	83
84	Wetaskiwin	69	7	4	126	87	180	32	2	80	171
1	Strathcona County	27	7	4	152	4	53	32	17	47	69
6	Winnipeg	80	5	7	87	78	86	32	47	33	44
152	Cowansville	166	1	5	39	180	78	32	79	189	174
147	Courtenay	162	8	12	142	132	124	36	106	87	69
175	Vernon	133	8	12	165	127	169	37	177	15	106
149	Saint-Hyacinthe	141	1	5	61	169	82	38	143	146	155
10	Edmonton	105	7	4	134	40	111	39	33	41	38
181	Penticton	178	8	12	154	160	169	40	121	21	110
139	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	176	1	5	34	171	144	41	155	65	169
133	Cranbrook	99	8	12	147	126	156	42	56	38	136
8	Brandon	75	5	7	35	110	133	43	12	59	105
16	Repentigny	113	1	5	91	60	48	44	72	124	100
135	Nanaimo	170	8	12	155	145	153	45	63	101	50
9	Ottawa	102	9	3	139	36	22	46	60	71	7
120	New Westminster	175	8	12	156	106	133	47	69	115	14
33	Blainville	10	1	5	127	27	40	48	102	158	91
66	Hamilton	103	9	3	131	82	54	49	82	52	78
52	North Battleford	14	12	2	43	118	190	49	22	107	142

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

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