OpenStats City Score (2021)

Cities ordered by equal-weight mean of eight open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety); missing pillars score at median standing (0.5).

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Coverage: 343 · Original study / source

Rank	Place	Province	Score
1	East Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.687
2	Essa	Ontario	0.684
3	Langford	British Columbia	0.679
4	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	0.666
5	Bradford West Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.66
6	Barrie	Ontario	0.652
7	Vaughan	Ontario	0.65
8	New Tecumseth	Ontario	0.65
9	St. Marys	Ontario	0.647
10	Innisfil	Ontario	0.645
11	Hamilton	Ontario	0.645
12	Pickering	Ontario	0.643
13	Colwood	British Columbia	0.642
14	Oakville	Ontario	0.636
15	Caledon	Ontario	0.634
16	Penetanguishene	Ontario	0.634
17	Tillsonburg	Ontario	0.623
18	Orillia	Ontario	0.622
19	Toronto	Ontario	0.62
20	Aurora	Ontario	0.62
21	Beaumont	Alberta	0.619
22	Drummondville	Quebec	0.619
23	Niverville	Manitoba	0.617
24	Ponoka	Alberta	0.616
25	Cowansville	Quebec	0.613
26	Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.612
27	Wetaskiwin	Alberta	0.61
28	Orangeville	Ontario	0.61
29	Ottawa	Ontario	0.609
30	Torbay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.608
31	Qualicum Beach	British Columbia	0.602
32	Riverview	New Brunswick	0.6
33	Clarenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.6
34	Plympton-Wyoming	Ontario	0.599
35	Bracebridge	Ontario	0.599
36	Niagara Falls	Ontario	0.598
37	Markham	Ontario	0.598
38	Collingwood	Ontario	0.597
39	Burnaby	British Columbia	0.595
40	Waterloo	Ontario	0.594
41	Langley	British Columbia	0.594
42	White Rock	British Columbia	0.593
43	Whitby	Ontario	0.593
44	Dieppe	New Brunswick	0.593
45	London	Ontario	0.589
46	Georgina	Ontario	0.589
47	Wolfville	Nova Scotia	0.588
48	St. Thomas	Ontario	0.586
49	Grimsby	Ontario	0.586
50	Bonnyville	Alberta	0.586
51	Burlington	Ontario	0.585
52	Gravenhurst	Ontario	0.584
53	Three Rivers	Prince Edward Island	0.583
54	Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.583
55	Stony Plain	Alberta	0.583
56	The Blue Mountains	Ontario	0.582
57	Delta	British Columbia	0.582
58	Cambridge	Ontario	0.58
59	Oshawa	Ontario	0.578
60	Milton	Ontario	0.576
61	Devon	Alberta	0.575
62	Chestermere	Alberta	0.574
63	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.573
64	Didsbury	Alberta	0.573
65	View Royal	British Columbia	0.573
66	Sylvan Lake	Alberta	0.572
67	Trois-Rivieres	Quebec	0.572
68	Whitchurch-Stouffville	Ontario	0.571
69	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	0.571
70	Midland	Ontario	0.57
71	Kitchener	Ontario	0.57
72	Surrey	British Columbia	0.568
73	Leduc	Alberta	0.567
74	Squamish	British Columbia	0.567
75	Salmon Arm	British Columbia	0.566
76	Shelburne	Ontario	0.566
77	Labrador City	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.565
78	Centre Wellington	Ontario	0.564
79	Norfolk County	Ontario	0.564
80	Ajax	Ontario	0.564
81	Ladysmith	British Columbia	0.564
82	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Ontario	0.563
83	Shawinigan	Quebec	0.563
84	Richmond Hill	Ontario	0.563
85	Saugeen Shores	Ontario	0.562
86	Yarmouth	Nova Scotia	0.561
87	Goderich	Ontario	0.561
88	Drayton Valley	Alberta	0.558
89	Welland	Ontario	0.558
90	Innisfail	Alberta	0.558
91	Neepawa	Manitoba	0.557
92	Carleton Place	Ontario	0.557
93	Paradise	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.557
94	Haldimand County	Ontario	0.556
95	New Westminster	British Columbia	0.556
96	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	0.554
97	Guelph	Ontario	0.554
98	Petrolia	Ontario	0.554
99	Martensville	Saskatchewan	0.552
100	Fort Saskatchewan	Alberta	0.552
101	Armstrong	British Columbia	0.551
102	Bay Roberts	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.551
103	Winkler	Manitoba	0.549
104	Woodstock	Ontario	0.549
105	Amherstburg	Ontario	0.548
106	Parry Sound	Ontario	0.548
107	Halifax	Nova Scotia	0.547
108	Stratford	Ontario	0.547
109	St. Catharines	Ontario	0.544
110	Quinte West	Ontario	0.544
111	Parksville	British Columbia	0.544
112	Brampton	Ontario	0.543
113	Sidney	British Columbia	0.543
114	Mississauga	Ontario	0.543
115	Arnprior	Ontario	0.542
116	Espanola	Ontario	0.542
117	Taber	Alberta	0.541
118	Fort Erie	Ontario	0.541
119	Brant	Ontario	0.541
120	Clarence-Rockland	Ontario	0.54
121	Revelstoke	British Columbia	0.54
122	Humboldt	Saskatchewan	0.539
123	Pitt Meadows	British Columbia	0.537
124	Kimberley	British Columbia	0.536
125	Huntsville	Ontario	0.536
126	South Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	0.534
127	Essex	Ontario	0.532
128	Port Colborne	Ontario	0.531
129	Mono	Ontario	0.53
130	Slave Lake	Alberta	0.53
131	Amos	Quebec	0.53
132	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Quebec	0.529
133	Mount Pearl	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.528
134	Moncton	New Brunswick	0.527
135	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	0.527
136	Cobourg	Ontario	0.527
137	LaSalle	Ontario	0.525
138	Blackfalds	Alberta	0.525
139	Marystown	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.525
140	Vegreville	Alberta	0.524
141	Lachute	Quebec	0.524
142	Vancouver	British Columbia	0.523
143	Comox	British Columbia	0.523
144	Abbotsford	British Columbia	0.522
145	Prince Edward County	Ontario	0.521
146	Erin	Ontario	0.52
147	Victoriaville	Quebec	0.518
148	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	0.517
149	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	0.517
150	Williams Lake	British Columbia	0.516
151	Morinville	Alberta	0.515
152	Richmond	British Columbia	0.515
153	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	0.515
154	Sarnia	Ontario	0.515
155	Airdrie	Alberta	0.515
156	Kapuskasing	Ontario	0.515
157	Stonewall	Manitoba	0.514
158	West Kelowna	British Columbia	0.513
159	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	0.511
160	Brooks	Alberta	0.511
161	Morden	Manitoba	0.511
162	Sackville	New Brunswick	0.511
163	Tecumseh	Ontario	0.51
164	Cold Lake	Alberta	0.51
165	Greater Napanee	Ontario	0.509
166	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.509
167	Hanover	Ontario	0.509
168	Levis	Quebec	0.508
169	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	0.507
170	Ingersoll	Ontario	0.507
171	Quispamsis	New Brunswick	0.506
172	Stephenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.504
173	Wainwright	Alberta	0.503
174	Amherst	Nova Scotia	0.503
175	Thompson	Manitoba	0.503
176	Brantford	Ontario	0.503
177	Joliette	Quebec	0.503
178	Shediac	New Brunswick	0.5
179	Kentville	Nova Scotia	0.499
180	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	0.499
181	Port Moody	British Columbia	0.499
182	Kenora	Ontario	0.498
183	Elliot Lake	Ontario	0.497
184	Peace River	Alberta	0.496
185	Thorold	Ontario	0.496
186	Redcliff	Alberta	0.496
187	Canmore	Alberta	0.495
188	Chilliwack	British Columbia	0.495
189	Cornwall	Prince Edward Island	0.494
190	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Quebec	0.494
191	Bridgewater	Nova Scotia	0.493
192	Woodstock	New Brunswick	0.492
193	Thetford Mines	Quebec	0.491
194	Norfolk	Ontario	0.489
195	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	0.489
196	Steinbach	Manitoba	0.488
197	Lakeshore	Ontario	0.487
198	Fort McMurray	Alberta	0.487
199	Cochrane	Ontario	0.486
200	Rouyn-Noranda	Quebec	0.486
201	Sherbrooke	Quebec	0.486
202	Halton Hills	Ontario	0.485
203	Warman	Saskatchewan	0.483
204	Edson	Alberta	0.483
205	Belleville	Ontario	0.483
206	Lincoln	Ontario	0.482
207	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.482
208	Kelowna	British Columbia	0.482
209	Stratford	Prince Edward Island	0.481
210	Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	0.479
211	Gander	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.478
212	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.478
213	Edmonton	Alberta	0.477
214	Gatineau	Quebec	0.476
215	North Bay	Ontario	0.476
216	North Vancouver	British Columbia	0.475
217	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	0.474
218	Conception Bay South	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.474
219	Val-d'Or	Quebec	0.472
220	Smiths Falls	Ontario	0.47
221	Fort Frances	Ontario	0.47
222	Belleville - Quinte West	Ontario	0.47
223	St. Albert	Alberta	0.469
224	Pelham	Ontario	0.469
225	Lloydminster	Saskatchewan	0.469
226	Port Hope	Ontario	0.469
227	Saint John	New Brunswick	0.468
228	Kingsville	Ontario	0.466
229	Montreal	Quebec	0.464
230	Winnipeg	Manitoba	0.463
231	Rothesay	New Brunswick	0.461
232	Brandon	Manitoba	0.46
233	Granby	Quebec	0.459
234	High River	Alberta	0.459
235	Petawawa	Ontario	0.459
236	Whitehorse	Yukon	0.458
237	Alma	Quebec	0.458
238	Kingston	Ontario	0.457
239	Okotoks	Alberta	0.455
240	Fernie	British Columbia	0.452
241	Victoria	British Columbia	0.452
242	Perth	Ontario	0.451
243	Vernon	British Columbia	0.451
244	Camrose	Alberta	0.45
245	Prince Rupert	British Columbia	0.45
246	Terrace	British Columbia	0.447
247	Sudbury	Ontario	0.446
248	Iqaluit	Nunavut	0.446
249	Sept-Îles	Quebec	0.445
250	Saguenay	Quebec	0.445
251	Selkirk	Manitoba	0.444
252	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	0.443
253	Oromocto	New Brunswick	0.443
254	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	0.442
255	Owen Sound	Ontario	0.442
256	Kamloops	British Columbia	0.442
257	Creston	British Columbia	0.442
258	Medicine Hat	Alberta	0.441
259	Drumheller	Alberta	0.441
260	Quebec City	Quebec	0.441
261	Melfort	Saskatchewan	0.439
262	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.439
263	Mississippi Mills	Ontario	0.439
264	Coaldale	Alberta	0.438
265	Powell River	British Columbia	0.438
266	Cornwall	Ontario	0.437
267	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Quebec	0.436
268	Spruce Grove	Alberta	0.436
269	Lethbridge	Alberta	0.436
270	Gananoque	Ontario	0.434
271	Meadow Lake	Saskatchewan	0.433
272	Fredericton	New Brunswick	0.431
273	Nanaimo	British Columbia	0.43
274	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	0.43
275	Stettler	Alberta	0.43
276	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	0.428
277	The Pas	Manitoba	0.427
278	Longueuil	Quebec	0.427
279	Oliver	British Columbia	0.427
280	Grand Falls	New Brunswick	0.426
281	Castlegar	British Columbia	0.426
282	Dauphin	Manitoba	0.426
283	Terrebonne	Quebec	0.425
284	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	0.425
285	Windsor	Ontario	0.423
286	Osoyoos	British Columbia	0.422
287	Lacombe	Alberta	0.42
288	Cochrane	Alberta	0.419
289	St. Paul	Alberta	0.418
290	Baie-Comeau	Quebec	0.417
291	Grande Prairie	Alberta	0.415
292	Duncan	British Columbia	0.414
293	Olds	Alberta	0.413
294	Thunder Bay	Ontario	0.412
295	Peterborough	Ontario	0.412
296	Bathurst	New Brunswick	0.411
297	Cranbrook	British Columbia	0.409
298	Trail	British Columbia	0.408
299	Fort St. John	British Columbia	0.406
300	Minto	Ontario	0.405
301	Nelson	British Columbia	0.405
302	Dryden	Ontario	0.404
303	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	0.404
304	Campbellton	New Brunswick	0.403
305	Kirkland Lake	Ontario	0.402
306	Pembroke	Ontario	0.4
307	Campbell River	British Columbia	0.4
308	Whitecourt	Alberta	0.395
309	Rimouski	Quebec	0.395
310	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	0.394
311	Saint-Georges	Quebec	0.394
312	Timmins	Ontario	0.392
313	Truro	Nova Scotia	0.391
314	Renfrew	Ontario	0.391
315	Merritt	British Columbia	0.388
316	Smithers	British Columbia	0.388
317	Penticton	British Columbia	0.386
318	Courtenay	British Columbia	0.384
319	Brockville	Ontario	0.383
320	Aylmer	Ontario	0.383
321	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	0.383
322	Banff	Alberta	0.378
323	Weyburn	Saskatchewan	0.378
324	Strathmore	Alberta	0.377
325	Calgary	Alberta	0.375
326	Red Deer	Alberta	0.373
327	Laval	Quebec	0.372
328	Hinton	Alberta	0.371
329	Miramichi	New Brunswick	0.369
330	Port Alberni	British Columbia	0.368
331	Estevan	Saskatchewan	0.364
332	Prince George	British Columbia	0.364
333	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	0.362
334	Sydney	Nova Scotia	0.356
335	Quesnel	British Columbia	0.356
336	Lloydminster (Part)	Saskatchewan	0.351
337	Regina	Saskatchewan	0.343
338	Hawkesbury	Ontario	0.343
339	Lloydminster (Part)	Alberta	0.339
340	Temiskaming Shores	Ontario	0.337
341	Edmundston	New Brunswick	0.33
342	Dawson Creek	British Columbia	0.316
343	Matane	Quebec	0.307

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