Canada's best communities 2019: Full ranking of 415 cities

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2019 rank	City name	Province
1	Burlington	ON
2	Grimsby	ON
3	Ottawa	ON
4	Oakville	ON
5	New Tecumseth	ON
6	Salmon Arm	BC
7	Brant	ON
8	Niagara-on-the-Lake	ON
9	Russell	ON
10	Tecumseh	ON
11	Aurora	ON
12	West Kelowna	BC
13	Haldimand County	ON
14	Kingston	ON
15	Oak Bay	BC
16	LaSalle	ON
17	Milton	ON
18	Nelson	BC
19	Toronto	ON
20	Wilmot	ON
21	Lincoln	ON
22	Collingwood	ON
23	St. Albert	AB
24	Hamilton (City)	ON
25	Colwood	BC
26	North Saanich	BC
27	Norfolk County	ON
28	Canmore	AB
29	Central Saanich	BC
30	Squamish	BC
31	Clarence-Rockland	ON
32	Saanich	BC
33	Calgary	AB
34	Middlesex Centre	ON
35	Terrace	BC
36	Deux-Montagnes	QC
37	Woolwich	ON
38	Langford	BC
39	Kelowna	BC
40	Niagara Falls	ON
41	Thames Centre	ON
42	West Vancouver	BC
43	North Grenville	ON
44	Waterloo	ON
45	Weyburn	SK
46	Prince Rupert	BC
47	Guelph	ON
48	Blainville	QC
49	Summerland	BC
50	Sidney	BC
51	Westmount	QC
52	Cranbrook	BC
53	Markham	ON
54	Centre Wellington	ON
55	Whitby	ON
56	Carleton Place	ON
57	Kamloops	BC
58	St. Clair	ON
59	Delta	BC
60	Bradford West Gwillimbury	ON
61	Whitchurch-Stouffville	ON
62	Vernon	BC
63	Coldstream	BC
64	Tillsonburg	ON
65	Essex	ON
66	Clarington	ON
67	Trois-Rivières	QC
68	Sherbrooke	QC
69	Loyalist	ON
70	Prince Edward County	ON
71	Erin	ON
72	Lake Country	BC
73	Mirabel	QC
74	Regina	SK
75	North Vancouver	BC
76	Whistler	BC
77	Kingsville	ON
78	Thorold	ON
79	Edmonton	AB
80	South Dundas	ON
81	Strathcona County	AB
82	West Nipissing	ON
83	Saskatoon	SK
84	St. Thomas	ON
85	St. Catharines	ON
86	Springwater	ON
87	Richmond Hill	ON
88	London	ON
89	Fort Saskatchewan	AB
90	Pelham	ON
91	Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac	QC
92	Adjala-Tosorontio	ON
93	Newmarket	ON
94	Prévost	QC
95	Amherstburg	ON
96	Ajax	ON
97	Brantford	ON
98	Orangeville	ON
99	Central Elgin	ON
100	Strathroy-Caradoc	ON
101	Welland	ON
102	West Lincoln	ON
103	Comox	BC
104	Leamington	ON
105	Quinte West	ON
106	Halton Hills	ON
107	Ingersoll	ON
108	Mont-Royal	QC
109	Port Colborne	ON
110	Magog	QC
111	Lambton Shores	ON
112	Vancouver	BC
113	Lakeshore	ON
114	Rosemère	QC
115	Mississippi Mills	ON
116	Greater Sudbury	ON
117	Guelph	ON
118	King	ON
119	Port Moody	BC
120	Petawawa	ON
121	Victoria	BC
122	Essa	ON
123	Cornwall	ON
124	East Gwillimbury	ON
125	Windsor	ON
126	Chatham-Kent	ON
127	Belleville	ON
128	Chestermere	AB
129	Kitchener	ON
130	Salt Spring Island	BC
131	Halifax	NS
132	Vaughan	ON
133	Kenora	ON
134	Penticton	BC
135	Victoriaville	QC
136	Woodstock	ON
137	Rimouski	QC
138	North Bay	ON
139	Drummondville	QC
140	Surrey	BC
141	Rothesay	NB
142	Coquitlam	BC
143	Cochrane	AB
144	Sarnia	ON
145	Uxbridge	ON
146	Wasaga Beach	ON
147	Pickering	ON
148	North Dundas	ON
149	Repentigny	QC
150	L'Assomption	QC
151	Wellington North	ON
152	Timmins	ON
153	Hanover	MB
154	Barrie	ON
155	Boisbriand	QC
156	Vaudreuil-Dorion	QC
157	Powell River	BC
158	Beaumont	AB
159	Esquimalt	BC
160	Pitt Meadows	BC
161	Taché	MB
162	New Westminster	BC
163	Cobourg	ON
164	Caledon	ON
165	Estevan	SK
166	Terrebonne	QC
167	Saint-Constant	QC
168	North Vancouver	BC
169	Brandon	MB
170	The Nation	ON
171	Elizabethtown-Kitley	ON
172	Saint-Sauveur	QC
173	Richmond	BC
174	Bécancour	QC
175	Burnaby	BC
176	Saint-Eustache	QC
177	Steinbach	MB
178	Quesnel	BC
179	Oshawa	ON
180	Courtenay	BC
181	Mont-Saint-Hilaire	QC
182	Brockville	ON
183	Fort Erie	ON
184	Sooke	BC
185	Stony Plain	AB
186	Châteauguay	QC
187	Orillia	ON
188	Innisfil	ON
189	Abbotsford	BC
190	Saint-Colomban	QC
191	Prince George	BC
192	Maple Ridge	BC
193	Brossard	QC
194	Nanaimo	BC
195	Saint-Jérôme	QC
196	Cantley	QC
197	Scugog	ON
198	Oro-Medonte	ON
199	Brampton	ON
200	Winkler	MB
201	Langley	BC
202	Mascouche	QC
203	South Frontenac	ON
204	Lacombe	AB
205	Okotoks	AB
206	High River	AB
207	Rideau Lakes	ON
208	Dorval	QC
209	Campbell River	BC
210	Parksville	BC
211	Chambly	QC
212	Sturgeon County	AB
213	Moose Jaw	SK
214	Port Coquitlam	BC
215	Sault Ste. Marie	ON
216	Fort St. John	BC
217	Boucherville	QC
218	Beaconsfield	QC
219	Hamilton (Township)	ON
220	Lévis	QC
221	Beloeil	QC
222	Spruce Grove	AB
223	Elliot Lake	ON
224	Clearview	ON
225	Wellesley	ON
226	Rocky View County	AB
227	Cambridge	ON
228	Norwich	ON
229	Greater Vancouver	BC
230	Kirkland	QC
231	Quispamsis	NB
232	Shawinigan	QC
233	Charlottetown	PEI
234	Amos	QC
235	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	QC
236	White Rock	BC
237	Mapleton	ON
238	North Glengarry	ON
239	Rouyn-Noranda	QC
240	Québec	QC
241	Temiskaming Shores	ON
242	Saugeen Shores	ON
243	La Tuque	QC
244	Fredericton	NB
245	Chilliwack	BC
246	Mercier	QC
247	Midland	ON
248	North Cowichan	BC
249	Tiny	ON
250	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	QC
251	Winnipeg	MB
252	Yorkton	SK
253	Greater Napanee	ON
254	Saint-Lambert	QC
255	Joliette	QC
256	Mississauga	ON
257	Sainte-Sophie	QC
258	South Glengarry	ON
259	South Huron	ON
260	Georgina	ON
261	Thunder Bay	ON
262	St. John's	NL
263	Mission	BC
264	Hinton	AB
265	Granby	QC
266	Brooks	AB
267	Gatineau	QC
268	Sainte-Thérèse	QC
269	Pointe-Claire	QC
270	Candiac	QC
271	Red Deer	AB
272	Swift Current	SK
273	Port Alberni	BC
274	Brighton	ON
275	Leduc	AB
276	Rivière-du-Loup	QC
277	Saint-Charles-Borromée	QC
278	Grande Prairie	AB
279	Laurentian Valley	ON
280	Laval	QC
281	Foothills No. 31	AB
282	Sainte-Adèle	QC
283	Gander	NL
284	Varennes	QC
285	Stratford	ON
286	South Stormont	ON
287	La Prairie	QC
288	Sainte-Marie	QC
289	Saint-Basile-le-Grand	QC
290	Hawkesbury	ON
291	Marieville	QC
292	Kawartha Lakes	ON
293	Yarmouth	NS
294	Dollard-Des Ormeaux	QC
295	Corner Brook	NL
296	Montréal	QC
297	Brock	ON
298	Bonnyville No. 87	AB
299	Tay	ON
300	Notre-Dame-de-l'ële-Perrot	QC
301	Springfield	MB
302	L'Ancienne-Lorette	QC
303	Sorel-Tracy	QC
304	Cold Lake	AB
305	Saint-Hyacinthe	QC
306	Red Deer County	AB
307	Peterborough	ON
308	Strathmore	AB
309	Bracebridge	ON
310	Medicine Hat	AB
311	Baie-Comeau	QC
312	Moncton	NB
313	Saint John	NB
314	Wetaskiwin	AB
315	Sylvan Lake	AB
316	Lethbridge	AB
317	Pincourt	QC
318	Pembroke	ON
319	Trent Hills	ON
320	Lachute	QC
321	Saint-Georges	QC
322	Saint-Raymond	QC
323	Saint-Lin--Laurentides	QC
324	Williams Lake	BC
325	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	QC
326	Longueuil	QC
327	Mackenzie County	AB
328	Sept-Îles	QC
329	Chester	NS
330	Parkland County	AB
331	Val-d'Or	QC
332	Port Hope	ON
333	Sainte-Julie	QC
334	Grand Falls-Windsor	NL
335	Mount Pearl	NL
336	Georgian Bluffs	ON
337	Whitecourt	AB
338	Kincardine	ON
339	Rawdon	QC
340	Côte-Saint-Luc	QC
341	Sainte-Catherine	QC
342	Severn	ON
343	Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	QC
344	Portage la Prairie	MB
345	Matane	QC
346	Airdrie	AB
347	Conception Bay South	NL
348	Montmagny	QC
349	Dawson Creek	BC
350	Saint-Amable	QC
351	West Grey	ON
352	Mont-Laurier	QC
353	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	QC
354	North Perth	ON
355	Leduc County	AB
356	Meaford	ON
357	Queens	NS
358	Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines	QC
359	Grey Highlands	ON
360	Lunenburg	NS
361	Saint-Lazare	QC
362	L'Île-Perrot	QC
363	Saint-Félicien	QC
364	Cowansville	QC
365	Wood Buffalo	AB
366	Langley	BC
367	Huntsville	ON
368	Lethbridge County	AB
369	Beauharnois	QC
370	Lavaltrie	QC
371	Prince Albert	SK
372	Perth East	ON
373	North Battleford	SK
374	Paradise	NL
375	Camrose	AB
376	Cape Breton	NS
377	Thompson	MB
378	Wetaskiwin County No. 10	AB
379	Owen Sound	ON
380	West Hants	NS
381	Val-des-Monts	QC
382	Lloydminster	AB
383	Roberval	QC
384	Selkirk	MB
385	Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield	ON
386	Saguenay	QC
387	Gravenhurst	ON
388	Dolbeau-Mistassini	QC
389	Kings, Subd. B	NS
390	New Glasgow	NS
391	Alma	QC
392	Kings, Subd. A	NS
393	Lloydminster	SK
394	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	QC
395	Grande Prairie County No. 1	AB
396	Dieppe	NB
397	Thetford Mines	QC
398	Summerside	PEI
399	Edmundston	NB
400	Riverview	NB
401	Amherst	NS
402	Truro	NS
403	Yellowhead County	AB
404	Lacombe County	AB
405	Gaspé	QC
406	Clearwater County	AB
407	Miramichi	NB
408	Colchester, Subd. C	NS
409	Bathurst	NB
410	Colchester, Subd. B	NS
411	Lac Ste. Anne County	AB
412	East Hants	NS
413	St. Andrews	MB
414	St. Clements	MB
415	Mountain View County	AB