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	Ottawa	Ontario	72%
2	Oakville	Ontario	72%
3	Burnaby	British Columbia	72%
4	Langford	British Columbia	72%
5	Niagara Falls	Ontario	71%
6	Colwood	British Columbia	70%
7	Markham	Ontario	70%
8	Pickering	Ontario	68%
9	Barrie	Ontario	68%
10	Hamilton	Ontario	67%
11	Welland	Ontario	67%
12	Tillsonburg	Ontario	66%
13	Vaughan	Ontario	65%
14	Toronto	Ontario	64%
15	Fort Erie	Ontario	64%

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Rank	Place	Province	Score
1	Ottawa	Ontario	0.722
2	Oakville	Ontario	0.719
3	Burnaby	British Columbia	0.718
4	Langford	British Columbia	0.718
5	Niagara Falls	Ontario	0.71
6	Colwood	British Columbia	0.703
7	Markham	Ontario	0.698
8	Pickering	Ontario	0.684
9	Barrie	Ontario	0.684
10	Hamilton	Ontario	0.671
11	Welland	Ontario	0.669
12	Tillsonburg	Ontario	0.656
13	Vaughan	Ontario	0.654
14	Toronto	Ontario	0.64
15	Fort Erie	Ontario	0.639
16	St. Catharines	Ontario	0.639
17	Bradford West Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.637
18	Squamish	British Columbia	0.63
19	View Royal	British Columbia	0.63
20	Surrey	British Columbia	0.627
21	Shediac	New Brunswick	0.625
22	Qualicum Beach	British Columbia	0.624
23	Dieppe	New Brunswick	0.623
24	Innisfil	Ontario	0.623
25	Delta	British Columbia	0.621
26	Trois-Rivieres	Quebec	0.621
27	Grimsby	Ontario	0.619
28	Ajax	Ontario	0.618
29	Vancouver	British Columbia	0.617
30	Carleton Place	Ontario	0.613
31	Ladysmith	British Columbia	0.613
32	New Tecumseth	Ontario	0.612
33	Langley	British Columbia	0.611
34	Port Colborne	Ontario	0.609
35	Whitby	Ontario	0.606
36	Blackfalds	Alberta	0.604
37	Parksville	British Columbia	0.604
38	East Gwillimbury	Ontario	0.603
39	Wasaga Beach	Ontario	0.601
40	Riverview	New Brunswick	0.6
41	Burlington	Ontario	0.598
42	Milton	Ontario	0.597
43	Abbotsford	British Columbia	0.597
44	Beaumont	Alberta	0.596
45	Chestermere	Alberta	0.595
46	Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.595
47	Thorold	Ontario	0.594
48	Arnprior	Ontario	0.59
49	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Ontario	0.588
50	Richmond Hill	Ontario	0.587
51	Kitchener	Ontario	0.586
52	St. Thomas	Ontario	0.585
53	Goderich	Ontario	0.581
54	Drummondville	Quebec	0.581
55	New Westminster	British Columbia	0.58
56	Sorel-Tracy	Quebec	0.58
57	Paradise	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.577
58	Cowansville	Quebec	0.577
59	Sidney	British Columbia	0.577
60	Haldimand County	Ontario	0.576
61	Pelham	Ontario	0.576
62	Cobourg	Ontario	0.576
63	Essa	Ontario	0.576
64	Levis	Quebec	0.575
65	The Blue Mountains	Ontario	0.575
66	Ponoka	Alberta	0.574
67	Plympton-Wyoming	Ontario	0.573
68	Smiths Falls	Ontario	0.571
69	St. Marys	Ontario	0.571
70	Cambridge	Ontario	0.57
71	London	Ontario	0.568
72	Clarence-Rockland	Ontario	0.568
73	Orillia	Ontario	0.567
74	Orangeville	Ontario	0.567
75	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.567
76	Torbay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.565
77	Shelburne	Ontario	0.562
78	Moncton	New Brunswick	0.561
79	Niverville	Manitoba	0.561
80	Stratford	Ontario	0.56
81	Brantford	Ontario	0.559
82	Mississauga	Ontario	0.556
83	Devon	Alberta	0.554
84	White Rock	British Columbia	0.553
85	Hanover	Ontario	0.552
86	Whitchurch-Stouffville	Ontario	0.551
87	Aurora	Ontario	0.551
88	Pitt Meadows	British Columbia	0.55
89	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	0.549
90	Sylvan Lake	Alberta	0.549
91	Neepawa	Manitoba	0.549
92	Norfolk County	Ontario	0.548
93	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Quebec	0.547
94	Brampton	Ontario	0.546
95	Sackville	New Brunswick	0.545
96	Woodstock	Ontario	0.545
97	Stony Plain	Alberta	0.544
98	Oshawa	Ontario	0.544
99	Fredericton	New Brunswick	0.544
100	Chilliwack	British Columbia	0.543
101	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	0.543
102	Comox	British Columbia	0.542
103	Quispamsis	New Brunswick	0.541
104	Shawinigan	Quebec	0.541
105	Three Rivers	Prince Edward Island	0.541
106	Saguenay	Quebec	0.541
107	Bathurst	New Brunswick	0.54
108	Halifax	Nova Scotia	0.539
109	Saugeen Shores	Ontario	0.539
110	Campbellton	New Brunswick	0.538
111	Leduc	Alberta	0.537
112	Georgina	Ontario	0.537
113	Huntsville	Ontario	0.537
114	Gatineau	Quebec	0.537
115	Kimberley	British Columbia	0.535
116	Brandon	Manitoba	0.534
117	Victoriaville	Quebec	0.533
118	Erin	Ontario	0.532
119	Penetanguishene	Ontario	0.532
120	Rothesay	New Brunswick	0.532
121	Petrolia	Ontario	0.528
122	Wetaskiwin	Alberta	0.527
123	Owen Sound	Ontario	0.527
124	Corner Brook	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.527
125	Maple Ridge	British Columbia	0.526
126	Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts	Quebec	0.526
127	Port Moody	British Columbia	0.525
128	Thetford Mines	Quebec	0.525
129	Bonnyville	Alberta	0.525
130	Edmonton	Alberta	0.525
131	Collingwood	Ontario	0.524
132	Duncan	British Columbia	0.524
133	Guelph	Ontario	0.523
134	Winkler	Manitoba	0.523
135	Airdrie	Alberta	0.522
136	Whitehorse	Yukon	0.521
137	Woodstock	New Brunswick	0.521
138	Clarenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.519
139	Mount Pearl	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.518
140	Brant	Ontario	0.517
141	Lloydminster (Part)	Saskatchewan	0.517
142	Cornwall	Ontario	0.517
143	Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.516
144	Oromocto	New Brunswick	0.516
145	Kentville	Nova Scotia	0.513
146	Miramichi	New Brunswick	0.513
147	Richmond	British Columbia	0.511
148	Rivière-du-Loup	Quebec	0.511
149	Quinte West	Ontario	0.511
150	Gravenhurst	Ontario	0.509
151	Kawartha Lakes	Ontario	0.507
152	Castlegar	British Columbia	0.506
153	Trail	British Columbia	0.506
154	Lachute	Quebec	0.506
155	Grande Prairie	Alberta	0.505
156	Sainte-Marie	Quebec	0.505
157	Saint-Hyacinthe	Quebec	0.504
158	Terrebonne	Quebec	0.504
159	Amherst	Nova Scotia	0.504
160	Brockville	Ontario	0.504
161	Slave Lake	Alberta	0.502
162	Mono	Ontario	0.502
163	Amherstburg	Ontario	0.502
164	Cornwall	Prince Edward Island	0.501
165	Perth	Ontario	0.501
166	Victoria	British Columbia	0.5
167	Parry Sound	Ontario	0.499
168	Petawawa	Ontario	0.498
169	Caledon	Ontario	0.498
170	Yarmouth	Nova Scotia	0.498
171	Calgary	Alberta	0.498
172	Red Deer	Alberta	0.497
173	Wolfville	Nova Scotia	0.497
174	Taber	Alberta	0.495
175	Fort Saskatchewan	Alberta	0.495
176	Spruce Grove	Alberta	0.494
177	Edmundston	New Brunswick	0.494
178	North Vancouver	British Columbia	0.494
179	Waterloo	Ontario	0.493
180	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	0.493
181	Centre Wellington	Ontario	0.492
182	Quebec City	Quebec	0.492
183	Bay Roberts	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.492
184	Essex	Ontario	0.491
185	Peterborough	Ontario	0.491
186	Alma	Quebec	0.49
187	Port Coquitlam	British Columbia	0.49
188	Saint John	New Brunswick	0.49
189	Nanaimo	British Columbia	0.489
190	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	0.489
191	Brooks	Alberta	0.489
192	Midland	Ontario	0.488
193	Amos	Quebec	0.487
194	Montreal	Quebec	0.486
195	Granby	Quebec	0.486
196	Norfolk	Ontario	0.485
197	Fernie	British Columbia	0.484
198	North Battleford	Saskatchewan	0.484
199	Renfrew	Ontario	0.483
200	Lloydminster	Saskatchewan	0.483
201	Drayton Valley	Alberta	0.483
202	Rocky Mountain House	Alberta	0.481
203	Fort McMurray	Alberta	0.48
204	Rouyn-Noranda	Quebec	0.48
205	Humboldt	Saskatchewan	0.48
206	Bracebridge	Ontario	0.48
207	Lethbridge	Alberta	0.48
208	Ingersoll	Ontario	0.479
209	Rimouski	Quebec	0.478
210	Selkirk	Manitoba	0.477
211	Kingston	Ontario	0.477
212	Powell River	British Columbia	0.476
213	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories	0.475
214	Steinbach	Manitoba	0.475
215	Revelstoke	British Columbia	0.474
216	Martensville	Saskatchewan	0.473
217	Belleville - Quinte West	Ontario	0.472
218	Longueuil	Quebec	0.472
219	Sherbrooke	Quebec	0.471
220	St. Paul	Alberta	0.47
221	Bridgewater	Nova Scotia	0.47
222	Coaldale	Alberta	0.469
223	Tecumseh	Ontario	0.468
224	Armstrong	British Columbia	0.466
225	Didsbury	Alberta	0.465
226	Meadow Lake	Saskatchewan	0.462
227	Sept-Îles	Quebec	0.462
228	Hawkesbury	Ontario	0.459
229	Iqaluit	Nunavut	0.459
230	Dolbeau-Mistassini	Quebec	0.457
231	Aylmer	Ontario	0.457
232	Whitecourt	Alberta	0.457
233	Sudbury	Ontario	0.457
234	Val-d'Or	Quebec	0.455
235	Estevan	Saskatchewan	0.455
236	Belleville	Ontario	0.455
237	Courtenay	British Columbia	0.453
238	Greater Sudbury	Ontario	0.453
239	Kelowna	British Columbia	0.452
240	Peace River	Alberta	0.452
241	St. Albert	Alberta	0.45
242	Port Hope	Ontario	0.45
243	Prince Edward County	Ontario	0.449
244	Stettler	Alberta	0.449
245	Fort St. John	British Columbia	0.449
246	Joliette	Quebec	0.447
247	Creston	British Columbia	0.447
248	Williams Lake	British Columbia	0.446
249	Stephenville	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.445
250	Banff	Alberta	0.445
251	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia	0.444
252	Mississippi Mills	Ontario	0.444
253	Kenora	Ontario	0.444
254	Kingsville	Ontario	0.443
255	LaSalle	Ontario	0.443
256	Strathmore	Alberta	0.443
257	Pembroke	Ontario	0.441
258	Cochrane	Alberta	0.441
259	Dauphin	Manitoba	0.438
260	West Kelowna	British Columbia	0.436
261	North Bay	Ontario	0.436
262	Stratford	Prince Edward Island	0.435
263	Okotoks	Alberta	0.435
264	Laval	Quebec	0.434
265	Saint-Georges	Quebec	0.434
266	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	0.433
267	Cold Lake	Alberta	0.433
268	Lacombe	Alberta	0.433
269	Conception Bay South	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.432
270	Baie-Comeau	Quebec	0.432
271	Kirkland Lake	Ontario	0.432
272	Redcliff	Alberta	0.431
273	Greater Napanee	Ontario	0.431
274	Sarnia	Ontario	0.431
275	Wainwright	Alberta	0.43
276	Camrose	Alberta	0.429
277	Cranbrook	British Columbia	0.429
278	Lakeshore	Ontario	0.429
279	Grand Falls-Windsor	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.428
280	Grand Falls	New Brunswick	0.427
281	Halton Hills	Ontario	0.427
282	Terrace	British Columbia	0.427
283	Warman	Saskatchewan	0.426
284	Morden	Manitoba	0.426
285	Oliver	British Columbia	0.426
286	Yorkton	Saskatchewan	0.425
287	South Bruce Peninsula	Ontario	0.424
288	Hinton	Alberta	0.423
289	Chatham-Kent	Ontario	0.422
290	Lloydminster (Part)	Alberta	0.42
291	Cochrane	Ontario	0.419
292	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	0.418
293	Prince George	British Columbia	0.417
294	Windsor	Ontario	0.416
295	Prince Rupert	British Columbia	0.416
296	Vernon	British Columbia	0.414
297	Gananoque	Ontario	0.414
298	Winnipeg	Manitoba	0.412
299	Penticton	British Columbia	0.412
300	Minto	Ontario	0.411
301	Medicine Hat	Alberta	0.41
302	Gander	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.41
303	Kapuskasing	Ontario	0.41
304	Edson	Alberta	0.408
305	Salmon Arm	British Columbia	0.407
306	Innisfail	Alberta	0.404
307	Weyburn	Saskatchewan	0.404
308	Thompson	Manitoba	0.403
309	Campbell River	British Columbia	0.403
310	Stonewall	Manitoba	0.402
311	Vegreville	Alberta	0.402
312	Labrador City	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.401
313	Marystown	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.401
314	Fort Frances	Ontario	0.4
315	Espanola	Ontario	0.4
316	Timmins	Ontario	0.397
317	Truro	Nova Scotia	0.397
318	Happy Valley-Goose Bay	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.397
319	Drumheller	Alberta	0.396
320	Matane	Quebec	0.395
321	Lincoln	Ontario	0.392
322	Nelson	British Columbia	0.392
323	Elliot Lake	Ontario	0.391
324	Dryden	Ontario	0.384
325	Morinville	Alberta	0.382
326	Osoyoos	British Columbia	0.381
327	Thunder Bay	Ontario	0.38
328	The Pas	Manitoba	0.377
329	High River	Alberta	0.374
330	Port Alberni	British Columbia	0.369
331	Temiskaming Shores	Ontario	0.369
332	Sydney	Nova Scotia	0.368
333	Regina	Saskatchewan	0.362
334	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	0.361
335	Melfort	Saskatchewan	0.359
336	Quesnel	British Columbia	0.351
337	Canmore	Alberta	0.349
338	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	0.348
339	Kamloops	British Columbia	0.34
340	Merritt	British Columbia	0.329
341	Smithers	British Columbia	0.328
342	Olds	Alberta	0.322
343	Dawson Creek	British Columbia	0.306

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