2011 MoneySense Poll Out on "Best Community in Canada"

MoneySense - Canada's Personal Finance Magazine, just like in 2010, released its poll on the best communities in Canada with 10,000+ in population.  See more on this here and see my blog post on this topic last year here and here

See the spreadsheet for all 180 Communities in Canada that were compared here

Some comparables included:

* Average House Price
* Time to Walk/Bike to Work
* Crime Severity Index
* Doctors per 1,000 of population

For the record - the top 10 Best Communities in Canada, according to MoneySense are:

1) Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec
2) Victoria, BC
3) Burlington, Ontario
4) Kingston, Ontario
5) St. Albert, Alberta
6) Fredricton, New Brunswick
7) Brandon, Manitoba
8) Edmonton, Alberta
9) Repentigny, Quebec
10) Winnipeg, Manitoba

Closer to home:

Williams Lake in the 2010 MoneySense's poll was ranked #178 and this year, we came up one position to #177 of 180 Communities in Canada

Quesnel in the 2010 MoneySense's poll was ranked #176 and still is ranked #176 of 180 Communities in Canada

Bottom Line - Notwithstanding the above, we know Williams Lake and Quesnel are wonderful communities always with challenges but the people who live in Williams Lake and Quesnel make these communities the very places that we love to work, play, invest and retire in

SBF