Best Places To Live 2009

6 44 27 23 2 99 99 125 87 143 47 147 94 65 78 103 52 101 25

21 5 94 62 104 17 84 52 38 27 112 28 96 11 57 40 84 2 88 142 7 9 81 62 20 6 99 97 144 41 49 60 78 67 94 19 49 45 65 86 102 59 17 90 96 104 142 39 100 32 61 69 92 76 47 40 107 93 124 64 134 82 84 59 100 23 30 2 83 61 1 11 88 133 9 8 1 14 5 22 100 124 119 6 132 66 22 26 87 91 49 24 40 56 1 92 134 57 41 21 1 131 54 119 97 90 136 50 137 42 21 30 145 154

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53 110 10 114 77 35 111 51 52 21 33 103 29 43 128 48 123 71 121

Public transit use

29 46 71 25 138 132 124 31 16 58 79 57 133 145 56 87 68 55 36

Population growth

70 95 74 34 113 123 75 28 87 14 113 45 141 115 109 128 66 31 29

Low homicide rate

145 68 64 60 151 20 13 38 48 43 30 150 47 85 79 25 42 108 23

Health professionals

Doctors per thousand

Low violent crime rate

Air quality

145 109 81 125 150 19 16 45 61 37 53 154 62 87 108 28 50 120 49

Low crime rate

Days below 0°C

% pop. walk/bike to work

Precipitation

3 5 5 5 3 6 6 3 5 3 5 1 4 6 5 5 5 1 5

Rain/snow days

2 5 5 5 2 11 11 9 5 9 5 4 12 10 5 5 5 4 5

Lifestyle

Time to buy a house

135 13 23 40 101 61 16 40 47 31 19 53 55 37 51 32 85 88 111 9 28 110 63 3 27 23 8 52 61 61 33 40 107 61 29 20 76 96

Provincial sales tax

20 24 41 9 42 95 81 79 63 124 43 8 82 94 18 68 64 7 69

Provincial income tax

New cars on road

46 22 45 9 44 88 73 74 64 104 41 8 57 60 27 91 67 21 35

Unemployment rate

Discretionary income

CMA CMA CMA City City CMA CA CMA CMA CA CMA CA City CMA CMA CA CA CMA CA

Average household income

City

Overall rank

1 Victoria 2 Ottawa 3 Kingston 4 Burlington 5 Vancouver 6 Moncton 7 Fredericton 8 Winnipeg 9 Peterborough 10 Brandon 11 London 12 Canmore 13 Levis 14 Halifax 15 Guelph 16 North Bay 17 Woodstock 18 Edmonton 19 Leamington

Weather and air quality

Average house price

Affordable housing

Prosperity

26 22 23 1 62 39 26 27 22 1 16 57 39 49 75 16 41 63 57 41 41 28 68 126 15 36 62 17 12 30 85 34 12 81 54 23 17 154

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20 Waterloo 21 Quebec 22 Cobourg 23 Lethbridge 24 Joliette 25 Whitehorse 26 Calgary 27 Centre Wellington 28 Laval 29 Vernon 30 Ingersoll 31 Windsor 32 Salmon Arm 33 Mississauga 34 Dawson Creek 35 Cold Lake 36 Thunder Bay 37 Richmond 38 Fort St. John 39 Stratford 40 Saskatoon 41 Camrose 42 Orillia 43 Port Hope 44 Oakville 45 Courtenay 46 Rimouski 47 Saint-Georges 48 Yellowknife 49 Wetaskiwin 50 Brooks 51 Portage la Prairie 52 Tillsonburg 53 Collingwood 54 Sault Ste. Marie 55 Sherbrooke 56 Oshawa 57 Regina 58 Red Deer

City City CA CA CA CA CMA CA City CA CA CMA CA City CA CA CMA City CA CA CMA CA CA CA City CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CMA City CMA CA

13 110 71 65 136 29 7 17 55 89 56 37 108 12 80 16 76 53 19 69 62 79 82 47 2 85 124 119 4 96 20 134 78 30 86 125 33 51 18

13 113 83 29 133 2 1 32 73 101 59 30 103 52 34 17 45 40 37 70 49 50 71 48 4 111 114 147 3 36 22 128 77 97 67 131 35 47 19

36 11 53 118 56 1 10 90 20 122 35 29 132 13 75 34 133 2 5 123 147 84 38 59 7 143 39 58 45 98 25 145 109 78 128 44 15 138 26

79 48 113 16 75 120 15 14 61 28 38 143 38 96 28 4 79 28 10 45 26 20 73 56 56 36 129 32 79 4 6 32 75 104 61 85 123 24 32

5 12 5 4 12 3 4 5 12 2 5 5 2 5 2 4 5 2 2 5 7 4 5 5 5 2 12 12 1 4 4 9 5 5 5 12 5 7 4

5 4 5 1 4 1 1 5 4 3 5 5 3 5 3 1 5 3 3 5 2 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 4 5 2 1

101 62 105 86 55 112 135 117 94 133 50 23 138 126 72 113 14 150 99 100 104 118 76 115 146 124 68 20 134 114 46 3 35 116 8 57 67 80 107

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39 84 122 91 101 97 86 81 92 141 36 6 146 83 69 65 10 153 46 118 117 131 89 123 106 137 109 27 55 130 16 5 28 105 3 94 33 71 62

100 141 30 4 34 25 13 131 72 38 77 57 63 53 36 27 43 108 23 111 11 8 92 32 21 138 105 50 22 17 5 6 52 133 127 149 46 16 18

41 133 21 90 86 122 80 60 78 82 70 49 19 5 48 74 2 129 59 104 96 54 95 14 10 143 47 81 117 40 98 30 88 113 33 125 23 89 44

73 94 37 91 80 154 128 75 59 21 40 20 41 42 144 134 142 3 111 60 132 129 63 26 35 15 90 117 153 150 126 126 52 32 98 117 54 135 137

120 88 100 88 61 112 30 120 64 35 134 129 43 41 116 94 24 22 117 120 15 88 108 100 120 5 68 153 55 88 56 47 146 108 64 104 96 25 25

26 27 13 101 28 18 109 95 147 50 98 131 29 149 47 73 87 137 78 4 61 52 56 92 145 17 15 138 1 37 108 31 49 20 75 69 136 94 112

23 27 77 103 49 132 44 6 17 118 55 82 115 11 146 135 88 69 136 63 117 116 101 37 7 134 23 15 152 150 112 147 46 106 73 29 19 120 108

18 51 82 92 25 136 44 4 42 115 48 56 107 13 133 134 105 24 143 17 131 88 130 50 9 117 23 28 150 147 137 146 78 89 91 15 34 120 114

109 1 146 125 1 152 137 1 80 118 1 106 1 107 153 1 113 101 1 1 139 1 129 1 81 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 147 1 97 95 133 1

128 14 98 102 3 34 60 136 52 30 149 124 22 83 73 12 94 41 141 27 20 107 51 145 83 25 8 26 69 38 153 143 134 55 115 13 139 58 70

142 26 74 47 6 99 117 96 91 44 145 63 32 144 67 154 17 131 151 112 36 7 97 90 143 37 8 55 129 20 152 1 116 62 42 19 133 65 75

80 70 21 23 44 7 100 1 2 3 6 44 39 29 80 60 106 20 34 79 64 44 30 44 111 23 90 38 90 50 66 125 34 7 98 19 84 102 116

35 14 69 69 91 51 1 100 13 112 152 55 123 1 128 134 50 18 128 71 46 138 60 86 11 80 105 141 96 127 151 146 144 111 42 33 26 38 45

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59 Hamilton City 60 Sarnia CA 61 Brantford CMA 62 Swift Current CA 63 Kitchener City 64 St. John's CMA 65 St. Catharines - NiagaraCMA 66 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA 67 Whitby City 68 Yorkton CA 69 Greater Sudbury CMA 70 Penticton CA 71 Nanaimo CA 72 Saint-Hyacinthe CA 73 Kawartha Lakes CA 74 Vaughan City 75 Duncan CA 76 Parksville CA 77 Richmond Hill City 78 Pembroke CA 79 Toronto City 80 Estevan CA 81 Kamloops CA 82 Medicine Hat CA 83 Owen Sound CA 84 Trois-Rivières CMA 85 Rivière-du-Loup CA 86 Cornwall CA 87 Rouyn-Noranda CA 88 Thompson CA 89 Midland CA 90 Grande Prairie CA 91 North Battleford CA 92 Kenora CA 93 Charlottetown CA 94 Burnaby City 95 Cranbrook CA 96 Kelowna CMA 97 Amos CA

43 39 49 109 38 63 66 100 11 147 54 118 102 140 58 3 92 106 6 97 26 31 75 40 103 143 131 130 126 25 84 10 139 50 99 72 90 59 111

51 58 27 119 39 121 78 123 6 122 61 117 92 143 72 15 98 102 11 87 84 60 46 26 88 130 139 99 137 54 56 10 105 38 109 89 65 66 141

110 91 119 144 89 14 121 72 18 154 100 139 60 42 103 9 136 129 12 137 17 97 116 70 114 82 83 105 54 67 86 6 149 81 134 50 125 96 62

103 108 88 7 75 128 120 48 56 26 61 48 96 61 134 40 61 60 61 88 126 1 73 16 75 129 120 108 96 71 96 10 16 113 126 40 20 48 152

5 5 5 7 5 6 5 12 5 7 5 2 2 12 5 5 2 2 5 5 5 7 2 4 5 12 12 5 12 9 5 4 7 5 8 2 2 2 12

5 5 5 2 5 6 5 4 5 2 5 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 1 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 1 2 5 7 3 3 3 4

90 24 73 15 101 40 54 65 106 6 59 136 132 71 44 143 137 129 139 70 141 27 110 103 91 10 56 11 31 95 79 98 39 75 47 150 131 149 34

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70 11 53 17 93 26 45 74 29 14 41 147 142 119 32 90 144 140 78 82 132 8 125 102 116 19 98 18 52 49 99 21 73 58 54 154 139 152 44

80 59 44 12 100 153 64 68 46 24 97 19 120 78 87 37 132 117 98 103 73 15 7 3 133 76 140 62 119 49 85 33 9 58 143 126 2 39 65

43 18 35 97 41 147 22 100 23 65 39 107 127 102 16 7 9 121 36 11 15 73 118 105 113 112 72 85 28 27 106 67 93 3 128 151 84 92 50

34 28 38 114 73 93 23 49 54 138 107 17 11 64 87 68 81 14 46 115 44 121 22 96 32 89 109 39 141 155 48 131 133 108 79 4 85 66 146

128 144 132 56 120 36 86 108 96 25 75 30 8 151 100 80 8 8 80 130 80 25 30 56 113 75 68 86 137 17 42 49 75 17 104 13 43 43 137

118 100 127 113 126 104 115 97 150 79 103 8 69 21 122 154 68 34 151 51 54 120 107 140 48 88 36 64 16 25 65 130 55 30 41 134 43 110 14

50 78 93 102 23 70 42 51 19 144 39 124 126 1 62 3 131 123 3 87 36 113 129 81 59 33 32 90 52 153 109 128 154 140 91 89 121 119 28

71 76 99 74 18 74 22 33 34 129 68 126 118 1 108 5 140 65 5 83 80 101 122 66 72 29 55 116 49 154 108 123 153 148 63 77 110 119 60

121 127 88 1 109 1 86 1 95 1 131 128 99 117 1 89 1 1 89 1 138 1 98 1 1 135 1 1 1 154 1 1 1 1 1 120 151 105 1

62 118 138 36 128 16 133 95 139 77 101 37 47 29 146 83 49 111 83 114 83 150 57 120 18 79 10 125 93 113 109 135 61 103 40 41 24 67 7

59 68 87 78 140 23 95 58 119 27 61 46 57 54 60 148 85 45 134 41 127 135 80 76 25 50 15 94 101 132 9 137 11 22 31 115 88 93 3

71 110 34 112 3 50 64 49 121 125 90 58 7 72 7 122 12 33 118 54 105 125 54 67 82 72 26 94 106 76 41 117 125 125 77 53 125 44 125

25 73 51 141 29 54 61 31 20 109 32 93 53 85 116 24 101 88 15 90 1 152 44 73 83 66 148 65 88 121 132 82 144 98 120 1 84 59 114

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98 Cambridge City 99 Brockville CA 100 Montreal City 101 Barrie CMA 102 Chatham-Kent CA 103 Sorel-Tracy CA 104 Okotoks CA 105 Moose Jaw CA 106 Belleville CA 107 Saint John CMA 108 Timmins CA 109 Coquitlam City 110 Salaberry-de-ValleyfieldCA 111 Longueuil City 112 Petawawa CA 113 Corner Brook CA 114 Cowansville CA 115 Dolbeau-Mistassini CA 116 Markham City 117 Grand Falls-Windsor CA 118 Temiskaming Shores CA 119 Surrey City 120 Sept-Îles CA 121 Squamish CA 122 Lloydminster CA 123 Brampton City 124 Abbotsford CMA 125 Powell River CA 126 Alma CA 127 Kentville CA 128 Drummondville CA 129 Bathurst CA 130 Saguenay CMA 131 Wood Buffalo CA 132 Terrace CA 133 Lachute CA 134 Victoriaville CA 135 Baie-Comeau CA 136 Chilliwack CA

28 83 141 24 87 129 14 128 94 93 61 36 137 114 42 113 146 148 5 117 115 32 101 34 23 15 52 120 123 132 138 133 122 1 105 152 144 70 81

21 91 120 16 74 134 12 115 93 106 53 28 146 107 31 144 135 153 5 151 86 62 116 57 23 33 90 112 132 140 142 126 127 14 75 150 148 118 85

65 91 24 40 126 80 22 148 127 77 52 49 73 48 87 46 74 99 4 131 63 41 37 106 21 68 112 152 69 116 94 66 32 3 57 108 101 31 124

88 92 144 61 135 123 2 71 113 85 113 16 118 104 79 146 56 149 110 149 118 24 139 45 7 104 45 53 140 79 123 140 132 10 137 79 92 148 53

5 5 12 5 5 12 4 7 5 11 5 2 12 12 5 6 12 12 5 6 5 2 12 2 4 5 2 2 12 10 12 11 12 4 2 12 12 12 2

5 5 4 5 5 4 1 2 5 6 5 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 3 4 3 1 5 3 3 4 6 4 6 4 1 3 4 4 4 3

96 82 123 111 13 32 142 38 92 25 12 150 36 83 88 42 84 4 144 26 43 140 22 148 122 121 128 85 33 66 52 1 21 147 69 60 64 7 119

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57 100 143 77 15 56 127 63 114 24 4 149 66 121 67 59 129 9 115 40 61 135 22 148 112 95 134 126 51 110 103 2 34 87 88 124 113 1 133

121 71 68 67 42 41 1 10 56 93 137 145 55 84 103 152 93 89 98 86 110 116 118 150 20 53 129 122 89 96 82 83 89 48 151 102 123 112 144

69 77 100 1 32 76 26 94 34 142 13 152 64 99 11 137 111 51 36 110 4 141 126 153 83 6 148 115 51 131 120 103 51 63 140 123 119 91 149

62 36 49 70 18 72 145 119 29 84 151 9 58 30 115 69 61 122 45 102 136 5 138 13 140 42 8 1 124 51 71 104 122 149 19 83 105 130 7

120 96 64 108 137 61 30 25 113 68 137 13 113 64 130 56 149 63 80 56 137 46 68 1 95 119 39 2 68 36 148 75 68 23 3 145 152 68 12

144 71 23 141 95 58 135 67 76 84 39 143 85 124 91 74 10 11 153 77 9 148 19 99 129 152 146 72 46 128 88 104 123 139 44 37 33 114 125

23 92 68 60 74 47 85 122 98 104 66 71 56 45 2 48 34 53 3 13 18 110 58 138 137 11 95 114 14 75 43 105 16 133 145 64 35 72 125

18 95 79 37 52 30 45 97 102 128 106 36 69 39 2 47 32 12 5 43 58 111 87 127 138 13 64 95 3 112 54 113 46 125 149 81 11 53 103

109 1 132 115 1 123 1 1 1 114 1 93 1 116 1 143 1 1 89 1 1 140 1 149 141 107 83 1 1 1 1 1 85 1 1 1 122 1 130

128 99 52 127 147 119 144 105 110 33 121 41 66 52 152 9 4 68 83 1 96 41 56 108 123 83 126 46 82 5 132 21 72 148 75 31 90 78 117

138 13 89 122 108 34 113 14 106 38 82 126 30 83 98 12 66 64 139 2 81 109 84 147 149 150 124 40 56 70 107 4 49 153 79 73 72 86 118

30 94 78 115 106 103 124 125 50 125 125 98 90 97 85 85 104 125 120 94 125 101 109 30 83 123 11 125 125 68 3 125 125 119 125 85 58 125 34

47 113 1 43 106 66 56 115 68 37 40 12 92 1 136 108 97 119 10 107 75 19 147 58 136 21 79 87 149 72 95 122 64 9 103 116 128 109 93

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137 Prince George 138 La Tuque 139 Thetford Mines 140 Granby 141 Prince Albert 142 Val-d'Or 143 Shawinigan 144 Truro 145 Miramichi 146 Summerside 147 Port Alberni 148 Prince Rupert 149 Norfolk 150 Cape Breton 151 Campbell River 152 Williams Lake 153 Quesnel 154 New Glasgow

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

48 151 154 116 112 121 153 135 142 149 127 107 68 150 98 95 77 145

25 136 154 108 96 129 152 138 125 110 104 44 76 149 100 55 80 145

95 43 115 79 153 71 140 120 88 150 151 142 146 112 130 104 140 93

113 149 92 131 96 96 145 104 152 137 92 146 132 154 110 85 135 140

2 12 12 12 7 12 12 10 11 8 2 2 5 10 2 2 2 10

3 89 80 4 5 12 4 9 31 4 78 111 2 74 104 4 48 75 4 30 96 6 41 76 6 18 37 7 29 72 3 93 128 3 77 107 5 130 136 6 2 7 3 127 138 3 97 120 3 58 50 6 17 35

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107 79 147 136 26 148 51 125 106 130 135 154 60 146 138 40 61 81

8 61 139 136 75 45 108 130 116 109 150 154 62 146 143 66 20 135

112 120 97 67 152 148 91 86 110 76 10 12 31 82 15 113 106 76

117 49 153 149 15 137 127 36 75 104 8 3 146 85 5 126 39 104

110 7 83 102 81 35 59 62 116 80 63 3 93 117 106 86 132 121

139 86 10 31 142 67 54 141 76 111 143 149 30 80 130 151 148 127

142 135 16 38 139 100 85 141 73 84 144 152 41 94 121 151 145 132

103 1 1 1 150 148 1 126 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 134

65 142 74 100 35 116 81 112 48 32 122 97 151 80 71 104 137 106

105 125 18 120 28 102 24 104 16 39 92 141 100 5 136 130 146 69

125 125 125 17 125 125 112 85 125 125 112 125 74 125 60 125 125 125

77 135 131 104 123 138 77 143 125 149 101 48 133 76 62 99 116 140

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18 11 33 75 114 9 36 8 55 76 109 93 55 66 50 123 71 21 152 7 52 103 42 16 10 41 19 124 12 138 141 83 126 24 80 47 50 23 83

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59 99 103 105 71 37 61 87 38 14 74 77 35 125 87 46 27 27 22 48 2 109 68 121 53 62 132 77 67 151 115 136 102 154 34 17 106 42 140

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N N Y N N N N N N Y N N N Y N Y N N N N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N

116 85 1 73 133 97 31 65 86 101 144 31 128 20 87 60 138 133 26 109 145 82 112 14 121 119 99 112 150 62 87 146 97 148 45 92 106 93 70

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130 143 128 79 136 69 142 116 126 130 38 120 135 118 106 147 149 95

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5.8617 3.0255 2.9797 2.9069 7.3049 2.1856 1.9632 2.5829 2.7543 2.6871 2.4612 6.9318 2.7075 3.1913 3.1142 2.4203 2.6463 3.4478 2.3182 2.5869 3.1779 3.7573 3.2559 3.3636 3.3139 3.2002

154.2 163.4 156.2 130.2 170.4 174.5 156.6 123.5 160.7 114.1 170.4 141.0 181.9 171.2 166.6 176.5 153.5 125.8 124.2 164.4 181.9 124.4 102.0 130.2 122.2 113.6

883.3 914.2 960.1 878.9 1,275.5 1,223.2 1,143.3 513.7 840.3 472.0 987.1 472.3 1,230.3 1,452.2 923.2 1,007.7 954.0 476.9 894.4 907.9 1,230.3 871.7 386.3 1,006.2 267.4 412.6

52.6 153.4 136.5 129.2 35.4 178.0 178.0 194.0 171.9 203.5 148.0 206.4 175.9 157.3 161.1 180.0 152.5 178.6 129.3 160.4 175.9 143.7 173.7 166.2 225.0 196.0

19 22 23 21 13 25 25 18 27 22 24 19 21 17 26 25 24 19 28 25 21 27 30 18 29 19

Particulate matter 2.5

444,222 272,672 227,896 323,556 560,953 147,517 139,265 182,814 200,035 173,685 192,668 773,930 200,134 234,063 272,055 161,908 189,146 310,974 188,560 262,587 200,134 266,840 233,819 193,360 282,930 362,557

Ozone (parts per billion)

3.3 4.8 5.6 4.8 4.2 5.3 4.6 4.3 6.3 3.0 7.0 2.2 3.8 5.2 5.6 4.8 5.6 3.7 6.5 6.0 5.1 7.1 3.6 5.9 7.4 3.5

Days below 0°C (annual)

12.13 19.96 14.33 20.81 17.22 20.39 16.70 17.06 15.02 13.65 19.34 16.40 19.43 22.73 16.44 18.63 14.22 19.20 15.78 18.44 21.98 16.95 13.48 16.62 90.02 22.45

Precipitation (ml/year)

Unemployment rate (%)

29.1513 28.8777 28.1190 29.9613 28.1062 26.7861 27.2022 27.2214 27.5328 25.4533 28.0866 30.1012 27.1571 26.7939 29.6066 27.4497 27.5253 30.1565 27.4358 29.9177 25.9650 27.1125 28.5682 24.9069 31.2449 31.3153

Rain/snow days (annual)

New cars on road (% of all cars)

75,784 90,125 76,482 111,307 76,791 67,494 70,939 70,779 72,626 64,636 78,283 111,650 73,918 73,345 87,359 66,897 71,476 90,196 81,339 101,505 62,977 71,019 71,814 57,486 85,377 113,293

Time to buy (years)

Discretionary income (% of total income)

CMA CMA CA CMA City CMA CMA City CMA City City CMA City CMA CA City CMA CA CA City CMA CA CMA CA CA City

Average household income ($)

City

Rank

1 Victoria 2 Ottawa 3 Kingston 4 Burlington 5 Vancouver 6 Moncton 7 Fredericton 8 Winnipeg 9 Peterborough 10 Brandon 11 London 12 Canmore 13 Levis 14 Halifax 15 Guelph 16 North Bay 17 Woodstock 18 Edmonton 19 Leamington 20 Waterloo 21 Quebec 22 Cobourg 23 Lethbridge 24 Joliette 25 Whitehorse 26 Calgary

Weather and air quality

Average house price ($)

Affordable housing

Prosperity

5 7 8 8 6 4 4 5 6 5 11 6 8 4 8 4 11 7 8 8 8 6 4 8 5 6

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27 Centre Wellington 28 Laval 29 Vernon 30 Ingersoll 31 Windsor 32 Salmon Arm 33 Mississauga 34 Dawson Creek 35 Cold Lake 36 Thunder Bay 37 Richmond 38 Fort St. John 39 Stratford 40 Saskatoon 41 Camrose 42 Orillia 43 Port Hope 44 Oakville 45 Courtenay 46 Rimouski 47 Saint-Georges 48 Yellowknife 49 Wetaskiwin 50 Brooks 51 Portage la Prairie 52 Tillsonburg 53 Collingwood 54 Sault Ste. Marie 55 Sherbrooke 56 Oshawa 57 Regina 58 Red Deer 59 Hamilton 60 Sarnia 61 Brantford 62 Swift Current 63 Kitchener 64 St. John's 65 St. Catharines - Niagara

CA 94,756 28.4003 14.76 CMA 74,328 27.3908 20.17 CMA 67,153 26.4396 13.34 CA 74,152 27.6702 18.60 City 80,756 28.5452 19.20 CA 63,136 26.4192 12.42 CMA 103,611 27.8358 21.91 CA 69,052 28.3670 15.86 CMA 94,986 29.6191 18.61 CA 69,962 27.9838 12.41 CA 74,462 28.1405 31.13 CMA 92,328 28.2785 26.15 CA 71,406 27.4347 13.23 CA 72,956 27.8634 10.79 CA 69,100 27.8596 15.15 CA 67,957 27.4129 18.27 CA 75,462 27.8962 16.48 CA 147,515 30.9697 23.01 CA 67,595 26.0019 11.52 CA 59,630 25.9131 18.24 City 60,634 24.3774 16.54 CA 127,500 31.0376 17.76 City 66,380 28.2962 14.46 City 90,841 28.9396 19.63 City 57,617 25.2443 10.99 CA 69,334 27.2637 14.14 CA 85,266 26.6636 15.60 City 67,571 27.4556 12.80 CMA 59,500 25.1328 17.80 CMA 82,625 28.3631 21.20 CA 74,530 27.9230 11.98 CMA 92,836 29.4035 19.52 CA 77,009 27.8539 13.85 City 79,735 27.6892 14.74 CA 75,132 28.7600 13.47 CA 63,079 25.8089 11.13 CMA 80,582 28.1514 14.81 CA 72,900 25.7435 21.34 City 71,641 27.2553 13.41

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3.4 5.6 4.1 4.7 9.3 4.7 6.5 4.1 2.5 6.0 4.1 3.2 4.9 4.0 3.7 5.8 5.4 5.4 4.5 8.0 4.3 6.0 2.5 2.7 4.3 5.9 6.8 5.6 6.2 7.5 3.9 4.3 6.6 6.9 6.3 2.9 5.9 7.8 7.4

295,840 242,200 358,280 189,146 150,506 378,090 326,313 210,760 283,560 134,867 560,953 248,650 260,850 266,411 297,730 218,847 286,790 508,172 322,610 205,860 147,560 362,263 285,800 184,450 102,367 169,031 293,000 118,552 194,077 203,988 227,818 271,724 235,207 155,104 211,125 135,720 262,587 176,500 192,851

3.1221 3.2585 5.3353 2.5508 1.8637 5.9885 3.1494 3.0522 2.9853 1.9277 7.5334 2.6931 3.6531 3.6517 4.3087 3.2204 3.8005 3.4449 4.7727 3.4523 2.4336 2.8413 4.3055 2.0305 1.7767 2.4379 3.4363 1.7545 3.2618 2.4688 3.0567 2.9269 3.0543 1.9452 2.8101 2.1516 3.2586 2.4211 2.6919

178.0 155.2 135.0 157.0 146.7 149.7 145.5 130.6 123.2 139.5 166.1 120.9 169.4 111.9 108.8 161.3 128.1 117.3 181.4 165.3 143.0 118.9 115.4 103.6 104.3 144.8 178.4 175.3 192.2 142.1 114.5 115.7 157.7 147.1 140.6 112.1 164.4 215.6 151.0

938.5 987.0 409.9 958.9 918.3 551.1 792.7 482.0 426.6 711.6 1,199.0 465.6 1,064.2 350.0 477.7 1,043.2 832.0 808.7 1,451.5 915.0 989.2 280.2 499.2 348.0 514.5 1,009.7 1,100.1 888.7 1,144.1 877.9 388.1 487.2 910.1 846.8 892.3 349.1 907.9 1,513.7 873.6

160.5 153.8 123.7 145.5 122.8 145.8 146.2 204.2 199.2 203.3 45.9 185.1 154.1 198.9 197.1 156.7 132.7 143.1 106.4 173.0 189.0 222.2 210.1 194.8 194.8 152.5 141.4 177.7 189.0 153.4 199.6 200.4 142.1 137.7 144.5 188.6 160.4 174.0 129.2

25 19 12 24 22 20 17 20 28 22 15 20 25 20 30 25 27 25 17 24 32 24 30 27 22 31 25 27 24 23 20 20 23 24 26 27 25 24 24

8 8 7 11 10 6 7 11 5 4 6 11 8 4 4 7 6 8 4 6 9 5 4 3 5 8 7 4 8 8 5 5 9 12 8 3 8 4 7

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66 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 67 Whitby 68 Yorkton 69 Greater Sudbury 70 Penticton 71 Nanaimo 72 Saint-Hyacinthe 73 Kawartha Lakes 74 Vaughan 75 Duncan 76 Parksville 77 Richmond Hill 78 Pembroke 79 Toronto 80 Estevan 81 Kamloops 82 Medicine Hat 83 Owen Sound 84 Trois-Rivières 85 Rivière-du-Loup 86 Cornwall 87 Rouyn-Noranda 88 Thompson 89 Midland 90 Grande Prairie 91 North Battleford 92 Kenora 93 Charlottetown 94 Burnaby 95 Cranbrook 96 Kelowna 97 Amos 98 Cambridge 99 Brockville 100 Montreal 101 Barrie 102 Chatham-Kent 103 Sorel-Tracy 104 Okotoks

CA CA City CA CA CA CA City CA CA CMA CA CA CA CA CA City CA CA CA City CMA CA CMA CA CA City CA CA CA CA CA CMA CA CA CA CA CA CA

65,459 110,269 54,385 74,413 60,840 65,303 56,892 73,738 135,354 66,765 63,892 121,823 66,098 87,823 84,615 70,692 78,800 64,822 56,556 58,143 58,249 59,307 88,151 67,806 110,323 56,906 75,004 65,679 70,964 66,982 73,374 62,663 85,882 67,923 56,729 88,260 67,521 58,679 101,052

25.6787 30.8881 25.6964 27.6645 25.8300 26.8609 24.5817 27.3956 29.7420 26.6232 26.4290 29.9574 27.0205 27.1068 27.6689 27.9268 28.7919 26.9662 25.1697 24.7442 26.6150 24.8149 27.7546 27.7085 29.9602 26.2398 28.1745 26.1606 26.9334 27.5104 27.4689 24.6717 28.9455 26.8745 25.7523 29.6306 27.3737 24.8777 29.9430

15.98 5.1 201,800 3.0828 154.1 20.56 5.4 269,852 2.4472 142.1 8.30 4.0 107,822 1.9826 121.0 14.36 5.6 196,563 2.6415 163.9 11.93 5.1 376,070 6.1813 115.8 16.47 6.5 351,800 5.3872 173.4 17.96 5.6 208,290 3.6611 157.1 14.32 8.6 181,708 2.4642 160.7 22.72 4.8 438,968 3.2431 133.6 12.12 5.6 377,680 5.6569 178.3 12.59 5.5 331,220 5.1841 172.2 21.97 5.6 378,812 3.1095 164.1 12.06 6.3 207,880 3.1450 165.2 20.58 7.6 387,482 4.4121 155.9 14.54 1.1 161,250 1.9057 114.4 13.53 5.8 272,831 3.8594 107.1 16.08 3.6 266,311 3.3796 99.3 13.58 5.9 235,300 3.6299 178.4 15.26 8.0 123,583 2.1851 156.7 15.20 7.4 193,650 3.3306 181.6 14.27 6.9 127,012 2.1805 149.5 16.92 6.5 165,980 2.7987 173.1 16.22 5.7 243,390 2.7611 142.7 14.85 6.5 227,380 3.3534 159.7 25.97 3.2 246,455 2.2339 128.2 9.70 3.6 174,620 3.0686 109.0 15.46 7.1 216,580 2.8876 147.0 12.27 7.6 185,190 2.8196 184.2 17.12 4.8 560,953 7.9048 174.8 13.06 3.7 343,040 5.1214 96.7 14.57 5.1 545,000 7.4277 135.1 16.43 12.0 168,560 2.6899 152.3 16.30 6.3 245,442 2.8579 173.5 14.74 6.4 228,010 3.3569 154.4 19.68 9.5 315,300 5.5580 154.1 18.06 5.6 273,989 3.1043 154.0 12.90 8.7 134,816 1.9967 139.2 15.50 7.5 167,000 2.8460 138.7 19.98 2.1 399,290 3.9513 94.1

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1,056.0 877.9 450.9 899.3 332.7 1,162.7 1,057.9 840.3 798.0 805.3 1,126.4 892.4 816.2 835.9 433.3 279.0 333.8 1,100.1 1,099.8 962.9 1,002.0 882.8 517.4 1,067.1 446.6 373.2 661.8 1,173.3 2,019.5 401.1 380.5 918.4 957.8 983.4 1,056.0 700.2 886.8 976.1 517.9

150.3 153.4 202.1 182.3 116.0 80.2 156.8 171.9 158.2 167.9 105.8 147.8 188.8 146.9 192.5 125.2 176.4 141.4 172.3 183.4 144.7 203.0 239.9 149.8 198.0 199.1 183.3 165.8 47.5 169.8 157.8 204.9 156.0 143.4 150.3 159.5 120.7 159.8 204.8

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105 Moose Jaw 106 Belleville 107 Saint John 108 Timmins 109 Coquitlam 110 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 111 Longueuil 112 Petawawa 113 Corner Brook 114 Cowansville 115 Dolbeau-Mistassini 116 Markham 117 Grand Falls-Windsor 118 Temiskaming Shores 119 Surrey 120 Sept-Îles 121 Squamish 122 Lloydminster 123 Brampton 124 Abbotsford 125 Powell River 126 Alma 127 Kentville 128 Drummondville 129 Bathurst 130 Saguenay 131 Wood Buffalo 132 Terrace 133 Lachute 134 Victoriaville 135 Baie-Comeau 136 Chilliwack 137 Prince George 138 La Tuque 139 Thetford Mines 140 Granby 141 Prince Albert 142 Val-d'Or 143 Shawinigan

CA 58,862 25.8826 9.87 5.7 174,495 2.9645 109.2 365.1 189.4 City 66,601 26.8600 12.88 7.1 236,980 3.5582 146.3 891.6 139.5 CA 66,688 26.1801 15.75 6.2 156,923 2.3531 162.3 1,390.3 168.6 CA 73,079 27.7877 17.05 7.1 129,172 1.7676 180.7 831.3 210.5 CA 81,030 28.7338 17.17 3.6 560,953 6.9228 185.3 2,252.8 69.4 CA 57,169 24.4118 15.93 7.2 171,330 2.9969 145.6 944.8 153.5 CA 62,396 26.1780 17.20 6.8 231,200 3.7054 158.8 1,053.4 139.9 CA 77,928 28.4493 14.84 6.0 234,220 3.0056 165.2 816.2 188.8 CMA 62,436 24.5788 17.26 11.5 180,740 2.8948 206.2 1,270.8 159.2 CA 54,471 24.8554 15.92 5.4 232,450 4.2674 162.3 1,094.3 155.9 CA 53,673 23.8537 14.41 11.7 103,280 1.9242 161.0 919.8 192.6 City 122,757 30.9139 27.46 7.0 441,491 3.5965 164.1 892.4 147.8 CA 60,941 24.0643 12.48 11.7 158,140 2.5950 160.2 1,078.8 179.1 CA 62,286 27.0494 16.40 7.2 181,330 2.9112 168.7 785.1 199.7 CA 83,535 27.6603 18.04 3.9 379,036 4.5375 171.8 1,370.1 50.4 City 65,368 25.8337 18.37 9.0 149,060 2.2803 172.8 1,156.0 202.1 CA 81,779 27.6966 14.24 4.9 532,770 6.5148 192.5 2,366.9 101.1 CA 88,826 28.8992 20.10 2.9 314,002 3.5350 116.5 408.1 202.6 CA 95,877 28.3916 16.20 6.8 313,954 3.2745 145.5 792.7 146.2 CA 74,526 26.9101 13.61 4.9 330,362 4.4328 177.2 1,573.2 61.9 CA 60,365 25.9654 9.40 5.3 233,000 3.8599 174.4 1,103.7 31.5 CMA 59,694 25.0812 16.19 9.1 167,010 2.7978 161.0 919.8 192.6 CA 57,958 24.6868 13.53 6.0 201,880 3.4832 163.6 1,211.0 151.7 CA 56,910 24.6002 14.68 7.5 192,350 3.3799 158.0 1,125.0 159.6 CA 57,625 25.3050 16.24 9.1 100,650 1.7466 158.2 1,058.6 180.3 CA 59,849 25.3037 18.86 8.5 148,761 2.4856 161.0 919.8 192.6 CA 164,122 29.7815 29.89 3.2 527,219 3.2124 142.6 455.5 208.4 CA 64,227 27.2907 16.58 8.8 206,650 3.2175 203.7 1,322.4 122.1 CA 51,603 24.2079 14.20 6.0 197,260 3.8226 164.6 1,132.7 168.5 CA 56,360 24.3471 14.33 6.4 200,280 3.5536 174.5 1,122.0 180.7 CA 71,038 25.8200 18.89 11.6 111,420 1.5685 170.3 1,014.4 197.3 CA 68,252 27.0835 13.09 5.3 301,583 4.4187 184.4 1,787.7 54.5 CA 75,416 28.8374 14.62 7.1 234,880 3.1145 166.0 600.8 186.6 CA 53,273 24.8306 17.90 11.7 103,830 1.9490 157.3 940.4 191.3 CA 49,581 23.7347 13.56 6.4 122,170 2.4640 190.3 1,297.1 177.6 CA 62,239 26.1765 15.52 8.4 219,850 3.5324 180.4 1,232.6 158.0 CA 62,566 26.6982 9.08 6.5 211,915 3.3871 122.6 424.3 211.0 CA 60,322 25.2081 16.00 6.5 186,190 3.0866 191.3 913.9 207.2 CA 49,852 23.8907 11.88 10.4 165,100 3.3118 143.5 1,068.7 173.7

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CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

57,510 56,634 53,479 59,295 63,632 71,444 53,283 66,037 66,419 69,780 56,329

24.7487 25.3770 26.0027 26.2585 28.0284 27.2773 24.2498 26.5457 27.7496 27.2084 24.5451

13.45 6.8 177,690 3.0897 174.7 1,202.1 171.8 14.83 12.0 146,000 2.5780 165.8 1,115.0 183.8 9.62 8.8 163,780 3.0625 177.3 1,078.0 160.6 9.43 6.4 237,020 3.9973 180.2 1,910.7 74.6 11.86 11.5 219,300 3.4464 239.7 2,593.6 88.4 10.90 8.5 335,860 4.7010 147.5 942.5 140.4 13.61 12.4 101,034 1.8962 190.1 1,504.9 168.0 12.50 7.0 330,050 4.9980 181.4 1,451.5 106.4 14.30 6.2 245,780 3.7004 136.8 450.3 187.6 11.88 8.7 194,460 2.7868 149.1 540.3 181.5 14.69 9.1 141,810 2.5175 157.8 1,232.0 160.6

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Buzz (% pop. employed in culture, arts, sports)

10.22 Y 19.45 Y 4.13 Y 7.96 Y 25.12 Y 2.83 Y 3.17 Y 12.97 Y 2.46 Y 4.05 Y 6.73 Y 0.58 Y 4.50 Y 11.86 Y 6.05 Y 4.61 Y 1.70 Y 9.70 Y 0.16 Y 4.58 Y 13.28 Y 2.17 Y 2.17 Y 1.26 Y 3.13 Y 15.63 Y

University

5.80 5.90 3.80 9.00 5.93 6.50 5.30 2.70 5.10 4.30 5.10 11.60 6.56 3.80 8.20 1.80 6.60 10.40 6.40 12.60 3.11 6.00 8.90 9.80 7.00 13.40

Hospital

6.6888 5.2974 8.1230 5.1676 5.9987 7.0640 5.2213 6.8007 6.7935 7.6711 7.1271 5.4924 7.1823 6.9788 4.9224 6.8671 5.0173 6.1052 5.0594 4.3838 7.4389 6.0093 6.9035 8.6075 5.5961 5.1040

College

3.1265 2.6492 3.9800 2.2680 2.4215 2.9438 2.2865 2.4369 2.0720 2.2395 2.8050 3.2472 3.1919 3.6040 1.9986 1.9952 1.3352 2.3758 0.6749 1.3522 3.1919 1.8992 1.7958 3.8246 2.5411 2.2811

Public transit use (% of population)

1.2118 1.4150 0.6563 0.4408 3.8060 0.9560 1.1670 3.7428 0.8579 2.0723 1.0924 0.0000 0.0000 1.8774 0.7873 0.0000 0.0000 3.0920 4.0208 1.4104 0.0000 5.4915 2.1009 0.0000 8.7344 3.2428

Population growth (% change 2001-2006)

859 604 670 431 1,273 884 1,007 1,320 892 1,201 806 847 416 1,668 585 790 566 1,096 614 564 740 973 1,169 576 2,001 683

Health professionals (% of population)

Violent crimes (per 100,000)

10,171 6,075 7,048 3,736 11,034 8,175 7,665 10,573 7,290 11,735 8,899 8,713 4,221 11,288 5,332 6,175 6,212 10,739 5,074 5,344 5,516 8,120 11,512 6,690 18,333 6,477

Doctors (per 1000)

Overall crimes (per 100,000)

16.06 8.93 12.01 4.48 15.92 8.60 9.28 7.46 10.15 9.50 7.69 18.39 5.38 11.09 8.38 10.88 8.70 6.24 9.44 10.63 10.52 11.97 7.06 10.48 11.51 6.73

Homicides (per 100,000)

Walk or bike to work (% of population)

Lifestyle

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4.05 4.29 3.04 3.02 4.14 2.53 3.06 2.88 2.65 1.93 2.42 4.48 2.56 3.61 2.79 1.87 2.03 2.55 1.01 3.28 3.74 2.98 2.18 1.72 3.82 2.93

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7.18 3.56 8.98 7.12 5.59 10.47 2.97 9.22 8.22 7.50 5.04 7.93 16.82 8.59 8.93 8.76 7.40 4.09 11.63 11.85 4.81 24.32 9.78 6.74 10.38 9.01 11.43 8.08 8.33 5.07 7.19 6.69 6.34 7.08 5.89 6.67 5.95 6.84 6.45

3,426 4,843 14,495 6,911 8,578 13,400 4,376 23,188 19,497 9,489 7,894 19,561 7,499 14,162 14,015 11,346 5,970 3,736 18,490 5,344 4,690 34,080 29,524 12,381 26,411 6,578 11,720 8,013 5,629 4,994 14,501 11,831 6,699 8,175 10,136 11,453 5,344 7,966 6,269

343 0.0000 1.2105 5.6775 680 0.2712 2.3366 5.7727 1,488 1.8045 2.6311 6.9412 728 0.0000 0.9223 4.1065 790 1.2371 1.4024 6.4118 1,366 0.0000 2.8699 7.1383 500 1.3086 2.0114 4.2585 1,945 27.2876 2.0829 6.2399 1,962 0.0000 3.2260 2.9207 1,358 1.6272 1.9739 7.7791 573 1.1464 2.4215 4.7859 2,598 0.0000 1.1327 3.3206 561 0.0000 2.6796 5.1982 1,847 3.4199 2.9207 7.0581 1,024 0.0000 1.7114 8.4776 1,846 2.4672 2.3662 5.6314 738 0.0000 0.9665 5.7841 431 0.4408 2.0114 4.3116 1,492 0.0000 2.7351 7.0327 572 0.0000 3.5770 8.3265 608 0.0000 2.7127 6.6193 3,682 0.0000 2.1365 4.9174 3,023 0.0000 2.4612 7.7053 2,021 0.0000 0.7077 3.2769 2,958 0.0000 1.0259 10.3264 954 0.0000 1.2679 5.1160 1,069 5.7837 2.3349 6.4125 1,147 0.0000 1.5684 6.9797 503 1.0698 3.2064 7.7465 629 1.0079 1.1648 4.7400 1,604 2.5645 2.2876 6.2599 1,461 0.0000 2.1293 6.0075 897 1.9819 2.2680 6.4733 933 2.2524 1.5189 6.1716 1,296 0.8025 1.1669 5.8431 926 0.0000 2.4799 5.9718 564 1.4104 1.3522 4.4901 926 0.0000 3.1835 7.5835 569 0.7686 1.2772 5.6891

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7.40 7.49 7.50 7.10 5.00 5.30 9.08 2.20 4.10 0.80 6.16 9.30 2.30 3.50 5.00 5.70 5.00 14.42 8.90 1.70 5.40 13.10 4.70 3.50 (0.60) 5.50 7.80 1.50 6.30 1.83 1.10 22.00 2.91 0.50 5.50 0.00 7.50 4.70 3.50

1.00 Y 13.74 Y 0.79 Y 0.17 Y 2.89 Y 0.60 Y 15.75 Y 0.54 Y 0.45 Y 3.16 Y 11.82 Y 0.54 Y 2.10 Y 3.69 Y 0.40 Y 2.55 Y 1.49 N 14.28 Y 1.73 Y 0.90 Y 0.37 Y 1.09 Y 0.55 Y 0.18 Y 0.29 Y 0.31 Y 0.80 Y 3.99 Y 4.77 Y 8.34 Y 4.20 Y 3.75 Y 9.34 Y 1.92 Y 3.13 Y 0.37 Y 6.15 Y 2.91 Y 2.52 Y

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3.83 2.55 2.17 1.75 1.90 2.55 2.38 2.59 1.60 2.26 3.18 1.05 3.94 2.58 1.79 2.80 3.46 3.81 2.83 3.27 1.59 3.72 1.44 1.36 2.00 1.57 3.06 2.09 2.66 2.59 3.10 2.00 2.52 1.84 1.79 1.79 2.26 2.91 2.46

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7.17 2.91 7.85 6.85 14.03 8.33 11.34 6.09 1.89 8.34 9.88 2.68 8.97 8.82 6.19 6.79 4.76 9.19 7.48 9.81 8.42 11.72 10.80 8.39 5.74 8.81 10.41 9.47 5.34 9.35 6.70 11.95 4.26 8.25 11.03 4.49 7.18 8.66 5.10

6,802 4,994 22,264 6,169 15,946 16,415 2,036 7,362 3,403 17,743 15,110 3,403 9,344 5,859 12,989 16,956 8,552 7,149 5,714 5,711 9,667 6,835 46,640 11,964 16,850 49,403 20,431 9,693 9,611 14,933 14,498 5,583 5,344 10,030 7,833 7,273 8,023 6,655 9,216

625 0.0000 1.9501 629 1.0079 1.1648 1,836 0.0000 2.0674 888 2.5275 1.8451 1,759 2.3088 2.4727 1,538 1.0827 2.3987 196 1.7914 2.6359 1,408 0.0000 0.9640 415 0.8193 2.0114 2,250 0.0000 2.3847 872 0.0000 1.6293 415 0.8193 2.0114 974 0.0000 1.5813 968 3.3556 2.0114 1,303 0.0000 0.9006 1,631 1.0766 2.3266 878 0.0000 1.5056 905 0.0000 3.0252 611 2.8263 2.0513 777 0.0000 3.2991 1,488 0.0000 1.3806 734 0.0000 1.9756 5,544 29.4269 1.6104 1,408 0.0000 1.6777 1,653 0.0000 1.2388 5,214 0.0000 2.2716 3,051 0.0000 1.7941 863 0.0000 2.4276 948 1.9724 2.4215 1,410 8.2857 2.7376 1,541 1.2325 2.2060 820 0.0000 3.5869 564 1.4104 1.3522 1,266 0.0000 1.8847 961 2.5298 2.3366 645 1.6943 1.3652 744 0.0000 0.9562 614 2.0706 1.5085 692 0.0000 1.0135

6.4853 5.0815 7.3319 6.4407 6.9081 6.5101 6.6644 6.4572 3.8067 5.8690 6.9361 4.6488 6.9799 4.9291 4.6317 5.9458 6.0066 7.4564 6.8345 7.9470 5.7053 5.5089 4.7683 8.2830 4.6133 8.0247 7.6440 7.1670 5.1209 5.8271 5.7687 9.0763 4.5295 7.9828 5.8203 5.0217 5.3597 7.0990 5.1793

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9.90 27.19 (0.70) 1.70 4.20 7.80 2.90 7.80 31.23 6.60 9.20 23.23 4.40 0.88 (1.40) 4.40 11.50 2.10 2.90 5.80 1.60 0.80 2.50 5.10 22.30 (4.40) (4.20) 2.40 4.56 (0.60) 9.80 (2.10) 9.10 1.60 2.34 19.20 0.80 1.00 46.70

5.80 Y 10.35 N 0.82 Y 5.16 Y 1.12 Y 3.01 Y 1.52 Y 0.72 Y 9.60 N 0.98 Y 1.33 Y 13.17 Y 1.32 Y 34.38 Y 0.17 Y 3.78 Y 1.92 Y 1.63 Y 2.40 Y 0.22 Y 2.41 Y 1.33 Y 0.65 Y 0.52 Y 1.68 Y 0.31 Y 1.03 Y 0.69 Y 25.03 Y 1.62 Y 2.68 Y 0.76 Y 3.62 Y 0.78 Y 34.74 Y 3.83 Y 0.89 Y 2.40 Y 2.88 N

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1.93 2.88 3.58 2.21 2.14 2.95 1.58 1.93 2.72 3.04 3.04 3.14 2.65 5.36 1.75 2.32 1.62 2.56 2.42 1.52 2.14 2.35 1.07 1.70 1.47 1.80 0.86 2.96 3.35 1.76 2.80 1.40 1.69 1.98 5.71 2.23 1.49 1.86 3.00

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8.35 8.06 7.61 9.71 4.29 7.56 5.98 7.45 8.18 12.61 12.01 2.30 7.94 13.22 3.03 11.47 7.10 5.75 2.32 3.88 8.24 9.24 5.87 7.48 6.84 6.06 4.77 9.30 9.78 10.10 6.56 5.96 6.70 15.02 7.67 6.89 7.70 9.83 8.63

14,941 10,958 11,553 7,711 7,977 6,932 6,509 2,675 6,658 5,793 6,845 3,403 4,451 4,848 12,102 7,050 19,858 19,816 4,376 10,183 13,068 4,598 8,070 6,330 11,624 4,816 18,373 22,826 7,630 5,858 8,011 16,155 20,331 9,319 4,347 5,699 21,113 7,718 6,853

1,273 1,306 1,833 1,360 644 892 658 264 721 616 479 415 681 797 1,439 1,009 1,767 2,022 500 871 1,266 320 1,440 774 1,448 720 1,682 3,485 972 473 769 1,312 2,397 1,996 552 654 2,235 1,299 1,006

0.0000 0.0000 1.6341 0.0000 0.8729 0.0000 1.7442 0.0000 3.7562 0.0000 0.0000 0.8193 0.0000 0.0000 3.5445 0.0000 6.5548 3.7006 1.3086 0.6289 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.6594 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 2.0453 0.0000 2.4724 1.2016 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 7.3591 6.1943 0.0000

1.7704 1.6562 2.5911 1.4933 2.4215 2.2107 2.3366 0.8161 3.4807 3.7829 2.1406 2.0114 4.6319 1.9382 2.4215 2.3326 1.6850 1.4433 2.0114 1.3805 2.4208 2.0284 3.6732 1.2997 2.9157 2.1125 0.9251 2.0741 2.6106 2.0080 2.0546 1.5413 2.2202 1.0519 2.0780 1.8561 2.5352 1.5498 2.0378

7.9484 5.4069 7.0313 5.9324 4.9587 7.1728 5.9111 5.6040 8.0144 6.2450 6.2687 4.4964 9.6827 5.9329 5.3285 5.9052 3.9578 3.7990 3.4495 4.9858 7.0000 6.5327 6.1556 5.4044 9.0298 6.8418 3.2315 5.9592 6.0495 6.0886 5.8512 5.0975 5.4720 4.9770 7.7532 5.0753 7.3195 5.5015 7.5472

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(0.50) 4.70 (0.20) (1.60) 1.50 1.70 1.58 1.80 1.80 0.90 (2.20) 25.39 1.60 (0.20) 13.56 0.70 5.70 12.80 33.30 7.90 (0.40) (1.00) 3.20 7.30 (3.40) (2.10) 23.60 (7.00) 1.80 4.20 (2.00) 9.30 (2.10) (2.70) (2.30) 8.40 (1.70) (0.40) 0.00

0.73 Y 2.38 Y 4.39 Y 4.10 Y 13.87 Y 1.26 Y 21.97 Y 0.41 N 0.86 Y 1.05 Y 0.70 Y 14.38 Y 0.88 Y 1.80 Y 10.87 Y 0.28 Y 2.70 Y 0.41 Y 10.23 Y 1.76 Y 1.46 Y 0.21 Y 2.09 Y 1.11 Y 0.62 Y 2.42 Y 14.84 Y 0.92 Y 0.72 Y 0.54 Y 0.82 Y 1.12 Y 1.77 Y 0.44 Y 0.53 Y 0.91 Y 0.60 Y 0.40 Y 1.77 Y

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2.40 1.95 1.83 1.28 3.00 1.54 3.23 1.93 2.47 1.44 1.49 3.05 1.75 1.25 2.02 1.73 3.58 1.62 1.66 1.84 1.73 1.10 2.42 1.93 1.22 1.86 1.17 2.77 1.92 1.76 1.90 2.27 1.53 1.30 1.54 2.13 1.47 2.31 1.35

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8.57 6.39 7.79 8.46 17.34 7.21 6.38 6.83 7.51 5.44 6.13

20,938 8,093 12,269 21,342 27,377 5,657 8,492 17,143 33,946 27,185 16,558

2,274 921 983 2,764 4,157 673 1,257 1,610 3,713 2,882 1,879

2.2184 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 2.7557

1.6136 2.3952 2.6017 1.4626 1.9147 0.8265 2.0423 2.1219 1.7772 1.1773 1.7679

5.4737 1.80 7.8958 (2.10) 7.0082 (0.30) 5.7692 0.00 4.4840 (12.50) 5.5547 2.80 8.6220 (3.10) 4.6146 4.10 4.8054 (5.10) 4.0773 (8.10) 6.1659 (1.20)

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0.33 Y 0.59 Y 0.21 Y 0.98 Y 3.57 Y 0.50 Y 1.78 Y 2.51 Y 1.01 Y 0.72 Y 0.38 Y

Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N

Y N N N N N Y N N N N

1.69 1.57 1.53 2.88 1.64 1.48 1.67 1.76 1.20 1.13 1.88

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CMA CMA CMA City City CMA CA CMA CMA CA CMA CA City CMA CMA CA CA CMA CA City

72.7655 72.4974 70.7764 66.6146 65.5751 65.5289 65.5213 65.4627 64.2299 63.9892 63.7989 63.1654 62.4435 62.3047 62.0320 61.9787 61.9455 61.8202 61.5899 61.5652

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Points 10.0 9.2208 7.4675 6.1039 7.4675 8.0519 6.6234 7.6623 7.9870 4.3506 9.4805 2.9221 9.8701 8.5714 6.6883 6.1039 7.4675 6.1039 8.7662 3.8312 4.9351

Points 2.0 1.8333 1.3333 1.3333 1.3333 1.8333 0.3333 0.3333 0.6667 1.3333 0.6667 1.3333 1.5000 0.1667 0.5000 1.3333 1.3333 1.3333 1.5000 1.3333 1.3333

Precipitation

Rain/snow days

Time to buy

Average house price

Provincial sales tax

Provincial income tax

Unemployment rate

New cars

Discretionary income

Average household income

Total score

City

Rank

1 Victoria 2 Ottawa 3 Kingston 4 Burlington 5 Vancouver 6 Moncton 7 Fredericton 8 Winnipeg 9 Peterborough 10 Brandon 11 London 12 Canmore 13 Levis 14 Halifax 15 Guelph 16 North Bay 17 Woodstock 18 Edmonton 19 Leamington 20 Waterloo

Points Points Points 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.8312 3.5065 0.5195 3.4545 3.4026 3.4286 2.8571 2.9610 1.4026 3.7922 3.7922 3.6104 2.8831 2.9351 2.8052 1.7403 1.5584 3.5325 2.1299 1.9221 2.5974 2.1039 1.9740 2.7013 2.3636 2.3896 1.8182 1.3247 0.8052 1.1429 2.9610 2.9091 3.2987 3.8182 3.8182 2.3896 2.5455 1.8961 3.3247 2.4675 1.5844 3.8182 3.3247 3.5584 2.4416 1.6623 2.2597 3.1688 2.2857 2.3636 1.2468 3.4805 3.8442 3.2727 3.1169 2.2338 2.0519 3.6883 3.6883 3.0909

Points Points Points Points Points 1.0 7.5 7.5 6.0 6.0 0.7143 0.4870 0.4870 3.3117 4.9091 0.4286 2.2403 4.2370 2.3377 4.2468 0.4286 3.6039 4.4318 3.1558 3.2727 0.4286 1.4610 4.6266 4.7143 5.0649 0.7143 0.2435 0.1948 1.6364 0.6623 0.2857 6.6234 6.5747 1.2468 0.8961 0.2857 6.7695 6.9156 3.1169 1.2078 0.7143 5.3571 5.6981 4.9481 4.8312 0.4286 4.5779 5.2110 2.6494 5.4156 0.7143 5.7468 5.4545 5.4935 3.7792 0.4286 4.9675 6.0877 1.6364 2.9610 1.0000 0.0487 0.2435 4.2857 3.8182 0.5714 4.5292 5.2597 0.5455 0.8571 0.2857 3.3117 3.4091 1.5584 0.3896 0.4286 2.2890 3.7013 1.7922 3.8571 0.4286 6.1851 6.3312 1.0519 2.6494 0.4286 5.1136 5.5032 3.4675 3.3896 1.0000 1.7045 2.2890 4.8312 3.8961 0.4286 5.1623 6.4286 4.9091 4.6364 0.4286 2.6299 5.6494 2.1429 4.4416

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21 Quebec 22 Cobourg 23 Lethbridge 24 Joliette 25 Whitehorse 26 Calgary 27 Centre Wellington 28 Laval 29 Vernon 30 Ingersoll 31 Windsor 32 Salmon Arm 33 Mississauga 34 Dawson Creek 35 Cold Lake 36 Thunder Bay 37 Richmond 38 Fort St. John 39 Stratford 40 Saskatoon 41 Camrose 42 Orillia 43 Port Hope 44 Oakville 45 Courtenay 46 Rimouski 47 Saint-Georges 48 Yellowknife 49 Wetaskiwin 50 Brooks 51 Portage la Prairie 52 Tillsonburg 53 Collingwood 54 Sault Ste. Marie 55 Sherbrooke 56 Oshawa 57 Regina 58 Red Deer 59 Hamilton

City CA CA CA CA CMA CA City CA CA CMA CA City CA CA CMA City CA CA CMA CA CA CA City CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CMA City CMA CA City

61.2988 61.2331 60.8397 60.8154 60.7198 60.4182 60.3457 60.2995 59.9702 59.7483 59.5966 58.9563 58.6927 58.4080 58.3938 58.3451 58.3159 58.0120 57.6300 57.5839 57.3645 57.3015 57.1095 57.1087 57.1050 57.0180 56.9399 56.8957 56.8313 56.8102 56.4445 56.3626 56.0873 55.8886 55.6042 55.4015 55.2537 55.2210 54.9321

1.1688 2.1818 2.3377 0.4935 3.2727 3.8442 3.5844 2.5974 1.7143 2.5714 3.0649 1.2208 3.7143 1.9481 3.6104 2.0519 2.6494 3.5325 2.2338 2.4156 1.9740 1.8961 2.8052 3.9740 1.8182 0.8052 0.9351 3.9221 1.5325 3.5065 0.5455 2.0000 3.2468 1.7922 0.7792 3.1688 2.7013 3.5584 2.9091

1.0909 1.8701 3.2727 0.5714 3.9740 4.0000 3.1948 2.1299 1.4026 2.4935 3.2468 1.3506 2.6753 3.1429 3.5844 2.8571 2.9870 3.0649 2.2078 2.7532 2.7273 2.1818 2.7792 3.9221 1.1429 1.0649 0.2078 3.9481 3.0909 3.4545 0.7013 2.0260 1.5065 2.2857 0.6234 3.1169 2.8052 3.5325 2.7013

3.7403 2.6494 0.9610 2.5714 4.0000 3.7662 1.6883 3.5065 0.8571 3.1169 3.2727 0.5974 3.6883 2.0779 3.1429 0.5714 3.9740 3.8961 0.8312 0.2078 1.8442 3.0390 2.4935 3.8442 0.3117 3.0130 2.5195 2.8571 1.4805 3.3766 0.2597 1.1948 2.0000 0.7013 2.8831 3.6364 0.4416 3.3506 1.1688

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6.9481 2.7273 9.0260 5.1948 2.2727 9.0909 9.1558 6.1039 8.2468 7.5974 0.7792 7.5974 3.8312 8.2468 9.8052 4.9351 8.2468 9.4156 7.1429 8.3766 8.7662 5.3247 6.4286 6.4286 7.7273 1.6883 7.9870 4.9351 9.8052 9.6753 7.9870 5.1948 3.3117 6.1039 4.5455 2.0779 8.5065 7.9870 3.3766

0.1667 1.3333 1.5000 0.1667 1.6667 1.5000 1.3333 0.1667 1.8333 1.3333 1.3333 1.8333 1.3333 1.8333 1.5000 1.3333 1.8333 1.8333 1.3333 1.0000 1.5000 1.3333 1.3333 1.3333 1.8333 0.1667 0.1667 2.0000 1.5000 1.5000 0.6667 1.3333 1.3333 1.3333 0.1667 1.3333 1.0000 1.5000 1.3333

0.5714 0.4286 1.0000 0.5714 1.0000 1.0000 0.4286 0.5714 0.7143 0.4286 0.4286 0.7143 0.4286 0.7143 1.0000 0.4286 0.7143 0.7143 0.4286 0.8571 1.0000 0.4286 0.4286 0.4286 0.7143 0.5714 0.5714 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0.7143 0.4286 0.4286 0.4286 0.5714 0.4286 0.8571 1.0000 0.4286

4.5292 2.4351 3.3604 4.8701 2.0942 0.9740 1.8506 2.9708 1.0714 5.1136 6.4286 0.8279 1.4123 4.0422 2.0455 6.8669 0.2435 2.7273 2.6786 2.4838 1.8019 3.8474 1.9481 0.4383 1.5097 4.2370 6.5747 1.0227 1.9968 5.3084 7.4026 5.8442 1.8994 7.1591 4.7727 4.2857 3.6526 2.3377 3.1656

3.4578 1.6071 3.1169 2.6299 2.8247 3.3604 3.6039 3.0682 0.6818 5.7955 7.2565 0.4383 3.5065 4.1883 4.3831 7.0617 0.0974 5.3084 1.8019 1.8506 1.1688 3.2143 1.5584 2.3864 0.8766 2.2403 6.2338 4.8701 1.2175 6.7695 7.3052 6.1851 2.4351 7.4026 2.9708 5.9416 4.0909 4.5292 4.1396

0.5455 4.8701 5.8831 4.7143 5.0649 5.5325 0.9351 3.2338 4.5584 3.0390 3.8182 3.5844 3.9740 4.6364 4.9870 4.3636 1.8312 5.1429 1.7143 5.6104 5.7273 2.4545 4.7922 5.2208 0.6623 1.9481 4.0909 5.1818 5.3766 5.8442 5.8052 4.0130 0.8571 1.0909 0.2338 4.2468 5.4156 5.3377 2.9221

0.8571 5.2208 2.5325 2.6883 1.2857 2.9221 3.7013 3.0000 2.8442 3.3117 4.1299 5.2987 5.8442 4.1688 3.1558 5.9610 1.0130 3.7403 1.9870 2.2987 3.9351 2.3377 5.4935 5.6494 0.4675 4.2078 2.8831 1.4805 4.4805 2.2208 4.8701 2.6104 1.6364 4.7532 1.1688 5.1429 2.5714 4.3247 4.3636

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60 Sarnia 61 Brantford 62 Swift Current 63 Kitchener 64 St. John's 65 St. Catharines - Niagara 66 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 67 Whitby 68 Yorkton 69 Greater Sudbury 70 Penticton 71 Nanaimo 72 Saint-Hyacinthe 73 Kawartha Lakes 74 Vaughan 75 Duncan 76 Parksville 77 Richmond Hill 78 Pembroke 79 Toronto 80 Estevan 81 Kamloops 82 Medicine Hat 83 Owen Sound 84 Trois-Rivières 85 Rivière-du-Loup 86 Cornwall 87 Rouyn-Noranda 88 Thompson 89 Midland 90 Grande Prairie 91 North Battleford 92 Kenora 93 Charlottetown 94 Burnaby 95 Cranbrook 96 Kelowna 97 Amos 98 Cambridge

CA CMA CA City CMA CMA CA City CA CMA CA CA CA CA City CA CA City CA City CA CA CA CA CMA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA City CA CMA CA City

54.9162 54.9136 54.8372 54.7504 54.6554 54.6364 54.6168 54.4226 54.3808 54.3641 54.2243 53.8085 53.4191 53.2950 52.9793 52.9769 52.8781 52.8243 52.7054 52.6811 52.4392 52.3476 52.0385 51.9645 51.8122 51.7427 51.7097 50.9374 50.9157 50.8900 50.8564 50.7336 50.5755 50.5399 50.1957 50.0834 49.8594 49.7428 49.6777

3.0130 2.7532 1.1948 3.0390 2.3896 2.3117 1.4286 3.7403 0.2078 2.6234 0.9610 1.3766 0.3896 2.5195 3.9481 1.6364 1.2727 3.8701 1.5065 3.3506 3.2208 2.0779 2.9870 1.3506 0.3117 0.6234 0.6494 0.7532 3.3766 1.8442 3.7662 0.4156 2.7273 1.4545 2.1558 1.6883 2.4935 1.1429 3.2987

2.5195 3.3247 0.9351 3.0130 0.8831 2.0000 0.8312 3.8701 0.8571 2.4416 0.9870 1.6364 0.3117 2.1558 3.6364 1.4805 1.3766 3.7403 1.7662 1.8442 2.4675 2.8312 3.3506 1.7403 0.6494 0.4156 1.4545 0.4675 2.6234 2.5714 3.7662 1.2987 3.0390 1.1948 1.7143 2.3377 2.3117 0.3636 3.4805

1.6623 3.0519 0.9351 4.3506 0.2857 9.6104 1.7143 5.1948 3.6623 1.7532 0.8831 2.2727 2.1558 6.9481 3.5584 6.4286 0.0260 8.3766 1.4286 6.1039 0.4156 6.9481 2.4675 3.8312 2.9351 6.1039 1.3506 1.3636 3.7922 7.4675 0.4935 6.1039 0.6753 6.1688 3.7143 6.1039 0.4675 4.3506 3.5844 1.8831 1.5065 10.0000 1.0130 5.3247 2.2078 9.0260 1.0649 5.1948 1.8961 1.6883 1.8701 2.2727 1.2987 3.0519 2.6234 3.8312 2.2857 5.4545 1.7922 3.8312 3.8701 9.4156 0.1558 9.0260 1.9221 2.7273 0.5455 1.8831 2.7273 7.4675 0.7792 8.7662 1.5325 6.9481 2.4156 0.1948 2.3377 4.3506

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1.3333 1.3333 1.0000 1.3333 1.1667 1.3333 0.1667 1.3333 1.0000 1.3333 1.8333 1.8333 0.1667 1.3333 1.3333 1.8333 1.8333 1.3333 1.3333 1.3333 1.0000 1.8333 1.5000 1.3333 0.1667 0.1667 1.3333 0.1667 0.6667 1.3333 1.5000 1.0000 1.3333 0.8333 1.8333 1.8333 1.8333 0.1667 1.3333

0.4286 0.4286 0.8571 0.4286 0.2857 0.4286 0.5714 0.4286 0.8571 0.4286 0.7143 0.7143 0.5714 0.4286 0.4286 0.7143 0.7143 0.4286 0.4286 0.4286 0.8571 0.7143 1.0000 0.4286 0.5714 0.5714 0.4286 0.5714 0.7143 0.4286 1.0000 0.8571 0.4286 0.1429 0.7143 0.7143 0.7143 0.5714 0.4286

6.3799 3.9935 6.8182 2.6299 5.6006 4.9188 4.3831 2.3864 7.2565 4.6753 0.9253 1.1201 4.0909 5.4058 0.5844 0.8766 1.2662 0.7792 4.1396 0.6818 6.2338 2.1916 2.5325 3.1169 7.0617 4.8214 7.0130 6.0390 2.9221 3.7013 2.7760 5.6494 3.8961 5.2597 0.2435 1.1688 0.2922 5.8929 2.8734

7.0130 4.9675 6.7208 3.0195 6.2825 5.3571 3.9448 6.1364 6.8669 5.5519 0.3896 0.6331 1.7532 5.9903 3.1656 0.5357 0.7305 3.7500 3.5552 1.1201 7.1591 1.4610 2.5812 1.8994 6.6234 2.7760 6.6721 5.0162 5.1623 2.7273 6.5260 3.9935 4.7240 4.9188 0.0487 0.7792 0.1461 5.4058 4.7727

3.7403 4.3247 5.5714 2.1429 0.0779 3.5455 3.3896 4.2468 5.1039 2.2597 5.2987 1.3636 3.0000 2.6494 4.5974 0.8961 1.4805 2.2208 2.0260 3.1948 5.4545 5.7662 5.9221 0.8571 3.0779 0.5844 3.6234 1.4026 4.1299 2.7273 4.7532 5.6883 3.7792 0.4675 1.1299 5.9610 4.5195 3.5065 1.3247

5.3377 4.6753 2.2597 4.4416 0.3117 5.1818 2.1429 5.1429 3.5065 4.5195 1.8701 1.0909 2.0649 5.4156 5.7662 5.6883 1.3247 4.6364 5.6104 5.4545 3.1948 1.4416 1.9481 1.6364 1.6753 3.2338 2.7273 4.9481 4.9870 1.9091 3.4286 2.4156 5.9221 1.0519 0.1558 2.7662 2.4545 4.0909 3.3506

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99 Brockville 100 Montreal 101 Barrie 102 Chatham-Kent 103 Sorel-Tracy 104 Okotoks 105 Moose Jaw 106 Belleville 107 Saint John 108 Timmins 109 Coquitlam 110 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 111 Longueuil 112 Petawawa 113 Corner Brook 114 Cowansville 115 Dolbeau-Mistassini 116 Markham 117 Grand Falls-Windsor 118 Temiskaming Shores 119 Surrey 120 Sept-Îles 121 Squamish 122 Lloydminster 123 Brampton 124 Abbotsford 125 Powell River 126 Alma 127 Kentville 128 Drummondville 129 Bathurst 130 Saguenay 131 Wood Buffalo 132 Terrace 133 Lachute 134 Victoriaville 135 Baie-Comeau 136 Chilliwack 137 Prince George

CA City CMA CA CA CA CA CA CMA CA City CA City CA CA CA CA City CA CA City CA CA CA City CMA CA CA CA CA CA CMA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

49.6637 49.6509 49.6451 49.6022 49.2462 48.8353 48.6919 48.6444 48.5597 48.5378 48.5277 48.4346 48.3379 48.2853 48.1606 47.7880 47.6443 47.6357 47.4652 47.3767 46.8198 46.6749 46.1336 45.9832 45.8235 45.3412 45.1774 44.9301 44.8361 44.8236 44.7958 44.5133 44.1945 43.7495 43.7266 43.7070 43.5065 42.7157 42.3278

1.8701 0.3636 3.4026 1.7662 0.6753 3.6623 0.7013 1.5844 1.6104 2.4416 3.0909 0.4675 1.0649 2.9351 1.0909 0.2338 0.1818 3.8961 0.9870 1.0390 3.1948 1.4026 3.1429 3.4286 3.6364 2.6753 0.9091 0.8312 0.5974 0.4416 0.5714 0.8571 4.0000 1.2987 0.0779 0.2857 2.2078 1.9221 2.7792

1.6623 0.9091 3.6104 2.1039 0.5455 3.7143 1.0390 1.6104 1.2727 2.6494 3.2987 0.2338 1.2468 3.2208 0.2857 0.5195 0.0519 3.8961 0.1039 1.7922 2.4156 1.0130 2.5455 3.4286 3.1688 1.6883 1.1169 0.5974 0.3896 0.3377 0.7532 0.7273 3.6623 2.0779 0.1299 0.1818 0.9610 1.8182 3.3766

1.6623 3.4026 2.9870 0.7532 1.9481 3.4545 0.1818 0.7273 2.0260 2.6753 2.7532 2.1299 2.7792 1.7662 2.8312 2.1039 1.4545 3.9221 0.6234 2.3896 2.9610 3.0649 1.2727 3.4805 2.2597 1.1169 0.0779 2.2338 1.0130 1.5844 2.3117 3.1948 3.9481 2.5455 1.2208 1.4026 3.2208 0.8052 1.5584

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4.0909 0.7143 6.1039 1.2987 2.0779 9.9351 5.4545 2.7273 4.5455 2.7273 9.0260 2.4026 3.3117 4.9351 0.5844 6.4286 0.3896 2.9221 0.3896 2.4026 8.5065 1.0390 7.1429 9.6104 3.3117 7.1429 6.6234 0.9740 4.9351 2.0779 0.9740 1.4935 9.4156 1.1688 4.9351 4.0909 0.4545 6.6234 2.7273

1.3333 0.1667 1.3333 1.3333 0.1667 1.5000 1.0000 1.3333 0.3333 1.3333 1.8333 0.1667 0.1667 1.3333 1.1667 0.1667 0.1667 1.3333 1.1667 1.3333 1.8333 0.1667 1.8333 1.5000 1.3333 1.8333 1.8333 0.1667 0.5000 0.1667 0.3333 0.1667 1.5000 1.8333 0.1667 0.1667 0.1667 1.8333 1.8333

0.4286 0.5714 0.4286 0.4286 0.5714 1.0000 0.8571 0.4286 0.2857 0.4286 0.7143 0.5714 0.5714 0.4286 0.2857 0.5714 0.5714 0.4286 0.2857 0.4286 0.7143 0.5714 0.7143 1.0000 0.4286 0.7143 0.7143 0.5714 0.2857 0.5714 0.2857 0.5714 1.0000 0.7143 0.5714 0.5714 0.5714 0.7143 0.7143

3.5552 1.5584 2.1429 6.9156 5.9903 0.6331 5.6981 3.0682 6.3312 6.9643 0.2435 5.7955 3.5065 3.2630 5.5032 3.4578 7.3539 0.5357 6.2825 5.4545 0.7305 6.4773 0.3409 1.6071 1.6558 1.3149 3.4091 5.9416 4.3344 5.0162 7.5000 6.5260 0.3896 4.1883 4.6266 4.4318 7.2078 1.7532 3.2143

2.6786 0.5844 3.7987 6.8182 4.8214 1.3636 4.4805 1.9968 6.3799 7.3539 0.2922 4.3344 1.6558 4.2857 4.6753 1.2662 7.1104 1.9481 5.6006 4.5779 0.9740 6.4773 0.3409 2.0942 2.9221 1.0227 1.4123 5.0649 2.1916 2.5325 7.4513 5.8929 3.3117 3.2630 1.5097 2.0455 7.5000 1.0714 3.6526

3.2727 3.3896 3.4286 4.4026 4.4416 6.0000 5.6494 3.8571 2.4156 0.7013 0.3896 3.8961 2.7662 2.0260 0.1169 2.4156 2.5714 2.2208 2.6883 1.7532 1.5195 1.4416 0.1948 5.2597 3.9740 1.0130 1.2857 2.5714 2.2987 2.8442 2.8052 2.5714 4.1688 0.1558 2.0649 1.2468 1.6753 0.4286 1.8701

3.0390 2.1429 6.0000 4.7922 3.0779 5.0260 2.3766 4.7143 0.5065 5.5325 0.1169 3.5455 2.1818 5.6104 0.7013 1.7143 4.0519 4.6364 1.7532 5.8831 0.5455 1.1299 0.0779 2.8052 5.8052 0.2727 1.5584 4.0519 0.9351 1.3636 2.0260 4.0519 3.5844 0.5844 1.2468 1.4026 2.4935 0.2338 5.7273

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138 La Tuque 139 Thetford Mines 140 Granby 141 Prince Albert 142 Val-d'Or 143 Shawinigan 144 Truro 145 Miramichi 146 Summerside 147 Port Alberni 148 Prince Rupert 149 Norfolk 150 Cape Breton 151 Campbell River 152 Williams Lake 153 Quesnel 154 New Glasgow

CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

42.1708 41.3686 41.2643 40.7478 40.3284 39.0484 38.7717 38.6342 38.3640 38.2517 38.0199 37.8938 37.6863 37.2186 36.6033 34.8486 34.2481

0.1039 0.0260 1.0130 1.1169 0.8831 0.0519 0.5195 0.3377 0.1558 0.7273 1.2468 2.2597 0.1299 1.4805 1.5584 2.0260 0.2597

0.4935 0.0260 1.2208 1.5325 0.6753 0.0779 0.4416 0.7792 1.1688 1.3247 2.8831 2.0519 0.1558 1.4286 2.5974 1.9481 0.2597

2.9091 1.0390 1.9740 0.0519 2.1818 0.3896 0.9091 1.7403 0.1299 0.1039 0.3377 0.2338 1.1169 0.6494 1.3247 0.3896 1.6104

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0.3896 4.0909 1.5584 3.8312 3.8312 0.6494 3.3117 0.1948 1.1688 4.0909 0.5844 1.4935 0.0649 2.9221 4.5455 1.2987 0.9740

0.1667 0.1667 0.1667 1.0000 0.1667 0.1667 0.5000 0.3333 0.8333 1.8333 1.8333 1.3333 0.5000 1.8333 1.8333 1.8333 0.5000

0.5714 0.5714 0.5714 0.8571 0.5714 0.5714 0.2857 0.2857 0.1429 0.7143 0.7143 0.4286 0.2857 0.7143 0.7143 0.7143 0.2857

7.3052 7.1104 3.7500 3.9448 5.2110 6.0877 5.5519 6.6721 6.1364 3.0195 3.7987 1.2175 7.4513 1.3636 2.8247 4.7240 6.7208

6.9643 6.0390 2.1429 2.4838 3.8961 2.8734 3.8474 5.7468 4.0422 1.3149 2.3377 0.9253 7.2078 0.8279 1.7045 5.1136 5.8442

2.9610 0.3117 0.7403 5.0260 0.2727 4.0519 1.1688 1.9091 0.9740 0.7792 0.0390 3.7013 0.3506 0.6623 4.4805 3.6623 2.8831

3.6623 0.6234 0.7403 3.1169 4.2857 1.8312 0.9740 1.5195 1.7922 0.1948 0.0390 3.6234 0.3506 0.4675 3.4675 5.2597 0.7792

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Points 2.0 1.6169 1.0974 0.9416 1.0130 1.6234 1.3442 1.3442 1.6688 0.9091 1.3766 0.5909 1.4870 1.0130 1.8896 0.6558 1.3442 0.5909 1.3377 0.5584 0.7662

Points Points Points Points Points Points 10.0 1.5 3.0 0.5 6.0 4.0 9.7403 0.5942 1.8117 0.1656 5.3766 2.6494 6.6883 1.1396 2.4935 0.1396 4.9481 1.1688 9.3506 0.9545 2.2403 0.2305 5.9610 3.7662 0.8442 1.4416 2.8442 0.2403 3.6234 1.0649 9.6753 0.5455 1.1299 0.0357 4.4416 2.0260 6.1688 0.7500 1.7143 0.1981 5.2987 3.1169 7.1429 0.8766 1.3442 0.1721 3.7403 1.1429 4.2208 0.5747 0.9935 0.0422 4.5195 2.7013 7.9870 0.9156 1.6753 0.2045 3.0779 2.6753 7.4675 0.4675 1.2078 0.1006 3.5455 3.4805 4.7403 0.6916 1.8701 0.1786 5.1429 3.1688 9.9351 0.7013 1.8312 0.5000 5.6104 1.3506 1.4286 1.4221 2.8636 0.5000 5.4935 3.2727 8.6364 0.5357 0.6039 0.1169 5.8052 2.9091 5.7792 1.2955 2.5130 0.2208 2.4935 0.7013 8.5065 1.1201 1.9286 0.5000 2.4545 2.7792 6.3636 1.1104 2.6104 0.5000 0.9351 0.8312 2.3377 0.5649 1.2662 0.0617 4.0909 2.1818 7.3377 1.3052 2.4351 0.0325 0.0390 0.8831 8.3766 1.2857 2.6688 0.1494 1.0519 0.3377

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Score 10.0 7.9839 8.2258 5.0806 7.9839 8.3065 8.7903 6.9355 4.0323 6.7742 5.4839 6.7742 4.5968 8.8710 5.0806 9.1129 3.2258 9.1129 5.7258 8.7097 3.6290

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Population growth

Health professionals

Doctors (per 1,000)

Homicides

Violent crime

Crime rate

Walk or bike to work

Air quality

Below 0°C Points 6.0 5.8065 4.1168 4.9935 5.1484 5.9613 2.2065 2.2065 1.2000 2.6710 0.5032 4.2194 0.3484 2.4000 3.5226 3.0194 2.0516 4.0258 2.1290 5.0710 3.2129

Points Points Points Points Points 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.3627 1 1 1 4.8377 2.0000 1 1 1 4.9026 0.5507 1 1 1 4.1558 1.0613 1 0 0 4.0584 2.0000 1 1 1 4.8701 0.3773 1 1 1 3.1494 0.4227 1 1 1 4.2532 1.7293 1 1 1 3.7987 0.3280 1 1 1 3.4740 0.5400 1 1 1 2.2078 0.8973 1 1 1 3.0195 0.0773 1 0 0 4.9351 0.6000 1 1 1 3.3117 1.5813 1 1 1 4.6104 0.8067 1 1 1 3.6039 0.6147 1 1 1 1.9156 0.2267 1 1 0 2.4026 1.2933 1 1 1 3.2468 0.0213 1 0 0 0.0649 0.6107 1 1 1 4.4481

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2.4000 4.6065 2.5161 2.9419 0.0774 1.0839 3.1355 3.7548 5.2258 4.4903 5.2645 4.4516 4.4129 0.4645 0.8516 0.5419 5.9226 1.7419 3.7161 0.9290 1.0452 3.6000 5.0323 4.6839 5.4581 2.5548 1.5097 0.1161 0.2323 1.1613 1.1613 4.0258 4.8000 2.2452 1.5097 3.9484 0.8129 0.7355 4.7226

1.0130 0.9091 1.0130 1.2662 0.8442 1.4870 0.7662 1.2143 1.4805 0.5909 0.6883 1.3961 1.4351 0.8182 0.9610 1.5519 1.6104 0.8182 0.7662 1.7013 1.0130 0.8896 0.9091 0.7662 1.8896 1.1688 0.1234 1.2987 1.0130 1.2792 1.3766 0.4091 0.8896 1.2143 0.8961 0.9416 1.5260 1.5260 0.6948

8.3117 9.2208 3.5065 8.2468 8.8961 2.9870 3.8961 0.5195 6.8182 3.7013 1.5584 8.1818 0.3896 7.0130 5.3247 4.4156 1.1688 5.0000 9.8052 6.1039 6.6883 6.4286 4.0909 0.6494 8.9610 9.0909 1.1039 10.0000 7.6623 3.0519 8.0519 6.8831 8.7662 5.1948 5.5844 1.2338 3.9610 2.7922 2.4026

1.2468 0.7597 0.5065 1.0325 0.2240 1.0812 1.4513 1.3442 0.3604 0.9740 0.7110 0.3896 1.4026 0.0877 0.1948 0.6526 0.8377 0.1851 0.8961 0.3701 0.3799 0.5260 1.1494 1.4416 0.2045 1.2857 1.3636 0.0292 0.0487 0.4188 0.0779 1.0617 0.4773 0.7987 1.2273 1.3247 0.3409 0.4578 1.0227

2.0260 1.4221 1.2273 2.5325 0.3701 2.1623 2.9416 2.2013 0.7792 2.0844 1.9286 0.9351 2.7662 0.4286 0.4091 0.9740 2.5519 0.2338 2.6883 0.4675 1.3052 0.4870 2.0455 2.8442 0.7403 2.5714 2.4740 0.0974 0.1558 0.3506 0.1753 1.5000 1.2857 1.2468 2.7273 2.3571 0.6818 0.7987 1.6364

0.5000 0.0292 0.0974 0.5000 0.0097 0.0584 0.5000 0.2435 0.1201 0.5000 0.1591 0.5000 0.1558 0.0065 0.5000 0.1364 0.1753 0.5000 0.5000 0.0519 0.5000 0.0844 0.5000 0.2403 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.0260 0.5000 0.1883 0.1948 0.0714 0.5000 0.1104

5.4935 2.2208 2.0649 5.9221 4.7143 3.7013 0.7403 4.0130 4.8701 0.2338 1.2078 5.1818 2.8052 3.1948 5.5714 2.3766 4.4416 0.5455 4.9870 5.2597 1.8701 4.0519 0.3896 2.8052 5.0649 5.7273 5.0260 3.3506 4.5584 0.0779 0.4675 0.8182 3.8961 1.5584 5.5325 0.6234 3.7792 3.3117 3.6234

3.3506 2.1039 2.8052 3.8701 1.4545 0.9870 1.5325 1.6623 2.8831 0.2597 2.3896 3.1948 0.2857 2.2857 0.0260 3.5844 0.6234 0.1039 1.1169 3.0909 3.8442 1.5065 1.6883 0.3117 3.0649 3.8182 2.5974 0.6753 3.5065 0.0779 4.0000 1.0130 2.4156 2.9351 3.5325 0.5714 2.3377 2.0779 2.4935

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4.4355 8.3871 8.2258 6.5323 9.5161 2.0161 10.0000 9.9194 9.8387 9.5968 6.5323 6.9355 7.7419 3.6290 5.2419 1.5323 8.4677 7.3387 3.7097 4.9194 6.5323 7.6613 6.5323 1.1290 8.2258 2.8226 7.0161 2.8226 6.0484 4.7581 0.0000 7.3387 9.5161 2.1774 8.5484 3.3065 1.8548 0.7258 4.3548

1.7707 0.2893 0.2893 0.1680 0.4173 2.0000 0.1333 1.8320 0.1048 0.0227 0.3853 0.0800 2.0000 0.0720 0.0600 0.4213 1.5760 0.0720 0.2800 0.4920 0.0533 0.3400 0.1987 1.9040 0.2307 0.1200 0.0493 0.1453 0.0733 0.0240 0.0387 0.0413 0.1067 0.5320 0.6360 1.1120 0.5600 0.5000 1.2453

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

4.6753 3.9610 2.5974 1.3312 4.7403 3.8636 4.7727 3.2468 2.5649 1.4935 2.0130 3.2468 2.8896 3.4091 1.0390 2.7273 4.3506 0.0974 4.8052 3.3442 1.6883 3.6688 4.5130 4.7078 3.7013 4.4156 1.0065 4.6429 0.5519 0.4545 2.3377 0.9416 4.2532 2.4351 3.5065 3.4091 4.2857 2.3377 3.1169

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4.9548 4.5677 1.6258 3.2129 2.4387 5.1484 4.1419 3.9484 0.6968 1.8968 5.3806 5.6129 3.5613 2.6710 3.4065 2.9032 5.4968 4.2581 1.5871 4.3355 1.3548 5.1871 2.3226 4.8000 2.5935 1.8194 4.5290 0.5806 0.0387 4.1806 0.9677 0.8903 1.8581 2.9806 5.8839 2.7484 3.4839 0.3871 3.6387

0.5455 0.6558 1.2792 0.7662 1.4740 1.0195 0.8896 0.9416 1.5260 1.1364 1.4870 1.7922 0.1623 0.9091 1.1234 1.7922 1.7922 1.1234 0.6818 1.1234 1.5260 1.4870 1.2792 0.8312 1.1364 1.1688 1.0195 0.5584 1.6688 1.4091 1.3442 1.1364 1.6688 0.8961 1.7143 1.3961 1.3961 0.5584 0.7662

3.5714 1.8182 2.7273 1.8831 3.3117 2.5974 3.7662 0.3247 4.9351 3.3766 9.5455 5.5844 8.7013 2.1429 0.0649 5.6494 7.8571 0.2597 6.7532 6.5584 2.2727 3.1169 0.9740 6.9481 4.3506 7.7273 5.9091 9.0260 8.4416 5.8442 1.6234 6.4935 8.1169 7.4026 1.3636 7.2727 2.9221 9.1558 0.7143

0.7500 0.6039 0.5162 1.2857 0.8279 1.1006 1.0130 1.3247 0.1071 1.1299 0.3019 0.2825 1.5000 0.9058 1.4805 0.2338 0.3117 1.4805 0.6623 1.1591 0.4091 0.2532 0.7208 0.9351 1.1883 1.1981 0.6331 1.0032 0.0195 0.4481 0.2630 0.0097 0.1461 0.6234 0.6429 0.3312 0.3506 1.2370 1.2857

1.5390 1.0909 1.5779 2.6688 1.5779 2.5909 2.3766 2.3571 0.5065 1.6948 0.5649 0.7208 3.0000 0.9156 2.9221 0.2922 1.7532 2.9221 1.4026 1.4610 1.0519 0.6429 1.7338 1.6169 2.4545 1.9481 0.7597 2.0649 0.0195 0.9156 0.6234 0.0390 0.1364 1.7922 1.5195 0.8766 0.7013 1.8506 2.6688

0.0909 0.2175 0.5000 0.1494 0.5000 0.2240 0.5000 0.1948 0.5000 0.0779 0.0877 0.1818 0.1234 0.5000 0.2143 0.5000 0.5000 0.2143 0.5000 0.0552 0.5000 0.1851 0.5000 0.5000 0.0649 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.0032 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.1136 0.0130 0.1623 0.5000 0.1494

1.4416 0.6623 4.6364 1.0519 5.4156 0.8571 2.3377 0.6234 3.0390 2.1039 4.5974 4.2078 4.9091 0.3506 2.8052 4.1299 1.7143 2.8052 1.5974 2.8052 0.1948 3.8182 1.3636 5.3377 2.9610 5.6494 1.1688 2.4156 1.6364 1.7922 0.7792 3.6623 2.0260 4.4805 4.4416 5.1039 3.4286 5.7662 1.0519

2.2597 1.7662 2.0000 0.3896 3.4286 1.5584 2.5195 0.9351 3.3247 2.4416 2.8312 2.5455 2.6234 2.4675 0.1818 1.8182 2.8571 0.5455 2.9610 0.7273 0.5195 1.9481 2.0519 3.3766 2.7273 3.6364 1.5844 1.4026 0.5974 3.7922 0.4675 3.7403 3.4545 3.2208 1.0390 1.7403 1.6104 3.9481 0.4416

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1.2097 7.3387 1.0484 9.8387 6.0484 4.9194 6.1290 0.3226 0.0000 2.8226 5.4032 9.5161 4.2742 9.5161 0.2419 9.1129 7.4194 0.5645 5.7258 1.6129 0.0000 5.7258 4.6774 3.4677 4.2742 7.9839 2.5000 1.5323 3.9516 6.7742 0.6452 0.0000 0.0000 3.8710 5.8065 0.0000 6.5323 0.0000 7.6613

0.2560 0.4173 0.0493 0.8200 0.3880 0.3360 0.7733 1.3800 0.1093 0.6880 0.1493 0.4013 0.2027 0.0960 1.2800 0.1307 0.1773 1.7560 0.1760 2.0000 0.0227 0.5040 0.2560 0.2173 0.3200 0.0293 0.3213 0.1773 0.0867 0.0693 0.2240 0.0413 0.1373 0.0920 2.0000 0.2160 0.3573 0.1013 0.4827

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

1.8182 1.6883 1.6234 2.7273 3.8312 3.0519 2.2078 3.7987 4.5779 2.6299 2.5325 3.8961 0.9740 2.2078 3.5390 4.1558 4.1558 4.3182 3.4740 4.9675 1.4935 2.8247 1.1039 3.3117 3.0195 0.7468 2.5325 2.8571 0.1299 1.2987 0.6169 1.7208 0.0325 3.9286 4.4805 1.5909 3.6688 0.4870 1.2662

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4.6452 4.1419 3.3290 5.3419 3.2516 0.4258 1.4323 4.9161 2.7871 0.1935 5.6903 3.7935 4.8774 1.5871 3.3677 3.6774 1.3161 4.2968 2.0903 0.7742 5.8452 0.6968 5.5355 0.6194 4.4129 5.7290 6.0000 1.2387 4.0645 3.2903 2.0129 1.3161 0.2710 5.3032 2.8258 1.9742 1.0065 5.7677 1.7032

0.9416 1.2143 0.8896 0.5584 1.2662 1.4870 1.5260 0.8312 1.1688 0.5584 1.7143 0.8312 1.2143 0.6818 1.2792 0.1623 1.2338 1.1234 1.2792 0.5584 1.3896 1.1688 1.9870 0.9610 0.7662 1.4610 1.9545 1.1688 1.4740 0.3506 1.1364 1.1688 1.5909 1.9091 0.5325 0.1494 1.1688 1.7208 0.8182

5.4545 8.5714 0.9091 3.8961 6.2987 1.2987 5.7143 5.1299 4.6104 7.5325 0.7792 4.5455 2.0130 4.1558 5.2597 9.4156 9.3506 0.1299 5.0649 9.4805 0.4545 8.8312 3.6364 1.6883 0.1948 0.5844 5.3896 7.0779 1.7532 4.3506 3.3117 2.0779 1.0390 7.2078 7.6623 7.9221 2.6623 1.9481 2.9221

0.6136 0.8474 0.9253 0.7890 1.0519 0.6818 0.3214 0.5552 0.4968 0.8669 0.8182 0.9643 1.0714 1.4903 1.0422 1.1786 0.9935 1.4805 1.3831 1.3344 0.4383 0.9448 0.1656 0.1753 1.4026 0.5844 0.3994 1.3734 0.7792 1.0909 0.4870 1.3539 0.2143 0.0974 0.8864 1.1688 0.8084 0.2922 0.1558

1.1688 1.4805 2.2987 2.0065 2.4351 2.1429 1.1299 1.0325 0.5260 0.9545 2.3182 1.6753 2.2597 2.9805 2.1039 2.3961 2.7857 2.9221 2.1818 1.8896 0.8571 1.3247 0.5455 0.3312 2.7662 1.7727 1.1688 2.9610 0.8377 1.9675 0.8182 2.1234 0.5844 0.1169 1.4416 2.8052 1.9870 1.0130 0.2532

0.5000 0.0747 0.1299 0.5000 0.1039 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.1331 0.5000 0.2013 0.5000 0.1266 0.5000 0.0390 0.5000 0.5000 0.2143 0.5000 0.5000 0.0487 0.5000 0.0195 0.0455 0.1558 0.2338 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.2273 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.1071 0.5000 0.0812 0.1688

2.1818 4.0130 1.0909 0.3117 1.4026 0.4286 1.9481 1.7532 4.7532 1.3247 4.4416 3.4675 4.0130 0.1169 5.6883 5.8831 3.3896 2.8052 6.0000 2.2987 4.4416 3.8571 1.8312 1.2468 2.8052 1.1299 4.2468 2.8442 5.8442 0.8961 5.2208 3.2338 0.2727 3.1169 4.8312 2.5325 3.0000 1.4805 3.5065

3.6883 1.7143 0.8571 1.2208 3.1429 1.0909 3.6623 1.2727 3.0390 1.8961 0.7532 3.2468 1.8701 1.4805 3.7143 2.3117 2.3636 0.4156 3.9740 1.9221 1.1948 1.8442 0.2078 0.1558 0.1299 0.8052 2.9870 2.5714 2.2078 1.2468 3.9221 2.7532 0.0519 1.9740 2.1299 2.1558 1.7922 0.9610 1.2987

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2.5000 3.7903 0.8065 1.5323 1.7742 0.0806 0.0000 6.0484 0.0000 0.0000 2.1774 2.8226 2.2581 3.2258 3.2258 1.6935 0.0000 0.4032 2.5000 0.0000 1.9355 1.2903 7.6613 3.3871 0.1613 9.1935 0.0000 0.0000 4.5968 9.8387 0.0000 0.0000 0.4839 0.0000 3.2258 5.4032 0.0000 7.3387 0.0000

0.1040 2.0000 0.5107 0.1187 0.3200 0.3840 0.0973 0.3173 0.5853 0.5467 1.8493 0.1680 2.0000 0.0547 0.1147 0.1400 0.0933 1.9173 0.1173 0.2400 1.4493 0.0373 0.3600 0.0547 1.3640 0.2347 0.1947 0.0280 0.2787 0.1480 0.0827 0.3227 1.9787 0.1227 0.0960 0.0720 0.1093 0.1493 0.2360

1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2.2727 5.0000 2.6623 0.7143 1.8831 4.0260 2.9221 2.2403 1.7532 0.3571 4.0260 0.8766 4.3831 2.2078 3.0844 0.5519 0.7143 4.1883 1.4935 0.3247 2.3701 1.3961 4.5779 1.1039 1.1688 1.8182 1.3961 0.1623 3.0195 2.2078 0.2922 1.8831 0.2273 3.5714 2.0455 1.5909 2.0130 2.7597 0.8117

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1.3935 2.2839 3.4452 0.1548 0.3097 2.5161 2.7097 1.7806 3.0968 5.6516 5.5742 4.8387 2.8645 5.4581 1.6645 1.9355 3.0968

1.3442 0.1234 0.1623 1.7013 0.5584 0.7078 1.4740 1.1364 0.8961 1.7922 1.9091 0.4091 1.0649 1.8896 0.7597 1.4610 0.8961

9.6104 4.6753 3.4416 4.8052 7.7922 6.2338 6.0390 2.5325 4.8701 5.9740 9.8701 4.0260 2.4675 3.1818 4.4805 1.4935 2.2078

0.6721 1.4123 1.2078 0.1266 0.8571 0.9838 0.1364 0.7695 0.4286 0.1169 0.0584 1.2175 0.7305 0.2435 0.0390 0.0682 0.2727

0.3896 2.7078 2.2792 0.3117 1.0714 1.3636 0.2727 1.5974 1.3831 0.2143 0.0584 2.2208 1.1883 0.6623 0.0779 0.1948 0.4481

0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.0162 0.0227 0.5000 0.0942 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 0.0682

0.5065 3.1558 2.1429 4.6753 1.5195 2.8831 1.6753 4.1688 4.7922 1.2857 2.2597 0.1558 2.9221 3.2727 1.9870 0.7013 1.9091

0.7792 3.5584 0.9091 3.2987 1.3766 3.4026 1.3247 3.6104 3.0130 1.6364 0.3636 1.4286 3.8961 0.4935 0.6494 0.2338 2.2338

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0.0000 0.0000 8.7097 0.0000 0.0000 1.0484 3.2258 0.0000 0.0000 1.0484 0.0000 4.1129 0.0000 5.2419 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

0.0587 0.0707 0.1213 0.0800 0.0533 0.2360 0.0440 0.0787 0.0280 0.1307 0.4760 0.0667 0.2373 0.3347 0.1347 0.0960 0.0507

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0.3896 0.8766 2.4675 0.6169 2.7922 0.4221 1.2662 0.9416 0.8117 3.7987 1.1364 0.6494 1.2013 1.5909 0.2597 0.1948 1.9481

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Weather Category Hottest summer Coldest winter Coolest summer Mildest winter Coldest spring Coldest year-round Warmest year-round Most freezing days Fewest freezing days Most hot days (30°C or above) Most cold days (-20°C or below) Most hot and cold days Warmest spring Warmest fall Wettest city (rain and snow) Driest city Snowiest city Lowest snowfall Snowiest fall Snowiest spring Snowfall as a % of precipitation Rainiest city Most wet days Most very wet days (25 mm or above) Most dry days Most snow days Fewest snow days Most heavy snowfall days (10 cm or above) Most huge snowfall days (25 cm or above) Longest snow cover season (days) Most deep snow cover days (10 cm or above) Greatest average snow depth January 31 Most freezing rain days

City Kamloops BC Yellowknife NT Prince Rupert BC Victoria BC Yellowknife NT Yellowknife NT Chilliwack BC Thompson MB Vancouver BC

Value 26.90°C -28.90°C 15.70°C 7.40°C -5.70°C -4.60°C 10.50°C 240 days 46 days

Kamloops BC

29 days

Yellowknife NT

110 days

Yellowknife NT Chilliwack BC Windsor ON

111 days 10.20°C 11.00°C

Prince Rupert BC Whitehorse YT Gander NL Victoria BC Val-d'Or QC Gander NL

2593.60 mm 267.40 mm 443.10 cm 43.80 cm 62.00 cm 136.20 cm

Whitehorse YT Prince Rupert BC Prince Rupert BC

2468.50 mm 240 days

Prince Rupert BC Medicine Hat AB Val-d'Or QC Victoria BC

24 days 266 days 104 days 10 days

Campbellton NB

13 days

Moncton NB

2 days

Yellowknife NT

191 days

Yellowknife NT

165 days

Québec QC

57.80 cm

Gander NL

39 days

54%

Most blowing snow days Most thunderstorm days Fewest thunderstorm days Foggiest city Fewest fog days Most smoke and haze days Sunniest year-round Least sunshine yearround Sunniest winter Sunniest summer Sunniest spring Sunniest fall Most sunny days year-round Fewest sunny days year-round Most sunny days in cold months Most sunny days in warm months Most heating degreedays Most cooling degreedays Most growing degreedays Highest average pressure* Lowest average pressure* Greatest average pressure difference* Most hours with low visibility* Clearest skies yearround* Cloudiest skies yearround* Most clear skies in summer* Windiest city yearround* Lightest winds yearround* Windiest winter* Windiest summer*

Chicoutimi-Jonquière QC 31 days Windsor ON

33 days

Nanaimo BC St. John's NL Penticton BC

2 days 119 days 2 days

Windsor ON Medicine Hat AB

123 days 2512.90 hours

Prince Rupert BC Calgary AB Yellowknife NT Yellowknife NT Medicine Hat AB

1229.10 hours 366.20 hours 1034.00 hours 798.00 hours 517.30 hours

Calgary AB

333 days

Prince Rupert BC

250 days

Calgary AB

132 days

Portage la Prairie MB 149 days Yellowknife NT

8256

Windsor ON

421.7

Windsor ON

2602.6

Hamilton ON

101.71 kPa

Gander NL

101.18 kPa

Prince Rupert BC

0.89 kPa

St. John's NL

764 hours

Estevan SK

2880 hours

Prince Rupert BC

6146 hours

Nanaimo BC

797 hours

St. John's NL

23.30 km/h

Kelowna BC St. John's NL St. John's NL

5.40 km/h 26.90 km/h 20.60 km/h

Most days with light wind (5 km/h or below)* Most windy days (40 km/h or above)* Extreme wind chill* Most high wind chill days (-30 or below)* Humidex days 30° or above* High humidex days 35° or above* Most humid summer city* Driest winter air* Driest summer air*

Kelowna BC

363 days

St. John's NL Yellowknife NT

127 days

Yellowknife NT

101 days

Windsor ON

67 days

Windsor ON

28 days

Windsor ON Yellowknife NT Whitehorse YT

1.79 kPa 0.08 kPa 0.86 kPa

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Area Population

Canada 9.98 million sq km 33 million

Australia 7.69 million sq km 21 million

Largest City

Toronto (pop. Sydney (pop. 2.7 million) 4.3 million)

Net migration rate in 2009

5.63 6.23 arrivals per arrivals per 1,000 1,000 population population

Proportion of population born overseas

20 percent

24 percent

European 66%,

White 92%,

Amerindian 2%, Asian 7%, other 6%, Aboriginal, Ethnic Groups GDP Per Person

mixed background 26%

(Purchasing US$39,300 Power Parity) (2008 est.)

other 1%

US$38,100 (2008 est.)

Average Full Time Wage Can$937 Aus$1,203 (Men) per week per week Average Full Time Wage Can$793 per Aus$1,010 (Women) week per week Average Full Time Wage (Men) converted to US$ US$774 per US$860 per 2009 week week Average Full Time Wage (Women) converted to US$655 per US$721 per US$ 2009 week week Varies from Can$7.75 per hour in New Brunswick to Minimum Can$9.50 Federal Wage (per per hour in Minimum hour) Ontario Aus$14.31

Unemployme nt rate (2008 ests.)

6.10%

4.50%

Toronto 54th; Vancouver 64th

Sydney 15th; Melbourne 36th

14-Jun

22-Apr

Cost of Living (Mercer cost of living survey 2008.) The higher the number, the lower the cost of living. Tax Freedom Day (Note 1) Average House Price Average House Price converted to US$ 2009

Can$274,00 Aus$450,00 0 0

$227,000

$322,000

Life expectancy at birth (males, 2009 est.) 78.69 years 79.25 years Life expectancy at birth (females, 2009 est.)

Climates

83.91 years

84.14 years

Temperate, semiTemperate, continental, subcontinental, tropical, prairie, tropical, polar desert

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Introduction Canada's advantages Australia's advantages Shared advantages Shared disadvantages What to do?

[edit] Introduction

A question that frequently comes up on the BE forum is which of these two countries, Canada and Australia, i This is a difficult question to answer. There really is no "one size fits all" response. This article will provide some points for consideration. [edit] Canada's advantages

Closer to the UK; hence it's quicker and cheaper to travel between the two countries. You're more likely to receive visits from British rellies if you live in Canada. You may put this on the plus or m Seasons in synch. Since British and Canadian cousins have their long summer vacations (holidays) at the sam For those who want a true four-season climate, Canada is the place to go (except for coastal British Columbia always close to snow-covered mountains on which you can ski). Christmas is in winter, if that means a lot to you. Proximity to the USA, if you'd like that. French language in Quebec, New Brunswick, part of Ontario and at federal government level, if you like that. Costs of consumer goods and electrical items are generally cheaper in Canada compared to Australia, helped Canadian provinces have more autonomy than Australian states, and there is therefore more diversity of laws differences between Australian states, if you like that. Canada is not so ecologically fragile. Drought has not been a big issue in recent years. [edit] Australia's advantages

The process by which foreigners get professional or technical accreditation generally is clearer in Australia. Australian employers will generally have more familiarity with British work experience and qualifications. Some cultural similarities with the UK that Canada doesn't have, e.g., cricket, rugby, Australian (Aussie) Rule Although the seasons are out of synch with those of the UK, it may appeal to your British rellies to have a sum Hot climate, if that appeals (although, given Australia's huge size, this necessarily is an over-generalization). freezing in Tasmania. The alpine regions of south-eastern Australia have a "four season" climate with snow in

Feasible to move most electrical goods, although unless white goods are of high quality it may not be worth b need "chipping" or run through set top boxes to be compatible with transmission frequencies (again many mig code (4) to the UK region (2), but all can be viewed if you have multi-region player. VCR tapes will play on an

Driving is on the same side of the road as it is in the UK. Hence you can in theory move your British car to Au before you can drive on road. Parts may be hard to obtain for some makes and models. Also there may be im Almost all Australian states give full recognition to British drivers licences and do not require a re-test for stan provinces and not in others. Relative proximity to Asia, if you'd like that. An Australian passport gives you residence rights in New Zealand, if you'd like that. Annual leave, on average, is longer in Australia than it is in Canada. (But in both countries it varies from indu There is more scope for the average citizen to challenge legally incorrect public service decision making in Au [edit] Shared advantages

Both Canada and Australia are sparsely populated compared with the UK and have much more wilderness spa who like lots of natural space. Both countries allow dual citizenship (usually after 4 years in Australia under new rules, usually 3 years in Can substantially simpler in Australia. If you have a child born in the country, child will automatically be a citizen (in Australia provided at least one parents' immigration status provided they're not diplomats or similar). Both Canada and Australia have a laid back lifestyle compared with the UK. English (or at least a version thereof) is spoken in both Canada (except in some French-speaking areas) and A in. Both countries are inhabited by rather nice people, in the main. Both Canadian and Australian passports give the option of gaining a foothold in the United States for some wi for Australians). Both countries have dollar currencies and use the metric system. Both have a "Westminster style" government, although Australia's federal parliament has more in common wi significant powers exercised by state/province/territory governments. Both are constitutional monarchies, alth the medium term. Levels of taxation, social/health services and educational standards are broadly equivalent. [edit] Shared disadvantages

Both countries lack history and culture. Well, actually, both countries have aboriginal cultures that go back tens of thousands of years. But, for the structures and artefacts on the scale of those to be found in Europe. There are some who have argued that that indeed was aboriginal people's gift to the future -- the very fact Be that as it may, the point is that both Canada and Australia lack what feels to British people like history easy access to beautiful scenery and wilderness spaces, the reality is that, after some time in one of these " UK's old buildings and quaint villages and pubs. They come to feel that Canada (or Australia) lacks depth.

Although it's true that Canada is closer to the UK than Australia is, it's also true that neither country is just ro expats find themselves missing their British family members and friends. Sometimes it happens pretty soon after the move to the new country, and sometimes it happens years dow little worry at the back of your mind and that grows into something more serious. Sometimes it's precipitate It's almost impossible to predict, when you emigrate, whether or not homesickness will become a major iss

Neither Canada nor Australia has quick, cheap flights to Europe. A weekend getaway to Paris isn't an option. T Down Under come to miss.

[edit] What to do?

This process has no guarantees. You should research your options as exhaustively as you can. Ask advice on the forums from people who have It is enormously helpful to do a recce trip to your chosen destination (or even more than one recce trip if that Read the Moving back to the UK forum, as that will give you an idea of the factors that drive people to give up Then, after having done all that, just make the most informed decision that you can. Retrieved from "http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Canada_versus_Australia"