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Canada's Top 25 Best Places to Live 2012
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Overall
rank
City
Prov.
Number of wet days
Total annual precipitation
Days Below 0°C
Ozone¹
Particulate Matter
Air quality
▲
1
Ottawa-Gatineau
ON
112
51
64
22
7
96
2
Victoria
BC
84
32
8
19
5
25
3
Burlington
ON
36
28
31
21
8
110
4
Kingston
ON
88
78
35
23
8
116
5
St. Albert
AB
31
61
122
19
7
58
6
Fredericton
NB
89
145
120
25
4
58
7
Brandon
MB
14
65
168
22
5
50
8
Edmonton
AB
31
61
122
19
7
58
9
Repentigny
QC
100
105
98
19
8
74
10
Winnipeg
MB
28
35
149
18
5
20
11
Moncton
NB
145
153
120
25
4
58
12
Whitehorse
YT
25
143
179
29
5
136
13
Levis
QC
165
155
115
21
8
110
14
London
ON
134
90
55
24
11
160
15
Saskatoon
SK
11
113
157
20
4
18
16
Calgary
AB
13
91
153
19
6
37
17
Laval
QC
86
89
70
19
8
74
18
Guelph
ON
127
63
91
26
8
158
19
Lethbridge
AB
4
103
112
30
4
102
20
Thunder Bay
ON
46
2
167
22
4
30
21
Halifax
NS
137
167
77
17
4
5
22
North Bay
ON
152
99
125
25
4
58
23
Regina
SK
16
102
160
20
5
31
24
Newmarket
ON
43
10
82
28
5
113
25
Quebec City
QC
165
154
115
21
8
110
26
Windsor
ON
68
55
27
22
10
155
27
Canmore
AB
50
64
172
19
6
37
28
Cobourg
ON
30
22
45
27
6
124
29
Vancouver
BC
134
159
3
13
6
23
30
Oakville
ON
21
9
43
25
8
143
31
Waterloo
ON
117
46
86
25
8
143
32
Mississauga
ON
64
5
50
17
7
48
33
Port Hope
ON
33
14
34
27
6
124
34
Centre Wellington
ON
156
67
88
25
8
143
35
Saint-Jerome
QC
63
121
109
19
8
74
36
Nanaimo
BC
142
148
17
19
4
8
37
Joliette
QC
36
98
97
18
8
70
38
Peterborough
ON
102
16
105
27
6
124
39
Yellowknife
NW
22
137
178
24
5
64
40
Woodstock
ON
80
75
62
24
11
160
41
Clarington
ON
46
20
58
23
8
116
42
Rimouski
QC
122
52
110
24
6
81
43
Thompson
MB
58
30
180
18
5
20
44
Langley
BC
153
170
10
19
5
25
45
Oshawa
ON
52
24
64
23
8
116
46
New Westminster
BC
148
174
6
17
5
14
47
Leamington
ON
29
43
33
28
8
163
48
Pickering
ON
52
24
64
23
8
116
49
Vernon
BC
40
93
28
12
7
36
50
Swift Current
SK
12
114
136
27
3
64
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