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Canada's Top 25 Best Places to Live 2012
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Canada's Best Places to Live
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Nowhere to Go But Up
35 Best Places to Live
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11 Worst Places to Live
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Best Places to Find a Job
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Best Places to Raise Kids
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Overall
rank
City
Prov.
Number of wet days
Total annual precipitation
Days Below 0°C
Ozone¹
Particulate Matter
Air quality
▲
168
Powell River
BC
144
135
1
17
3
2
98
North Vancouver
BC
134
159
2
13
6
23
29
Vancouver
BC
134
159
3
13
6
23
62
Richmond
BC
126
150
4
15
6
27
145
Burnaby
BC
146
175
5
17
5
14
46
New Westminster
BC
148
174
6
17
5
14
151
Surrey
BC
138
163
7
18
7
53
2
Victoria
BC
84
32
8
19
5
25
131
Chilliwack
BC
168
172
9
16
5
14
165
Abbotsford-Mission
BC
153
170
10
15
7
46
44
Langley
BC
153
170
10
19
5
25
91
Delta
BC
91
100
12
15
6
27
124
Coquitlam
BC
169
176
13
15
5
12
57
Maple Ridge
BC
169
178
13
16
5
14
112
Port Coquitlam
BC
169
176
13
15
5
12
172
Port Alberni
BC
159
173
16
19
4
8
36
Nanaimo
BC
142
148
17
19
4
8
163
Prince Rupert
BC
180
180
18
18
3
3
54
Duncan
BC
70
109
19
19
4
8
161
Squamish
BC
176
179
20
14
3
1
132
Parksville
BC
139
141
21
19
4
8
93
Courtenay
BC
162
165
22
17
4
5
175
Campbell River
BC
162
165
22
17
4
5
133
Penticton
BC
19
125
24
19
6
37
118
Chatham-Kent
ON
45
36
25
28
8
163
164
Terrace
BC
177
162
26
18
3
3
26
Windsor
ON
68
55
27
22
10
155
49
Vernon
BC
40
93
28
12
7
36
106
Kamloops
BC
7
138
29
19
6
37
107
Niagara Falls
ON
132
81
30
24
7
102
89
St. Catharines
ON
77
23
31
24
7
102
3
Burlington
ON
36
28
31
21
8
110
47
Leamington
ON
29
43
33
28
8
163
33
Port Hope
ON
33
14
34
27
6
124
4
Kingston
ON
88
78
35
23
8
116
83
Sarnia
ON
70
18
36
24
12
170
55
Belleville
ON
67
38
37
28
6
137
148
Welland
ON
79
94
38
24
7
102
174
Norfolk
ON
72
69
39
31
8
172
116
Owen Sound
ON
157
133
40
28
6
137
94
Collingwood
ON
157
133
40
25
7
132
74
Hamilton
ON
95
48
42
23
9
154
30
Oakville
ON
21
9
43
25
8
143
144
Brockville
ON
85
88
44
23
8
116
28
Cobourg
ON
30
22
45
27
6
124
80
Brantford
ON
49
40
46
26
8
158
90
Cornwall
ON
75
97
47
24
7
102
87
Ingersoll
ON
91
77
48
24
11
160
78
Salmon Arm
BC
76
19
49
20
6
53
32
Mississauga
ON
64
5
50
17
7
48
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