The best place to live in all of Canada is still not North Battleford.
So says MoneySense magazine, who issued their annual rankings of Canada’s Best Places to Live 2016 this past week.
According to them, Ottawa, Ont. scored first in the ranking as the best place to live in all of Canada. Burlington and Oakville, Ont. ranked second and third, respectively.
Ottawa scored well for its high incomes and job opportunities, low taxes and low crime rates. Ottawa was also credited by MoneySense for being pedestrian and transit friendly.
Among Saskatchewan communities, there was a surprise winner: Weyburn was ranked the top city to live in all of Saskatchewan, finishing 28th overall, ahead of Regina (33rd), Moose Jaw (58th) and Saskatoon (68th).
The MoneySense showing is more notoriety for a community that recently gained attention for stories about the future of its popular KFC buffet in its city.
But while Weyburn is now famous for all-you-can-eat fried chicken, that was apparently not what put the southeast Saskatchewan city over the top in the MoneySense survey.
Instead, MoneySense scored it highly for its affordable housing to go along with high incomes.
As for North Battleford, it was ranked way behind at 113th place, an even worse showing than last year when it finished 106th overall.
North Battleford impressed MoneySense in only two categories: affordable housing and access to health care.
If it makes folks in North Battleford feel any better, Lloydminster was 135th and Prince Albert 186th.
Overall, MoneySense ranked 219 communities across Canada based on such things as cost of living, amenities, weather and others. For more information about the results, go to www.moneysense.ca.
