Best Places to Retire - 2012

Best Places to Retire 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	Walk/Bike To Work	Affordable Housing	Taxes	Pop. Growth	Health	Crime	Climate	Sport/Hospitals Universities
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1	Kingston, Ont.	12	113	5	65	66	4	43	41
2	Halifax, N.S.	24	94	11	65	116	10	41	16
3	Saanich, B.C.	26	186	3	122	33	22	1	17
4	Victoria, B.C.	1	180	3	104	167	21	2	8
5	Ottawa, Ont.	39	134	5	14	27	46	66	4
6	Courtenay, B.C.	18	160	3	4	125	36	23	95
7	Burlington, Ont.	163	136	5	17	3	79	3	27
8	Joliette, Que.	31	62	12	6	85	5	81	143
9	Rimouski, Que.	16	47	12	81	30	7	110	70
10	Moncton, N.B.	66	13	7	35	98	17	161	61
11	London, Ont.	90	54	5	87	94	20	81	48
12	Vancouver, B.C.	6	190	3	75	123	54	21	1
13	Salmon Arm, B.C.	32	164	3	22	142	23	24	129
14	Kamloops, B.C.	121	139	3	31	156	59	10	79
15	Nanaimo, B.C.	76	169	3	35	155	45	32	55
16	Fredericton, N.B.	50	20	7	30	103	96	142	40
17	Vernon, B.C.	56	177	3	41	159	37	7	133
18	Winnipeg, Man.	99	76	9	58	130	32	104	25
19	Repentigny, Que.	168	74	12	2	13	44	101	63
20	Powell River, B.C.	79	74	3	138	97	53	9	141
21	New Westminster, B.C.	114	166	3	98	136	47	27	5
22	Brandon, Man.	45	31	9	47	137	43	153	69
23	Quebec, Que.	30	118	12	56	38	13	173	12
24	Edmonton, Alta.	108	124	4	68	109	39	94	23
25	Penticton, B.C.	9	169	3	103	165	40	6	124
26	Saint John, N.B.	93	23	7	75	153	30	125	84
27	Levis, Que.	147	83	12	22	18	12	173	45
28	Port Coquitlam, B.C.	173	167	3	17	69	76	47	36
29	Victoriaville, Que.	36	17	12	8	28	56	160	158
30	Regina, Sask.	104	78	6	1	143	58	152	32
31	Oshawa, Ont.	153	71	5	43	18	184	12	41
32	St. John's, Nfld.	117	99	8	14	127	15	167	52
33	Whitby, Ont.	183	112	5	35	18	168	12	26
34	Burnaby, B.C.	150	188	3	41	92	100	26	10
35	Brantford, Ont.	141	58	5	11	104	148	39	92
36	Sherbrooke, Que.	76	72	12	47	38	9	186	48
37	Duncan, B.C.	75	173	3	71	177	66	5	82
38	Newmarket, Ont.	151	143	5	2	7	132	62	32
39	Richmond, B.C.	154	189	3	28	83	110	18	23
40	Charlottetown, P.E.I.	46	94	10	11	128	27	154	82
41	Hamilton, Ont.	133	147	5	98	90	49	53	46
42	Owen Sound, Ont.	54	105	5	164	73	15	79	101
43	Gatineau, Que.	132	56	12	34	76	153	64	6
44	Laval, Que.	174	126	12	17	32	81	70	30
45	Rivi?re-du-Loup, Que.	40	40	12	59	87	8	159	175
46	Oakville, Ont.	167	165	5	44	3	139	17	9
47	St. Albert, Alta.	170	154	4	31	76	24	111	37
48	Grand Falls-Windsor, Nfld.	85	34	8	125	56	1	147	161
49	Stratford, Ont.	5	131	5	125	75	57	98	44
50	Maple Ridge, B.C.	169	162	3	47	122	70	48	46

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

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