City Score 2025 — full rankings table

343 Canadian cities ranked by composite standing across eight open-data pillars.

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Top 15 cities

Top 15 Canadian cities by City Score 2025
Rank	City	Province	City Score
1	Barrie	Ontario	70%
2	Oakville	Ontario	69%
3	Markham	Ontario	68%
4	Niagara Falls	Ontario	68%
5	Pickering	Ontario	67%
6	Burnaby	British Columbia	67%
7	Ottawa	Ontario	66%
8	Bradford West Gwillimbury	Ontario	66%
9	Langford	British Columbia	66%
10	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	65%
11	Colwood	British Columbia	65%
12	Hamilton	Ontario	64%
13	New Tecumseth	Ontario	64%
14	Vaughan	Ontario	64%
15	Orangeville	Ontario	64%

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Rank	Place	Province	Score
1	Barrie	Ontario	0.704
2	Oakville	Ontario	0.691
3	Markham	Ontario	0.68
4	Niagara Falls	Ontario	0.677
5	Pickering	Ontario	0.673
6	Burnaby	British Columbia	0.666
7	Ottawa	Ontario	0.662
8	Bradford West Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.661
9	Langford	British Columbia	0.66
10	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	0.648
11	Colwood	British Columbia	0.646
12	Hamilton	Ontario	0.642
13	New Tecumseth	Ontario	0.642
14	Vaughan	Ontario	0.641
15	Orangeville	Ontario	0.64
16	Innisfil	Ontario	0.635
17	Winkler	Manitoba	0.625
18	East Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.624
19	Beaumont	Alberta	0.623
20	Blackfalds	Alberta	0.62
21	Essa	Ontario	0.618
22	Niverville	Manitoba	0.617
23	Toronto	Ontario	0.617
24	Tillsonburg	Ontario	0.617
25	Cowansville	Quebec	0.615
26	Paradise	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.613
27	Ponoka	Alberta	0.608
28	Dieppe	New Brunswick	0.606
29	St. Catharines	Ontario	0.604
30	Orillia	Ontario	0.604
31	Torbay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.603
32	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.602
33	Plympton-Wyoming	Ontario	0.6
34	Welland	Ontario	0.599
35	Ajax	Ontario	0.598
36	Chestermere	Alberta	0.594
37	St. Thomas	Ontario	0.594
38	Milton	Ontario	0.591
39	Goderich	Ontario	0.591
40	London	Ontario	0.591
41	Kitchener	Ontario	0.589
42	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	0.588
43	Grimsby	Ontario	0.586
44	Whitby	Ontario	0.584
45	Trois-Rivieres	Quebec	0.582
46	Humboldt	Saskatchewan	0.582
47	Riverview	New Brunswick	0.581
48	Collingwood	Ontario	0.581
49	Clarenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.581
50	Penetanguishene	Ontario	0.58
51	Norfolk County	Ontario	0.579
52	Langley	British Columbia	0.578
53	Richmond Hill	Ontario	0.575
54	Devon	Alberta	0.575
55	Squamish	British Columbia	0.573
56	Surrey	British Columbia	0.572
57	View Royal	British Columbia	0.572
58	Bonnyville	Alberta	0.572
59	Burlington	Ontario	0.57
60	Fort Erie	Ontario	0.569
61	Three Rivers	Prince Edward Island	0.569
62	Delta	British Columbia	0.568
63	Wetaskiwin	Alberta	0.567
64	Sylvan Lake	Alberta	0.567
65	Cambridge	Ontario	0.565
66	Caledon	Ontario	0.565
67	Haldimand County	Ontario	0.564
68	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	0.563
69	Huntsville	Ontario	0.562
70	Georgina	Ontario	0.561
71	Vancouver	British Columbia	0.561
72	Qualicum Beach	British Columbia	0.561
73	Leduc	Alberta	0.561
74	St. Marys	Ontario	0.56
75	Stony Plain	Alberta	0.559
76	The Blue Mountains	Ontario	0.559
77	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	0.559
78	Arnprior	Ontario	0.558
79	Saugeen Shores	Ontario	0.558
80	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	0.558
81	Halifax	Nova Scotia	0.555
82	Petrolia	Ontario	0.553
83	Edmonton	Alberta	0.553
84	Mount Pearl	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.553
85	Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.552
86	Wolfville	Nova Scotia	0.551
87	Drummondville	Quebec	0.551
88	Ladysmith	British Columbia	0.55
89	Selkirk	Manitoba	0.55
90	Shelburne	Ontario	0.549
91	Erin	Ontario	0.547
92	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	0.547
93	Neepawa	Manitoba	0.547
94	Clarence-Rockland	Ontario	0.546
95	Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.546
96	Slave Lake	Alberta	0.545
97	Bay Roberts	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.544
98	Abbotsford	British Columbia	0.543
99	Gravenhurst	Ontario	0.542
100	Moncton	New Brunswick	0.542
101	Whitchurch-Stouffville	Ontario	0.542
102	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.542
103	Aurora	Ontario	0.542
104	Parksville	British Columbia	0.541
105	Parry Sound	Ontario	0.541
106	Port Colborne	Ontario	0.541
107	Stratford	Ontario	0.54
108	Carleton Place	Ontario	0.54
109	Woodstock	Ontario	0.539
110	Lloydminster	Saskatchewan	0.537
111	Taber	Alberta	0.536
112	Mono	Ontario	0.536
113	Midland	Ontario	0.535
114	Brooks	Alberta	0.535
115	Mississauga	Ontario	0.534
116	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Quebec	0.534
117	Revelstoke	British Columbia	0.534
118	Brampton	Ontario	0.532
119	Steinbach	Manitoba	0.531
120	Hanover	Ontario	0.531
121	Brantford	Ontario	0.531
122	Fort McMurray	Alberta	0.531
123	Bridgewater	Nova Scotia	0.53
124	Amherstburg	Ontario	0.53
125	Fort Saskatchewan	Alberta	0.529
126	Sarnia	Ontario	0.529
127	Morden	Manitoba	0.529
128	Shediac	New Brunswick	0.529
129	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	0.528
130	New Westminster	British Columbia	0.528
131	Brandon	Manitoba	0.527
132	Amos	Quebec	0.527
133	Cobourg	Ontario	0.527
134	Didsbury	Alberta	0.524
135	Martensville	Saskatchewan	0.524
136	Oshawa	Ontario	0.523
137	Thorold	Ontario	0.522
138	Owen Sound	Ontario	0.521
139	Airdrie	Alberta	0.521
140	Sidney	British Columbia	0.521
141	White Rock	British Columbia	0.519
142	Centre Wellington	Ontario	0.518
143	St. Paul	Alberta	0.517
144	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Ontario	0.517
145	Red Deer	Alberta	0.516
146	Levis	Quebec	0.515
147	Essex	Ontario	0.515
148	Grande Prairie	Alberta	0.515
149	Bracebridge	Ontario	0.515
150	Spruce Grove	Alberta	0.513
151	Guelph	Ontario	0.511
152	Kentville	Nova Scotia	0.51
153	Shawinigan	Quebec	0.509
154	Meadow Lake	Saskatchewan	0.509
155	Drayton Valley	Alberta	0.509
156	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	0.509
157	Salmon Arm	British Columbia	0.509
158	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	0.508
159	Williams Lake	British Columbia	0.507
160	Quispamsis	New Brunswick	0.505
161	Victoriaville	Quebec	0.505
162	Chilliwack	British Columbia	0.505
163	Pelham	Ontario	0.504
164	Rouyn-Noranda	Quebec	0.504
165	Kimberley	British Columbia	0.503
166	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	0.503
167	Lethbridge	Alberta	0.501
168	Labrador City	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.501
169	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.501
170	Amherst	Nova Scotia	0.5
171	Waterloo	Ontario	0.5
172	Coaldale	Alberta	0.499
173	Pitt Meadows	British Columbia	0.499
174	Tecumseh	Ontario	0.498
175	Smiths Falls	Ontario	0.498
176	Iqaluit	Nunavut	0.497
177	Thetford Mines	Quebec	0.496
178	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.496
179	Redcliff	Alberta	0.495
180	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	0.495
181	Rothesay	New Brunswick	0.494
182	Comox	British Columbia	0.493
183	Quinte West	Ontario	0.493
184	Brant	Ontario	0.493
185	Belleville	Ontario	0.492
186	Armstrong	British Columbia	0.491
187	Calgary	Alberta	0.491
188	Cornwall	Ontario	0.49
189	Yarmouth	Nova Scotia	0.49
190	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Quebec	0.489
191	Trail	British Columbia	0.489
192	Castlegar	British Columbia	0.487
193	North Bay	Ontario	0.487
194	Stettler	Alberta	0.486
195	Peace River	Alberta	0.485
196	Prince Edward County	Ontario	0.485
197	Fredericton	New Brunswick	0.485
198	Espanola	Ontario	0.484
199	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	0.484
200	Camrose	Alberta	0.483
201	Woodstock	New Brunswick	0.483
202	Peterborough	Ontario	0.482
203	Wainwright	Alberta	0.482
204	Halton Hills	Ontario	0.481
205	Saguenay	Quebec	0.481
206	Gander	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.481
207	Banff	Alberta	0.48
208	Cold Lake	Alberta	0.48
209	Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	0.48
210	St. Albert	Alberta	0.478
211	Brockville	Ontario	0.478
212	Warman	Saskatchewan	0.478
213	Val-d'Or	Quebec	0.476
214	Stonewall	Manitoba	0.475
215	Medicine Hat	Alberta	0.475
216	Fort St. John	British Columbia	0.475
217	Gatineau	Quebec	0.474
218	LaSalle	Ontario	0.474
219	Kapuskasing	Ontario	0.473
220	Port Moody	British Columbia	0.473
221	Whitecourt	Alberta	0.473
222	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	0.472
223	Joliette	Quebec	0.472
224	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	0.471
225	Winnipeg	Manitoba	0.469
226	Kelowna	British Columbia	0.468
227	Lachute	Quebec	0.468
228	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	0.467
229	Duncan	British Columbia	0.465
230	Norfolk	Ontario	0.465
231	Kenora	Ontario	0.464
232	Conception Bay South	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.464
233	Kingsville	Ontario	0.462
234	Sudbury	Ontario	0.462
235	Petawawa	Ontario	0.461
236	Lloydminster (Part)	Saskatchewan	0.46
237	Stratford	Prince Edward Island	0.46
238	Belleville - Quinte West	Ontario	0.46
239	Vegreville	Alberta	0.46
240	Alma	Quebec	0.459
241	Oromocto	New Brunswick	0.458
242	Stephenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.458
243	Kingston	Ontario	0.456
244	Sept-Îles	Quebec	0.456
245	Elliot Lake	Ontario	0.455
246	Ingersoll	Ontario	0.455
247	Sackville	New Brunswick	0.454
248	Richmond	British Columbia	0.454
249	Lacombe	Alberta	0.453
250	Greater Napanee	Ontario	0.452
251	Saint John	New Brunswick	0.451
252	Campbellton	New Brunswick	0.451
253	Cornwall	Prince Edward Island	0.45
254	Drumheller	Alberta	0.45
255	Strathmore	Alberta	0.45
256	Lakeshore	Ontario	0.45
257	Innisfail	Alberta	0.45
258	Bathurst	New Brunswick	0.45
259	Renfrew	Ontario	0.449
260	Windsor	Ontario	0.449
261	Thompson	Manitoba	0.447
262	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	0.446
263	West Kelowna	British Columbia	0.446
264	Terrace	British Columbia	0.445
265	Granby	Quebec	0.445
266	Victoria	British Columbia	0.443
267	South Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	0.443
268	Cochrane	Ontario	0.443
269	Prince George	British Columbia	0.442
270	Timmins	Ontario	0.441
271	North Vancouver	British Columbia	0.441
272	Sherbrooke	Quebec	0.44
273	Terrebonne	Quebec	0.44
274	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Quebec	0.44
275	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.439
276	Hawkesbury	Ontario	0.437
277	Whitehorse	Yukon	0.436
278	Dauphin	Manitoba	0.435
279	Thunder Bay	Ontario	0.435
280	Vernon	British Columbia	0.435
281	Perth	Ontario	0.433
282	Marystown	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.433
283	Estevan	Saskatchewan	0.433
284	Quebec City	Quebec	0.432
285	Creston	British Columbia	0.431
286	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	0.431
287	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	0.428
288	Aylmer	Ontario	0.428
289	Nanaimo	British Columbia	0.427
290	Kamloops	British Columbia	0.427
291	Cochrane	Alberta	0.424
292	Montreal	Quebec	0.423
293	Weyburn	Saskatchewan	0.423
294	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	0.422
295	Fort Frances	Ontario	0.421
296	Powell River	British Columbia	0.421
297	Fernie	British Columbia	0.42
298	Okotoks	Alberta	0.42
299	Baie-Comeau	Quebec	0.42
300	Oliver	British Columbia	0.416
301	Truro	Nova Scotia	0.416
302	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	0.415
303	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	0.413
304	Morinville	Alberta	0.412
305	Longueuil	Quebec	0.41
306	Kirkland Lake	Ontario	0.409
307	Penticton	British Columbia	0.407
308	Rimouski	Quebec	0.407
309	Pembroke	Ontario	0.406
310	Prince Rupert	British Columbia	0.405
311	Courtenay	British Columbia	0.404
312	Edmundston	New Brunswick	0.404
313	Saint-Georges	Quebec	0.403
314	Port Hope	Ontario	0.403
315	Edson	Alberta	0.403
316	Dryden	Ontario	0.402
317	Gananoque	Ontario	0.4
318	Miramichi	New Brunswick	0.398
319	Hinton	Alberta	0.396
320	Regina	Saskatchewan	0.396
321	Cranbrook	British Columbia	0.394
322	Smithers	British Columbia	0.385
323	Canmore	Alberta	0.384
324	Merritt	British Columbia	0.383
325	Melfort	Saskatchewan	0.383
326	Nelson	British Columbia	0.377
327	Quesnel	British Columbia	0.377
328	Minto	Ontario	0.377
329	Sydney	Nova Scotia	0.376
330	The Pas	Manitoba	0.376
331	Lloydminster (Part)	Alberta	0.374
332	Laval	Quebec	0.372
333	Lincoln	Ontario	0.372
334	Osoyoos	British Columbia	0.371
335	Mississippi Mills	Ontario	0.369
336	Port Alberni	British Columbia	0.364
337	Olds	Alberta	0.362
338	High River	Alberta	0.36
339	Campbell River	British Columbia	0.357
340	Grand Falls	New Brunswick	0.338
341	Temiskaming Shores	Ontario	0.335
342	Dawson Creek	British Columbia	0.331
343	Matane	Quebec	0.325

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