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1 Victoria CMA 46 20 135 13 2 3 145 145 70 29 6 21 5 94 62 104 17 532 Ottawa CMA 22 24 23 40 5 5 109 68 95 46 44 84 52 38 27 112 28 1103 Kingston CMA 45 41 101 61 5 5 81 64 74 71 27 96 11 57 40 84 2 104 Burlington City 9 9 16 40 5 5 125 60 34 25 23 88 142 7 9 81 62 1145 Vancouver City 44 42 47 31 2 3 150 151 113 138 2 20 6 99 97 144 41 77

6 Moncton CMA 88 95 19 53 11 6 19 20 123 132 99 49 60 78 67 94 19 357 Fredericton CA 73 81 55 37 11 6 16 13 75 124 99 49 45 65 86 102 59 1118 Winnipeg CMA 74 79 51 32 9 3 45 38 28 31 125 17 90 96 104 142 39 519 Peterborough CMA 64 63 85 88 5 5 61 48 87 16 87 100 32 61 69 92 76 52

10 Brandon CA 104 124 111 9 9 3 37 43 14 58 143 47 40 107 93 124 64 2111 London CMA 41 43 28 110 5 5 53 30 113 79 47 134 82 84 59 100 23 3312 Canmore CA 8 8 63 3 4 1 154 150 45 57 147 30 2 83 61 1 11 10313 Levis City 57 82 27 23 12 4 62 47 141 133 94 88 133 9 8 1 14 2914 Halifax CMA 60 94 8 52 10 6 87 85 115 145 65 5 22 100 124 119 6 4315 Guelph CMA 27 18 61 61 5 5 108 79 109 56 78 132 66 22 26 87 91 12816 North Bay CA 91 68 33 40 5 5 28 25 128 87 103 49 24 40 56 1 92 4817 Woodstock CA 67 64 107 61 5 5 50 42 66 68 52 134 57 41 21 1 131 12318 Edmonton CMA 21 7 29 20 4 1 120 108 31 55 101 54 119 97 90 136 50 7119 Leamington CA 35 69 76 96 5 5 49 23 29 36 25 137 42 21 30 145 154 121

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20 Waterloo City 13 13 36 79 5 5 101 39 100 41 73 120 26 23 18 109 128 14221 Quebec City 110 113 11 48 12 4 62 84 141 133 94 88 27 27 51 1 14 2622 Cobourg CA 71 83 53 113 5 5 105 122 30 21 37 100 13 77 82 146 98 7423 Lethbridge CA 65 29 118 16 4 1 86 91 4 90 91 88 101 103 92 125 102 4724 Joliette CA 136 133 56 75 12 4 55 101 34 86 80 61 28 49 25 1 3 625 Whitehorse CA 29 2 1 120 3 1 112 97 25 122 154 112 18 132 136 152 34 9926 Calgary CMA 7 1 10 15 4 1 135 86 13 80 128 30 109 44 44 137 60 11727 Centre Wellington CA 17 32 90 14 5 5 117 81 131 60 75 120 95 6 4 1 136 96 28 Laval City 55 73 20 61 12 4 94 92 72 78 59 64 147 17 42 80 52 9129 Vernon CA 89 101 122 28 2 3 133 141 38 82 21 35 50 118 115 118 30 44

30 Ingersoll CA 56 59 35 38 5 5 50 36 77 70 40 134 98 55 48 1 149 14531 Windsor CMA 37 30 29 143 5 5 23 6 57 49 20 129 131 82 56 106 124 6332 Salmon Arm CA 108 103 132 38 2 3 138 146 63 19 41 43 29 115 107 1 22 32 33 Mississauga City 12 52 13 96 5 5 126 83 53 5 42 41 149 11 13 107 83 14434 Dawson Creek CA 80 34 75 28 2 3 72 69 36 48 144 116 47 146 133 153 73 67 35 Cold Lake CA 16 17 34 4 4 1 113 65 27 74 134 94 73 135 134 1 12 15436 Thunder Bay CMA 76 45 133 79 5 5 14 10 43 2 142 24 87 88 105 113 94 1737 Richmond City 53 40 2 28 2 3 150 153 108 129 3 22 137 69 24 101 41 13138 Fort St. John CA 19 37 5 10 2 3 99 46 23 59 111 117 78 136 143 1 141 15139 Stratford CA 69 70 123 45 5 5 100 118 111 104 60 120 4 63 17 1 27 11240 Saskatoon CMA 62 49 147 26 7 2 104 117 11 96 132 15 61 117 131 139 20 36 41 Camrose CA 79 50 84 20 4 1 118 131 8 54 129 88 52 116 88 1 107 742 Orillia CA 82 71 38 73 5 5 76 89 92 95 63 108 56 101 130 129 51 9743 Port Hope CA 47 48 59 56 5 5 115 123 32 14 26 100 92 37 50 1 145 9044 Oakville City 2 4 7 56 5 5 146 106 21 10 35 120 145 7 9 81 83 143

45 Courtenay CA 85 111 143 36 2 3 124 137 138 143 15 5 17 134 117 1 25 3746 Rimouski CA 124 114 39 129 12 4 68 109 105 47 90 68 15 23 23 1 8 847 Saint-Georges CA 119 147 58 32 12 4 20 27 50 81 117 153 138 15 28 1 26 55 48 Yellowknife CA 4 3 45 79 1 1 134 55 22 117 153 55 1 152 150 1 69 12949 Wetaskiwin CA 96 36 98 4 4 1 114 130 17 40 150 88 37 150 147 1 38 2050 Brooks CA 20 22 25 6 4 1 46 16 5 98 126 56 108 112 137 1 153 15251 Portage la Prairie CA 134 128 145 32 9 3 3 5 6 30 126 47 31 147 146 1 143 1 52 Tillsonburg CA 78 77 109 75 5 5 35 28 52 88 52 146 49 46 78 1 134 11653 Collingwood CA 30 97 78 104 5 5 116 105 133 113 32 108 20 106 89 147 55 62 54 Sault Ste. Marie CA 86 67 128 61 5 5 8 3 127 33 98 64 75 73 91 1 115 4255 Sherbrooke CMA 125 131 44 85 12 4 57 94 149 125 117 104 69 29 15 97 13 19 56 Oshawa City 33 35 15 123 5 5 67 33 46 23 54 96 136 19 34 95 139 13357 Regina CMA 51 47 138 24 7 2 80 71 16 89 135 25 94 120 120 133 58 6558 Red Deer CA 18 19 26 32 4 1 107 62 18 44 137 25 112 108 114 1 70 75




59 Hamilton City 43 51 110 103 5 5 90 70 80 43 34 128 118 50 71 121 62 5960 Sarnia CA 39 58 91 108 5 5 24 11 59 18 28 144 100 78 76 127 118 6861 Brantford CMA 49 27 119 88 5 5 73 53 44 35 38 132 127 93 99 88 138 8762 Swift Current CA 109 119 144 7 7 2 15 17 12 97 114 56 113 102 74 1 36 78 63 Kitchener City 38 39 89 75 5 5 101 93 100 41 73 120 126 23 18 109 128 140 64 St. John's CMA 63 121 14 128 6 6 40 26 153 147 93 36 104 70 74 1 16 2365 St. Catharines - Niagar CMA 66 78 121 120 5 5 54 45 64 22 23 86 115 42 22 86 133 95 66 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelie CA 100 123 72 48 12 4 65 74 68 100 49 108 97 51 33 1 95 58 67 Whitby City 11 6 18 56 5 5 106 29 46 23 54 96 150 19 34 95 139 11968 Yorkton CA 147 122 154 26 7 2 6 14 24 65 138 25 79 144 129 1 77 27

69 Greater Sudbury CMA 54 61 100 61 5 5 59 41 97 39 107 75 103 39 68 131 101 61 70 Penticton CA 118 117 139 48 2 3 136 147 19 107 17 30 8 124 126 128 37 46 71 Nanaimo CA 102 92 60 96 2 3 132 142 120 127 11 8 69 126 118 99 47 5772 Saint-Hyacinthe CA 140 143 42 61 12 4 71 119 78 102 64 151 21 1 1 117 29 54 73 Kawartha Lakes CA 58 72 103 134 5 5 44 32 87 16 87 100 122 62 108 1 146 60 74 Vaughan City 3 15 9 40 5 5 143 90 37 7 68 80 154 3 5 89 83 14875 Duncan CA 92 98 136 61 2 3 137 144 132 9 81 8 68 131 140 1 49 8576 Parksville CA 106 102 129 60 2 3 129 140 117 121 14 8 34 123 65 1 111 4577 Richmond Hill City 6 11 12 61 5 5 139 78 98 36 46 80 151 3 5 89 83 13478 Pembroke CA 97 87 137 88 5 5 70 82 103 11 115 130 51 87 83 1 114 4179 Toronto City 26 84 17 126 5 5 141 132 73 15 44 80 54 36 80 138 83 12780 Estevan CA 31 60 97 1 7 2 27 8 15 73 121 25 120 113 101 1 150 13581 Kamloops CA 75 46 116 73 2 3 110 125 7 118 22 30 107 129 122 98 57 8082 Medicine Hat CA 40 26 70 16 4 1 103 102 3 105 96 56 140 81 66 1 120 7683 Owen Sound CA 103 88 114 75 5 5 91 116 133 113 32 113 48 59 72 1 18 25

84 Trois-Rivières CMA 143 130 82 129 12 4 10 19 76 112 89 75 88 33 29 135 79 50 85 Rivière-du-Loup CA 131 139 83 120 12 4 56 98 140 72 109 68 36 32 55 1 10 15 86 Cornwall CA 130 99 105 108 5 5 11 18 62 85 39 86 64 90 116 1 125 9487 Rouyn-Noranda CA 126 137 54 96 12 4 31 52 119 28 141 137 16 52 49 1 93 101 88 Thompson CA 25 54 67 71 9 3 95 49 49 27 155 17 25 153 154 154 113 132 89 Midland CA 84 56 86 96 5 5 79 99 85 106 48 42 65 109 108 1 109 990 Grande Prairie CA 10 10 6 10 4 1 98 21 33 67 131 49 130 128 123 1 135 137 91 North Battleford CA 139 105 149 16 7 2 39 73 9 93 133 75 55 154 153 1 61 11 92 Kenora CA 50 38 81 113 5 5 75 58 58 3 108 17 30 140 148 1 103 2293 Charlottetown CA 99 109 134 126 8 7 47 54 143 128 79 104 41 91 63 1 40 31 94 Burnaby City 72 89 50 40 2 3 150 154 126 151 4 13 134 89 77 120 41 11595 Cranbrook CA 90 65 125 20 2 3 131 139 2 84 85 43 43 121 110 151 24 8896 Kelowna CMA 59 66 96 48 2 3 149 152 39 92 66 43 110 119 119 105 67 9397 Amos CA 111 141 62 152 12 4 34 44 65 50 146 137 14 28 60 1 7 3




98 Cambridge City 28 21 65 88 5 5 96 57 121 69 62 120 144 23 18 109 128 138 99 Brockville CA 83 91 91 92 5 5 82 100 71 77 36 96 71 92 95 1 99 13

100 Montreal City 141 120 24 144 12 4 123 143 68 100 49 64 23 68 79 132 52 89 101 Barrie CMA 24 16 40 61 5 5 111 77 67 1 70 108 141 60 37 115 127 122102 Chatham-Kent CA 87 74 126 135 5 5 13 15 42 32 18 137 95 74 52 1 147 108 103 Sorel-Tracy CA 129 134 80 123 12 4 32 56 41 76 72 61 58 47 30 123 119 34 104 Okotoks CA 14 12 22 2 4 1 142 127 1 26 145 30 135 85 45 1 144 113105 Moose Jaw CA 128 115 148 71 7 2 38 63 10 94 119 25 67 122 97 1 105 14 106 Belleville CA 94 93 127 113 5 5 92 114 56 34 29 113 76 98 102 1 110 106 107 Saint John CMA 93 106 77 85 11 6 25 24 93 142 84 68 84 104 128 114 33 38

108 Timmins CA 61 53 52 113 5 5 12 4 137 13 151 137 39 66 106 1 121 82109 Coquitlam City 36 28 49 16 2 3 150 149 145 152 9 13 143 71 36 93 41 126 110Salaberry-de-Valleyfiel CA 137 146 73 118 12 4 36 66 55 64 58 113 85 56 69 1 66 30 111 Longueuil City 114 107 48 104 12 4 83 121 84 99 30 64 124 45 39 116 52 83 112 Petawawa CA 42 31 87 79 5 5 88 67 103 11 115 130 91 2 2 1 152 98113 Corner Brook CA 113 144 46 146 6 6 42 59 152 137 69 56 74 48 47 143 9 12 114 Cowansville CA 146 135 74 56 12 4 84 129 93 111 61 149 10 34 32 1 4 66 115 Dolbeau-Mistassini CA 148 153 99 149 12 4 4 9 89 51 122 63 11 53 12 1 68 64 116 Markham City 5 5 4 110 5 5 144 115 98 36 45 80 153 3 5 89 83 139117 Grand Falls-Windsor CA 117 151 131 149 6 6 26 40 86 110 102 56 77 13 43 1 1 2 118 Temiskaming Shores CA 115 86 63 118 5 5 43 61 110 4 136 137 9 18 58 1 96 81 119 Surrey City 32 62 41 24 2 3 140 135 116 141 5 46 148 110 111 140 41 109 120 Sept-Îles CA 101 116 37 139 12 4 22 22 118 126 138 68 19 58 87 1 56 84 121 Squamish CA 34 57 106 45 2 3 148 148 150 153 13 1 99 138 127 149 108 147 122 Lloydminster CA 23 23 21 7 4 1 122 112 20 83 140 95 129 137 138 141 123 149

123 Brampton City 15 33 68 104 5 5 121 95 53 6 42 119 152 11 13 107 83 150 124 Abbotsford CMA 52 90 112 45 2 3 128 134 129 148 8 39 146 95 64 83 126 124 125 Powell River CA 120 112 152 53 2 3 85 126 122 115 1 2 72 114 95 1 46 40 126 Alma CA 123 132 69 140 12 4 33 51 89 51 124 68 46 14 3 1 82 56127 Kentville CA 132 140 116 79 10 6 66 110 96 131 51 36 128 75 112 1 5 70128 Drummondville CA 138 142 94 123 12 4 52 103 82 120 71 148 88 43 54 1 132 107 129 Bathurst CA 133 126 66 140 11 6 1 2 83 103 104 75 104 105 113 1 21 4 130 Saguenay CMA 122 127 32 132 12 4 21 34 89 51 122 68 123 16 46 85 72 49 131 Wood Buffalo CA 1 14 3 10 4 1 147 87 48 63 149 23 139 133 125 1 148 153 132 Terrace CA 105 75 57 137 2 3 69 88 151 140 19 3 44 145 149 1 75 79133 Lachute CA 152 150 108 79 12 4 60 124 102 123 83 145 37 64 81 1 31 73 134 Victoriaville CA 144 148 101 92 12 4 64 113 123 119 105 152 33 35 11 122 90 72 135 Baie-Comeau CA 70 118 31 148 12 4 7 1 112 91 130 68 114 72 53 1 78 86 136 Chilliwack CA 81 85 124 53 2 3 119 133 144 149 7 12 125 125 103 130 117 118




137 Prince George CA 48 25 95 113 2 3 89 80 107 8 112 117 110 139 142 103 65 105138 La Tuque CA 151 136 43 149 12 4 5 12 79 61 120 49 7 86 135 1 142 125139 Thetford Mines CA 154 154 115 92 12 4 9 31 147 139 97 153 83 10 16 1 74 18140 Granby CA 116 108 79 131 12 4 78 111 136 136 67 149 102 31 38 1 100 120141 Prince Albert CA 112 96 153 96 7 2 74 104 26 75 152 15 81 142 139 150 35 28142 Val-d'Or CA 121 129 71 96 12 4 48 75 148 45 148 137 35 67 100 148 116 102143 Shawinigan CA 153 152 140 145 12 4 30 96 51 108 91 127 59 54 85 1 81 24144 Truro CA 135 138 120 104 10 6 41 76 125 130 86 36 62 141 141 126 112 104145 Miramichi CA 142 125 88 152 11 6 18 37 106 116 110 75 116 76 73 1 48 16146 Summerside CA 149 110 150 137 8 7 29 72 130 109 76 104 80 111 84 1 32 39

147 Port Alberni CA 127 104 151 92 2 3 93 128 135 150 10 8 63 143 144 1 122 92148 Prince Rupert CA 107 44 142 146 2 3 77 107 154 154 12 3 3 149 152 1 97 141149 Norfolk CA 68 76 146 132 5 5 130 136 60 62 31 146 93 30 41 1 151 100150 Cape Breton CA 150 149 112 154 10 6 2 7 146 146 82 85 117 80 94 1 80 5151 Campbell River CA 98 100 130 110 2 3 127 138 138 143 15 5 106 130 121 1 71 136152 Williams Lake CA 95 55 104 85 2 3 97 120 40 66 113 126 86 151 151 1 104 130153 Quesnel CA 77 80 140 135 2 3 58 50 61 20 106 39 132 148 145 1 137 146154New Glasgow CA 145 145 93 140 10 6 17 35 81 135 76 104 121 127 132 134 106 69



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1V ictoria CMA 75,784 29.1513 12.13 3 .3 444,222 5.8617 154.2 883.3 52.6 19 52Ottawa CMA 90,125 28.8777 19.96 4 .8 272,672 3.0255 163.4 914.2 153.4 22 73Kingston CA 76,482 28.1190 14.33 5.6 227,896 2.9797 156.2 960.1 136.5 23 84 Burlington CMA 111,307 29.9613 20.81 4.8 323,556 2.9069 130.2 878.9 129.2 21 85 Vancouver City 76,791 28.1062 17.22 4.2 560,953 7.3049 170.4 1,275.5 35.4 13 66 Moncton CMA 67,494 26.7861 20.39 5.3 147,517 2.1856 174.5 1,223.2 178.0 25 47 Fredericton CMA 70,939 27.2022 16.70 4.6 139,265 1.9632 156.6 1,143.3 178.0 25 48Winnipeg City 70,779 27.2214 17.06 4.3 182,814 2.5829 123.5 513.7 194.0 18 59 Peterborough CMA 72,626 27.5328 15.02 6.3 200,035 2.7543 160.7 840.3 171.9 27 6

10Brandon City 64,636 25.4533 13.65 3.0 173,685 2.6871 114.1 472.0 203.5 22 511London City 78,283 28.0866 19.34 7.0 192,668 2.4612 170.4 987.1 148.0 24 1112 Canmore CMA 111,650 30.1012 16.40 2.2 773,930 6.9318 141.0 472.3 206.4 19 6

13Levis City 73,918 27.1571 19.43 3.8 200,134 2.7075 181.9 1,230.3 175.9 21 814Halifax CMA 73,345 26.7939 22.73 5.2 234,063 3.1913 171.2 1,452.2 157.3 17 415Guelph CA 87,359 29.6066 16.44 5.6 272,055 3.1142 166.6 923.2 161.1 26 816 North Bay City 66,897 27.4497 18.63 4.8 161,908 2.4203 176.5 1,007.7 180.0 25 417 Woodstock CMA 71,476 27.5253 14.22 5.6 189,146 2.6463 153.5 954.0 152.5 24 1118Edmonton CA 90,196 30.1565 19.20 3.7 310,974 3.4478 125.8 476.9 178.6 19 719 Leamington CA 81,339 27.4358 15.78 6.5 188,560 2.3182 124.2 894.4 129.3 28 820 Waterloo City 101,505 29.9177 18.44 6.0 262,587 2.5869 164.4 907.9 160.4 25 821Quebec CMA 62,977 25.9650 21.98 5.1 200,134 3.1779 181.9 1,230.3 175.9 21 822Cobourg CA 71,019 27.1125 16.95 7 .1 266,840 3.7573 124.4 871.7 143.7 27 623 Lethbridge CMA 71,814 28.5682 13.48 3.6 233,819 3.2559 102.0 386.3 173.7 30 424Joliette CA 57,486 24.9069 16.62 5.9 193,360 3.3636 130.2 1,006.2 166.2 18 825Whitehorse CA 85,377 31.2449 90.02 7.4 282,930 3.3139 122.2 267.4 225.0 29 526Calgary City 113,293 31.3153 22.45 3.5 362,557 3.2002 113.6 412.6 196.0 19 6

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27Centre Wellington CA 94,756 28.4003 14.76 3.4 295,840 3.1221 178.0 938.5 160.5 25 828Laval CMA 74,328 27.3908 20.17 5.6 242,200 3.2585 155.2 987.0 153.8 19 829Vernon CMA 67,153 26.4396 13.34 4.1 358,280 5.3353 135.0 409.9 123.7 12 730Ingersoll CA 74,152 27.6702 18.60 4.7 189,146 2.5508 157.0 958.9 145.5 24 1131Windsor City 80,756 28.5452 19.20 9.3 150,506 1.8637 146.7 918.3 122.8 22 1032 Salmon Arm CA 63,136 26.4192 12.42 4.7 378,090 5.9885 149.7 551.1 145.8 20 633Mississauga CMA 103,611 27.8358 21.91 6.5 326,313 3.1494 145.5 792.7 146.2 17 734Dawson Creek CA 69,052 28.3670 15.86 4.1 210,760 3.0522 130.6 482.0 204.2 20 1135Cold Lake CMA 94,986 29.6191 18.61 2.5 283,560 2.9853 123.2 426.6 199.2 28 536 Thunder Bay CA 69,962 27.9838 12.41 6.0 134,867 1.9277 139.5 711.6 203.3 22 4

37Richmond CA 74,462 28.1405 31.13 4.1 560,953 7.5334 166.1 1,199.0 45.9 15 638Fort St. John CMA 92,328 28.2785 26.15 3.2 248,650 2.6931 120.9 465.6 185.1 20 1139 Stratford CA 71,406 27.4347 13.23 4.9 260,850 3.6531 169.4 1,064.2 154.1 25 840Saskatoon CA 72,956 27.8634 10.79 4.0 266,411 3.6517 111.9 350.0 198.9 20 441Camrose CA 69,100 27.8596 15.15 3.7 297,730 4.3087 108.8 477.7 197.1 30 442Orillia CA 67,957 27.4129 18.27 5.8 218,847 3.2204 161.3 1,043.2 156.7 25 743Port Hope CA 75,462 27.8962 16.48 5.4 286,790 3.8005 128.1 832.0 132.7 27 644Oakville CA 147,515 30.9697 23.01 5.4 508,172 3.4449 117.3 808.7 143.1 25 845 Courtenay CA 67,595 26.0019 11.52 4.5 322,610 4.7727 181.4 1,451.5 106.4 17 446Rimouski CA 59,630 25.9131 18.24 8.0 205,860 3.4523 165.3 915.0 173.0 24 647Saint-Georges City 60,634 24.3774 16.54 4.3 147,560 2.4336 143.0 989.2 189.0 32 948 Yellowknife CA 127,500 31.0376 17.76 6.0 362,263 2.8413 118.9 280.2 222.2 24 549 Wetaskiwin City 66,380 28.2962 14.46 2.5 285,800 4.3055 115.4 499.2 210.1 30 450Brooks City 90,841 28.9396 19.63 2.7 184,450 2.0305 103.6 348.0 194.8 27 351Portage la Prairie City 57,617 25.2443 10.99 4.3 102,367 1.7767 104.3 514.5 194.8 22 5

52 Tillsonburg CA 69,334 27.2637 14.14 5.9 169,031 2.4379 144.8 1,009.7 152.5 31 853 Collingwood CA 85,266 26.6636 15.60 6.8 293,000 3.4363 178.4 1,100.1 141.4 25 754Sault Ste. Marie City 67,571 27.4556 12.80 5.6 118,552 1.7545 175.3 888.7 177.7 27 455Sherbrooke CMA 59,500 25.1328 17.80 6.2 194,077 3.2618 192.2 1,144.1 189.0 24 856Oshawa CMA 82,625 28.3631 21.20 7.5 203,988 2.4688 142.1 877.9 153.4 23 857Regina CA 74,530 27.9230 11.98 3.9 227,818 3.0567 114.5 388.1 199.6 20 558Red Deer CMA 92,836 29.4035 19.52 4.3 271,724 2.9269 115.7 487.2 200.4 20 559Hamilton CA 77,009 27.8539 13.85 6.6 235,207 3.0543 157.7 910.1 142.1 23 960Sarnia City 79,735 27.6892 14.74 6.9 155,104 1.9452 147.1 846.8 137.7 24 1261Brantford CA 75,132 28.7600 13.47 6.3 211,125 2.8101 140.6 892.3 144.5 26 862 Swift Current CA 63,079 25.8089 11.13 2.9 135,720 2.1516 112.1 349.1 188.6 27 363 Kitchener CMA 80,582 28.1514 14.81 5.9 262,587 3.2586 164.4 907.9 160.4 25 864 St. John's CA 72,900 25.7435 21.34 7.8 176,500 2.4211 215.6 1,513.7 174.0 24 465 St. Catharines - Niagara City 71,641 27.2553 13.41 7.4 192,851 2.6919 151.0 873.6 129.2 24 7




66 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA 65,459 25.6787 15.98 5.1 201,800 3.0828 154.1 1,056.0 150.3 25 767Whitby CA 110,269 30.8881 20.56 5 .4 269,852 2.4472 142.1 877.9 153.4 23 868Yorkton City 54,385 25.6964 8 .30 4 .0 107,822 1.9826 121.0 450.9 202.1 20 569Greater Sudbury CA 74,413 27.6645 14.36 5.6 196,563 2.6415 163.9 899.3 182.3 28 470Penticton CA 60,840 25.8300 11.93 5.1 376,070 6.1813 115.8 332.7 116.0 19 671Nanaimo CA 65,303 26.8609 16.47 6.5 351,800 5.3872 173.4 1,162.7 80.2 19 472Saint-Hyacinthe CA 56,892 24.5817 17.96 5.6 208,290 3.6611 157.1 1,057.9 156.8 31 973Kawartha Lakes City 73,738 27.3956 14.32 8.6 181,708 2.4642 160.7 840.3 171.9 27 674Vaughan CA 135,354 29.7420 22.72 4.8 438,968 3.2431 133.6 798.0 158.2 20 875Duncan CA 66,765 26.6232 12.12 5.6 377,680 5.6569 178.3 805.3 167.9 19 4

76 Parksville CMA 63,892 26.4290 12.59 5.5 331,220 5.1841 172.2 1,126.4 105.8 19 477Richmond Hill CA 121,823 29.9574 21.97 5.6 378,812 3.1095 164.1 892.4 147.8 20 878Pembroke CA 66,098 27.0205 12.06 6.3 207,880 3.1450 165.2 816.2 188.8 28 779Toronto CA 87,823 27.1068 20.58 7 .6 387,482 4.4121 155.9 835.9 146.9 20 880Estevan CA 84,615 27.6689 14.54 1 .1 161,250 1.9057 114.4 433.3 192.5 20 581Kamloops CA 70,692 27.9268 13.53 5.8 272,831 3.8594 107.1 279.0 125.2 19 682 Medicine Hat City 78,800 28.7919 16.08 3.6 266,311 3.3796 99.3 333.8 176.4 27 383 Owen Sound CA 64,822 26.9662 13.58 5.9 235,300 3.6299 178.4 1,100.1 141.4 28 684Trois-Rivières CA 56,556 25.1697 15.26 8.0 123,583 2.1851 156.7 1,099.8 172.3 21 785Rivière-du-Loup CA 58,143 24.7442 15.20 7.4 193,650 3.3306 181.6 962.9 183.4 24 686 Cornwall City 58,249 26.6150 14.27 6.9 127,012 2.1805 149.5 1,002.0 144.7 24 787Rouyn-Noranda CMA 59,307 24.8149 16.92 6.5 165,980 2.7987 173.1 882.8 203.0 28 888Thompson CA 88,151 27.7546 16.22 5.7 243,390 2.7611 142.7 517.4 239.9 18 589 Midland CMA 67,806 27.7085 14.85 6.5 227,380 3.3534 159.7 1,067.1 149.8 25 390Grande Prairie CA 110,323 29.9602 25.97 3.2 246,455 2.2339 128.2 446.6 198.0 23 5

91North Battleford CA 56,906 26.2398 9.70 3.6 174,620 3.0686 109.0 373.2 199.1 28 492Kenora City 75,004 28.1745 15.46 7.1 216,580 2.8876 147.0 661.8 183.3 18 593Charlottetown CA 65,679 26.1606 12.27 7.6 185,190 2.8196 184.2 1,173.3 165.8 24 894Burnaby CA 70,964 26.9334 17.12 4.8 560,953 7.9048 174.8 2,019.5 47.5 17 595Cranbrook CA 66,982 27.5104 13.06 3.7 343,040 5.1214 96.7 401.1 169.8 20 696Kelowna CA 73,374 27.4689 14.57 5 .1 545,000 7.4277 135.1 380.5 157.8 20 697Amos CA 62,663 24.6717 16.43 12.0 168,560 2.6899 152.3 918.4 204.9 28 898 Cambridge CMA 85,882 28.9455 16.30 6.3 245,442 2.8579 173.5 957.8 156.0 25 899Brockville CA 67,923 26.8745 14.74 6.4 228,010 3.3569 154.4 983.4 143.4 23 8

100 Montreal CA 56,729 25.7523 19.68 9.5 315,300 5.5580 154.1 1,056.0 150.3 19 8101Barrie CA 88,260 29.6306 18.06 5.6 273,989 3.1043 154.0 700.2 159.5 25 7102 Chatham-Kent CA 67,521 27.3737 12.90 8.7 134,816 1.9967 139.2 886.8 120.7 28 8103 Sorel-Tracy CA 58,679 24.8777 15.50 7.5 167,000 2.8460 138.7 976.1 159.8 18 8104 Okotoks CA 101,052 29.9430 19.98 2.1 399,290 3.9513 94.1 517.9 204.8 19 6




105 Moose Jaw CA 58,862 25.8826 9.87 5.7 174,495 2.9645 109.2 365.1 189.4 20 5106 Belleville City 66,601 26.8600 12.88 7.1 236,980 3.5582 146.3 891.6 139.5 28 6107 Saint John CA 66,688 26.1801 15.75 6.2 156,923 2.3531 162.3 1,390.3 168.6 25 5108 Timmins CA 73,079 27.7877 17.05 7.1 129,172 1.7676 180.7 831.3 210.5 28 8109 Coquitlam CA 81,030 28.7338 17.17 3.6 560,953 6.9228 185.3 2,252.8 69.4 17 5110 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CA 57,169 24.4118 15.93 7.2 171,330 2.9969 145.6 944.8 153.5 28 6111 Longueuil CA 62,396 26.1780 17.20 6.8 231,200 3.7054 158.8 1,053.4 139.9 19 8112 Petawawa CA 77,928 28.4493 14.84 6.0 234,220 3.0056 165.2 816.2 188.8 28 7113 Corner Brook CMA 62,436 24.5788 17.26 11.5 180,740 2.8948 206.2 1,270.8 159.2 27 3114 Cowansville CA 54,471 24.8554 15.92 5.4 232,450 4.2674 162.3 1,094.3 155.9 31 9

115 Dolbeau-Mistassini CA 53,673 23.8537 14.41 11.7 103,280 1.9242 161.0 919.8 192.6 26 4116 Markham City 122,757 30.9139 27.46 7.0 441,491 3.5965 164.1 892.4 147.8 20 8117 Grand Falls-Windsor CA 60,941 24.0643 12.48 11.7 158,140 2.5950 160.2 1,078.8 179.1 27 3118 Temiskaming Shores CA 62,286 27.0494 16.40 7.2 181,330 2.9112 168.7 785.1 199.7 28 8119Surrey CA 83,535 27.6603 18.04 3.9 379,036 4.5375 171.8 1,370.1 50.4 18 7120 Sept-Îles City 65,368 25.8337 18.37 9.0 149,060 2.2803 172.8 1,156.0 202.1 24 6121 Squamish CA 81,779 27.6966 14.24 4.9 532,770 6.5148 192.5 2,366.9 101.1 14 3122 Lloydminster CA 88,826 28.8992 20.10 2.9 314,002 3.5350 116.5 408.1 202.6 28 5123 Brampton CA 95,877 28.3916 16.20 6.8 313,954 3.2745 145.5 792.7 146.2 25 8124 Abbotsford CA 74,526 26.9101 13.61 4.9 330,362 4.4328 177.2 1,573.2 61.9 15 7125 Powell River CA 60,365 25.9654 9.40 5.3 233,000 3.8599 174.4 1,103.7 31.5 17 3126A lma CMA 59,694 25.0812 16.19 9.1 167,010 2.7978 161.0 919.8 192.6 24 6127 Kentville CA 57,958 24.6868 13.53 6.0 201,880 3.4832 163.6 1,211.0 151.7 24 4128 Drummondville CA 56,910 24.6002 14.68 7.5 192,350 3.3799 158.0 1,125.0 159.6 27 10129 Bathurst CA 57,625 25.3050 16.24 9.1 100,650 1.7466 158.2 1,058.6 180.3 28 4

130 Saguenay CA 59,849 25.3037 18.86 8.5 148,761 2.4856 161.0 919.8 192.6 24 6131 Wood Buffalo CA 164,122 29.7815 29.89 3.2 527,219 3.2124 142.6 455.5 208.4 21 4132 Terrace CA 64,227 27.2907 16.58 8.8 206,650 3.2175 203.7 1,322.4 122.1 18 3133 Lachute CA 51,603 24.2079 14.20 6.0 197,260 3.8226 164.6 1,132.7 168.5 31 7134 Victoriaville CA 56,360 24.3471 14.33 6.4 200,280 3.5536 174.5 1,122.0 180.7 30 10135 Baie-Comeau CA 71,038 25.8200 18.89 11.6 111,420 1.5685 170.3 1,014.4 197.3 24 6136 Chilliwack CA 68,252 27.0835 13.09 5.3 301,583 4.4187 184.4 1,787.7 54.5 16 5137 Prince George CA 75,416 28.8374 14.62 7.1 234,880 3.1145 166.0 600.8 186.6 20 11138 La Tuque CA 53,273 24.8306 17.90 11.7 103,830 1.9490 157.3 940.4 191.3 25 4139 Thetford Mines CA 49,581 23.7347 13.56 6.4 122,170 2.4640 190.3 1,297.1 177.6 32 9140 Granby CA 62,239 26.1765 15.52 8.4 219,850 3.5324 180.4 1,232.6 158.0 31 9141 Prince Albert CA 62,566 26.6982 9.08 6.5 211,915 3.3871 122.6 424.3 211.0 20 4142 Val-d'Or CA 60,322 25.2081 16.00 6.5 186,190 3.0866 191.3 913.9 207.2 28 8143 Shawinigan CA 49,852 23.8907 11.88 10.4 165,100 3.3118 143.5 1,068.7 173.7 21 11




144Truro CA 57,510 24.7487 13.45 6.8 177,690 3.0897 174.7 1,202.1 171.8 24 4145 Miramichi CA 56,634 25.3770 14.83 12.0 146,000 2.5780 165.8 1,115.0 183.8 28 4146 Summerside CA 53,479 26.0027 9.62 8.8 163,780 3.0625 177.3 1,078.0 160.6 24 8147 Port Alberni CA 59,295 26.2585 9.43 6.4 237,020 3.9973 180.2 1,910.7 74.6 19 4148 Prince Rupert CA 63,632 28.0284 11.86 11.5 219,300 3.4464 239.7 2,593.6 88.4 18 3149Norfolk CA 71,444 27.2773 10.90 8.5 335,860 4.7010 147.5 942.5 140.4 31 8150 Cape Breton CA 53,283 24.2498 13.61 12.4 101,034 1.8962 190.1 1,504.9 168.0 23 7151 Campbell River CA 66,037 26.5457 12.50 7.0 330,050 4.9980 181.4 1,451.5 106.4 17 4152 Williams Lake CA 66,419 27.7496 14.30 6.2 245,780 3.7004 136.8 450.3 187.6 27 7153Quesnel CA 69,780 27.2084 11.88 8.7 194,460 2.7868 149.1 540.3 181.5 15 7

154 New Glasgow CA 56,329 24.5451 14.69 9.1 141,810 2.5175 157.8 1,232.0 160.6 24 8




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12.01 7,048 670 0.6563 3.9800 8.1230 3.80 4.13 Y Y Y 3.044.48 3,736 431 0.4408 2.2680 5.1676 9.00 7.96 Y N N 3.02

15.92 11,034 1,273 3.8060 2.4215 5.9987 5.93 25.12 Y Y Y 4.148.60 8,175 884 0.9560 2.9438 7.0640 6.50 2.83 Y Y Y 2.539.28 7,665 1,007 1.1670 2.2865 5.2213 5.30 3.17 Y Y Y 3.067.46 10,573 1,320 3.7428 2.4369 6.8007 2.70 12.97 Y Y Y 2.88

10.15 7,290 892 0.8579 2.0720 6.7935 5.10 2.46 Y Y Y 2.659.50 11,735 1,201 2.0723 2.2395 7.6711 4.30 4.05Y Y Y 1.937.69 8,899 806 1.0924 2.8050 7.1271 5.10 6.73 Y Y Y 2.42

18.39 8,713 847 0.0000 3.2472 5.4924 11.60 0.58 Y N N 4.48

5.38 4,221 416 0.0000 3.1919 7.1823 6.56 4.50 Y Y Y 2.5611.09 11,288 1,668 1.8774 3.6040 6.9788 3.80 11.86 Y Y Y 3.618.38 5,332 585 0.7873 1.9986 4.9224 8.20 6.05 Y Y Y 2.79

10.88 6,175 790 0.0000 1.9952 6.8671 1.80 4.61 Y Y Y 1.878.70 6,212 566 0.0000 1.3352 5.0173 6.60 1.70 Y Y N 2.036.24 10,739 1,096 3.0920 2.3758 6.1052 10.40 9.70Y Y Y 2.559.44 5,074 614 4.0208 0.6749 5.0594 6.40 0.16 Y N N 1.01

10.63 5,344 564 1.4104 1.3522 4.3838 12.60 4.58 Y Y Y 3.2810.52 5,516 740 0.0000 3.1919 7.4389 3.11 13.28 Y Y Y 3.7411.97 8,120 973 5.4915 1.8992 6.0093 6.00 2.17 Y Y N 2.987.06 11,512 1,169 2.1009 1.7958 6.9035 8.90 2.17Y Y Y 2.18

10.48 6,690 576 0.0000 3.8246 8.6075 9.80 1.26 Y Y N 1.7211.51 18,333 2,001 8.7344 2.5411 5.5961 7.00 3.13Y Y N 3.826.73 6,477 683 3.2428 2.2811 5.1040 13.40 15.63 Y Y Y 2.93

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10.47 13,400 1,366 0.0000 2.8699 7.1383 5.30 0.60Y N N 2.552.97 4,376 500 1.3086 2.0114 4.2585 9.08 15.75 Y N Y 2.389.22 23,188 1,945 27.2876 2.0829 6.2399 2.20 0.54Y Y N 2.598.22 19,497 1,962 0.0000 3.2260 2.9207 4.10 0.45Y N N 1.607.50 9,489 1,358 1.6272 1.9739 7.7791 0.80 3.16Y Y Y 2.26

5.04 7,894 573 1.1464 2.4215 4.7859 6.16 11.82 Y Y Y 3.187.93 19,561 2,598 0.0000 1.1327 3.3206 9.30 0.54Y Y N 1.0516.82 7,499 561 0.0000 2.6796 5.1982 2.30 2.10 Y Y N 3.948.59 14,162 1,847 3.4199 2.9207 7.0581 3.50 3.69Y Y Y 2.588.93 14,015 1,024 0.0000 1.7114 8.4776 5.00 0.40Y N Y 1.798.76 11,346 1,846 2.4672 2.3662 5.6314 5.70 2.55Y Y N 2.807.40 5,970 738 0.0000 0.9665 5.7841 5.00 1.49 N N N 3.464.09 3,736 431 0.4408 2.0114 4.3116 14.42 14.28 Y Y N 3.81

11.63 18,490 1,492 0.0000 2.7351 7.0327 8.90 1.73Y Y N 2.8311.85 5,344 572 0.0000 3.5770 8.3265 1.70 0.90 Y Y Y 3.274.81 4,690 608 0.0000 2.7127 6.6193 5.40 0.37 Y Y N 1.59

24.32 34,080 3,682 0.0000 2.1365 4.9174 13.10 1.09Y Y N 3.729.78 29,524 3,023 0.0000 2.4612 7.7053 4.70 0.55Y N N 1.446.74 12,381 2,021 0.0000 0.7077 3.2769 3.50 0.18Y Y N 1.36

10.38 26,411 2,958 0.0000 1.0259 10.3264 (0.60) 0.29Y Y N 2.00

9.01 6,578 954 0.0000 1.2679 5.1160 5.50 0.31 Y N N 1.5711.43 11,720 1,069 5.7837 2.3349 6.4125 7.80 0.80Y N N 3.068.08 8,013 1,147 0.0000 1.5684 6.9797 1.50 3.99Y Y N 2.098.33 5,629 503 1.0698 3.2064 7.7465 6.30 4.77 Y Y Y 2.665.07 4,994 629 1.0079 1.1648 4.7400 1.83 8.34 Y Y Y 2.597.19 14,501 1,604 2.5645 2.2876 6.2599 1.10 4.20Y Y Y 3.106.69 11,831 1,461 0.0000 2.1293 6.0075 22.00 3.75Y Y N 2.006.34 6,699 897 1.9819 2.2680 6.4733 2.91 9.34 Y Y Y 2.527.08 8,175 933 2.2524 1.5189 6.1716 0.50 1.92 Y Y N 1.845.89 10,136 1,296 0.8025 1.1669 5.8431 5.50 3.13Y Y Y 1.796.67 11,453 926 0.0000 2.4799 5.9718 0.00 0.37 Y Y N 1.795.95 5,344 564 1.4104 1.3522 4.4901 7.50 6.15 Y Y Y 2.266.84 7,966 926 0.0000 3.1835 7.5835 4.70 2.91 Y Y Y 2.916.45 6,269 569 0.7686 1.2772 5.6891 3.50 2.52 Y Y Y 2.46




7.17 6,802 625 0.0000 1.9501 6.4853 9.90 5.80 Y Y N 1.932.91 4,994 629 1.0079 1.1648 5.0815 27.19 10.35N Y N 2.887.85 22,264 1,836 0.0000 2.0674 7.3319 (0.70) 0.82Y N N 3.586.85 6,169 888 2.5275 1.8451 6.4407 1.70 5.16 Y Y Y 2.21

14.03 15,946 1,759 2.3088 2.4727 6.9081 4.20 1.12Y N N 2.148.33 16,415 1,538 1.0827 2.3987 6.5101 7.80 3.01Y Y Y 2.95

11.34 2,036 196 1.7914 2.6359 6.6644 2.90 1.52 Y Y N 1.586.09 7,362 1,408 0.0000 0.9640 6.4572 7.80 0.72Y Y N 1.931.89 3,403 415 0.8193 2.0114 3.8067 31.23 9.60 N N Y 2.728.34 17,743 2,250 0.0000 2.3847 5.8690 6.60 0.98Y Y N 3.04

9.88 15,110 872 0.0000 1.6293 6.9361 9.20 1.33 Y Y N 3.042.68 3,403 415 0.8193 2.0114 4.6488 23.23 13.17 Y Y N 3.148.97 9,344 974 0.0000 1.5813 6.9799 4.40 1.32 Y Y N 2.658.82 5,859 968 3.3556 2.0114 4.9291 0.88 34.38 Y Y Y 5.366.19 12,989 1,303 0.0000 0.9006 4.6317 (1.40) 0.17Y Y N 1.756.79 16,956 1,631 1.0766 2.3266 5.9458 4.40 3.78Y N Y 2.324.76 8,552 878 0.0000 1.5056 6.0066 11.50 1.92 Y Y N 1.629.19 7,149 905 0.0000 3.0252 7.4564 2.10 1.63 Y Y N 2.567.48 5,714 611 2.8263 2.0513 6.8345 2.90 2.40 Y Y Y 2.429.81 5,711 777 0.0000 3.2991 7.9470 5.80 0.22 Y Y N 1.528.42 9,667 1,488 0.0000 1.3806 5.7053 1.60 2.41Y Y N 2.14

11.72 6,835 734 0.0000 1.9756 5.5089 0.80 1.33 Y Y Y 2.3510.80 46,640 5,544 29.4269 1.6104 4.7683 2.50 0.65Y Y N 1.078.39 11,964 1,408 0.0000 1.6777 8.2830 5.10 0.52Y N N 1.705.74 16,850 1,653 0.0000 1.2388 4.6133 22.30 1.68Y Y N 1.47

8.81 49,403 5,214 0.0000 2.2716 8.0247 (4.40) 0.31Y Y N 1.8010.41 20,431 3,051 0.0000 1.7941 7.6440 (4.20) 1.03Y Y N 0.869.47 9,693 863 0.0000 2.4276 7.1670 2.40 0.69 Y Y Y 2.965.34 9,611 948 1.9724 2.4215 5.1209 4.56 25.03 Y Y Y 3.359.35 14,933 1,410 8.2857 2.7376 5.8271 (0.60) 1.62Y Y N 1.766.70 14,498 1,541 1.2325 2.2060 5.7687 9.80 2.68Y Y N 2.80

11.95 5,583 820 0.0000 3.5869 9.0763 (2.10) 0.76Y Y N 1.404.26 5,344 564 1.4104 1.3522 4.5295 9.10 3.62 Y Y N 1.698.25 10,030 1,266 0.0000 1.8847 7.9828 1.60 0.78Y Y N 1.98

11.03 7,833 961 2.5298 2.3366 5.8203 2.34 34.74 Y Y Y 5.714.49 7,273 645 1.6943 1.3652 5.0217 19.20 3.83 Y Y N 2.237.18 8,023 744 0.0000 0.9562 5.3597 0.80 0.89 Y Y N 1.498.66 6,655 614 2.0706 1.5085 7.0990 1.00 2.40 Y Y N 1.865.10 9,216 692 0.0000 1.0135 5.1793 46.70 2.88N N N 3.00




8.35 14,941 1,273 0.0000 1.7704 7.9484 (0.50) 0.73Y Y N 2.408.06 10,958 1,306 0.0000 1.6562 5.4069 4.70 2.38Y Y N 1.957.61 11,553 1,833 1.6341 2.5911 7.0313 (0.20) 4.39Y Y Y 1.839.71 7,711 1,360 0.0000 1.4933 5.9324 (1.60) 4.10Y N N 1.284.29 7,977 644 0.8729 2.4215 4.9587 1.50 13.87 Y Y N 3.007.56 6,932 892 0.0000 2.2107 7.1728 1.70 1.26 Y Y N 1.545.98 6,509 658 1.7442 2.3366 5.9111 1.58 21.97 Y Y Y 3.237.45 2,675 264 0.0000 0.8161 5.6040 1.80 0.41 N N N 1.938.18 6,658 721 3.7562 3.4807 8.0144 1.80 0.86 Y N Y 2.47

12.61 5,793 616 0.0000 3.7829 6.2450 0.90 1.05 Y N N 1.44

12.01 6,845 479 0.0000 2.1406 6.2687 (2.20) 0.70Y N N 1.492.30 3,403 415 0.8193 2.0114 4.4964 25.39 14.38 Y Y N 3.057.94 4,451 681 0.0000 4.6319 9.6827 1.60 0.88 Y N N 1.75

13.22 4,848 797 0.0000 1.9382 5.9329 (0.20) 1.80Y N N 1.253.03 12,102 1,439 3.5445 2.4215 5.3285 13.56 10.87 Y Y Y 2.02

11.47 7,050 1,009 0.0000 2.3326 5.9052 0.70 0.28Y Y N 1.737.10 19,858 1,767 6.5548 1.6850 3.9578 5.70 2.70Y Y N 3.585.75 19,816 2,022 3.7006 1.4433 3.7990 12.80 0.41Y Y N 1.622.32 4,376 500 1.3086 2.0114 3.4495 33.30 10.23 Y Y N 1.663.88 10,183 871 0.6289 1.3805 4.9858 7.90 1.76 Y Y Y 1.848.24 13,068 1,266 0.0000 2.4208 7.0000 (0.40) 1.46Y Y N 1.739.24 4,598 320 0.0000 2.0284 6.5327 (1.00) 0.21Y Y N 1.105.87 8,070 1,440 0.0000 3.6732 6.1556 3.20 2.09Y Y N 2.427.48 6,330 774 0.0000 1.2997 5.4044 7.30 1.11 Y Y N 1.936.84 11,624 1,448 0.0000 2.9157 9.0298 (3.40) 0.62Y Y N 1.22

6.06 4,816 720 0.6594 2.1125 6.8418 (2.10) 2.42Y Y N 1.864.77 18,373 1,682 0.0000 0.9251 3.2315 23.60 14.84 Y Y N 1.179.30 22,826 3,485 0.0000 2.0741 5.9592 (7.00) 0.92Y Y N 2.779.78 7,630 972 0.0000 2.6106 6.0495 1.80 0.72 Y N N 1.92

10.10 5,858 473 2.0453 2.0080 6.0886 4.20 0.54 Y Y N 1.766.56 8,011 769 0.0000 2.0546 5.8512 (2.00) 0.82Y Y N 1.905.96 16,155 1,312 2.4724 1.5413 5.0975 9.30 1.12Y Y N 2.276.70 20,331 2,397 1.2016 2.2202 5.4720 (2.10) 1.77Y Y Y 1.53

15.02 9,319 1,996 0.0000 1.0519 4.9770 (2.70) 0.44Y N N 1.307.67 4,347 552 0.0000 2.0780 7.7532 (2.30) 0.53Y Y N 1.546.89 5,699 654 0.0000 1.8561 5.0753 8.40 0.91 Y Y N 2.137.70 21,113 2,235 7.3591 2.5352 7.3195 (1.70) 0.60Y Y N 1.479.83 7,718 1,299 6.1943 1.5498 5.5015 (0.40) 0.40Y Y N 2.318.63 6,853 1,006 0.0000 2.0378 7.5472 0.00 1.77Y Y N 1.35



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8.57 20,938 2,274 2.2184 1.6136 5.4737 1.80 0.33 Y Y Y 1.696.39 8,093 921 0.0000 2.3952 7.8958 (2.10) 0.59Y Y N 1.577.79 12,269 983 0.0000 2.6017 7.0082 (0.30) 0.21Y Y N 1.538.46 21,342 2,764 0.0000 1.4626 5.7692 0.00 0.98 Y Y N 2.88

17.34 27,377 4,157 0.0000 1.9147 4.4840 (12.50) 3.57Y Y N 1.647.21 5,657 673 0.0000 0.8265 5.5547 2.80 0.50 Y N N 1.486.38 8,492 1,257 0.0000 2.0423 8.6220 (3.10) 1.78Y Y Y 1.676.83 17,143 1,610 0.0000 2.1219 4.6146 4.10 2.51 Y Y N 1.767.51 33,946 3,713 0.0000 1.7772 4.8054 (5.10) 1.01Y N N 1.205.44 27,185 2,882 0.0000 1.1773 4.0773 (8.10) 0.72Y N N 1.13

6.13 16,558 1,879 2.7557 1.7679 6.1659 (1.20) 0.38Y N N 1.88




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1 Victoria CMA 72.7655 2.8312 3.5065 0.5195 9.2208 1.8333 0.7143 0.4870 0.4870 3.31172 Ottawa CMA 72.4974 3.4545 3.4026 3.4286 7.4675 1.3333 0.4286 2.2403 4.2370 2.33773 Kingston CMA 70.7764 2.8571 2.9610 1.4026 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 3.6039 4.4318 3.15584 Burlington City 66.6146 3.7922 3.7922 3.6104 7.4675 1.3333 0.4286 1.4610 4.6266 4.71435 Vancouver City 65.5751 2.8831 2.9351 2.8052 8.0519 1.8333 0.7143 0.2435 0.1948 1.63646 Moncton CMA 65.5289 1.7403 1.5584 3.5325 6.6234 0.3333 0.2857 6.6234 6.5747 1.2468

7 Fredericton CA 65.5213 2.1299 1.9221 2.5974 7.6623 0.3333 0.2857 6.7695 6.9156 3.11698 Winnipeg CMA 65.4627 2.1039 1.9740 2.7013 7.9870 0.6667 0.7143 5.3571 5.6981 4.94819 Peterborough CMA 64.2299 2.3636 2.3896 1.8182 4.3506 1.3333 0.4286 4.5779 5.2110 2.6494

10 Brandon CA 63.9892 1.3247 0.8052 1.1429 9.4805 0.6667 0.7143 5.7468 5.4545 5.493511 London CMA 63.7989 2.9610 2.9091 3.2987 2.9221 1.3333 0.4286 4.9675 6.0877 1.636412 Canmore CA 63.1654 3.8182 3.8182 2.3896 9.8701 1.5000 1.0000 0.0487 0.2435 4.285713 Levis City 62.4435 2.5455 1.8961 3.3247 8.5714 0.1667 0.5714 4.5292 5.2597 0.545514 Halifax CMA 62.3047 2.4675 1.5844 3.8182 6.6883 0.5000 0.2857 3.3117 3.4091 1.558415 Guelph CMA 62.0320 3.3247 3.5584 2.4416 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 2.2890 3.7013 1.792216 North Bay CA 61.9787 1.6623 2.2597 3.1688 7.4675 1.3333 0.4286 6.1851 6.3312 1.051917 Woodstock CA 61.9455 2.2857 2.3636 1.2468 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 5.1136 5.5032 3.467518 Edmonton CMA 61.8202 3.4805 3.8442 3.2727 8.7662 1.5000 1.0000 1.7045 2.2890 4.831219 Leamington CA 61.5899 3.1169 2.2338 2.0519 3.8312 1.3333 0.4286 5.1623 6.4286 4.909120 Waterloo City 61.5652 3.6883 3.6883 3.0909 4.9351 1.3333 0.4286 2.6299 5.6494 2.1429



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21 Quebec City 61.2988 1.1688 1.0909 3.7403 6.9481 0.1667 0.5714 4.5292 3.4578 0.545522 Cobourg CA 61.2331 2.1818 1.8701 2.6494 2.7273 1.3333 0.4286 2.4351 1.6071 4.870123 Lethbridge CA 60.8397 2.3377 3.2727 0.9610 9.0260 1.5000 1.0000 3.3604 3.1169 5.883124 Joliette CA 60.8154 0.4935 0.5714 2.5714 5.1948 0.1667 0.5714 4.8701 2.6299 4.714325 Whitehorse CA 60.7198 3.2727 3.9740 4.0000 2.2727 1.6667 1.0000 2.0942 2.8247 5.064926 Calgary CMA 60.4182 3.8442 4.0000 3.7662 9.0909 1.5000 1.0000 0.9740 3.3604 5.532527Centre Wellington CA 60.3457 3.5844 3.1948 1.6883 9.1558 1.3333 0.4286 1.8506 3.6039 0.935128 Laval City 60.2995 2.5974 2.1299 3.5065 6.1039 0.1667 0.5714 2.9708 3.0682 3.233829 Vernon CA 59.9702 1.7143 1.4026 0.8571 8.2468 1.8333 0.7143 1.0714 0.6818 4.558430 Ingersoll CA 59.7483 2.5714 2.4935 3.1169 7.5974 1.3333 0.4286 5.1136 5.7955 3.0390

31 Windsor CMA 59.5966 3.0649 3.2468 3.2727 0.7792 1.3333 0.4286 6.4286 7.2565 3.818232 Salmon Arm CA 58.9563 1.2208 1.3506 0.5974 7.5974 1.8333 0.7143 0.8279 0.4383 3.584433 Mississauga City 58.6927 3.7143 2.6753 3.6883 3.8312 1.3333 0.4286 1.4123 3.5065 3.974034 Dawson Creek CA 58.4080 1.9481 3.1429 2.0779 8.2468 1.8333 0.7143 4.0422 4.1883 4.636435 Cold Lake CA 58.3938 3.6104 3.5844 3.1429 9.8052 1.5000 1.0000 2.0455 4.3831 4.987036 Thunder Bay CMA 58.3451 2.0519 2.8571 0.5714 4.9351 1.3333 0.4286 6.8669 7.0617 4.363637 Richmond City 58.3159 2.6494 2.9870 3.9740 8.2468 1.8333 0.7143 0.2435 0.0974 1.831238 Fort St. John CA 58.0120 3.5325 3.0649 3.8961 9.4156 1.8333 0.7143 2.7273 5.3084 5.142939 Stratford CA 57.6300 2.2338 2.2078 0.8312 7.1429 1.3333 0.4286 2.6786 1.8019 1.714340 Saskatoon CMA 57.5839 2.4156 2.7532 0.2078 8.3766 1.0000 0.8571 2.4838 1.8506 5.610441 Camrose CA 57.3645 1.9740 2.7273 1.8442 8.7662 1.5000 1.0000 1.8019 1.1688 5.727342 Orillia CA 57.3015 1.8961 2.1818 3.0390 5.3247 1.3333 0.4286 3.8474 3.2143 2.454543 Port Hope CA 57.1095 2.8052 2.7792 2.4935 6.4286 1.3333 0.4286 1.9481 1.5584 4.792244 Oakville City 57.1087 3.9740 3.9221 3.8442 6.4286 1.3333 0.4286 0.4383 2.3864 5.220845 Courtenay CA 57.1050 1.8182 1.1429 0.3117 7.7273 1.8333 0.7143 1.5097 0.8766 0.6623

46 Rimouski CA 57.0180 0.8052 1.0649 3.0130 1.6883 0.1667 0.5714 4.2370 2.2403 1.948147 Saint-Georges CA 56.9399 0.9351 0.2078 2.5195 7.9870 0.1667 0.5714 6.5747 6.2338 4.090948 Yellowknife CA 56.8957 3.9221 3.9481 2.8571 4.9351 2.0000 1.0000 1.0227 4.8701 5.181849 Wetaskiwin CA 56.8313 1.5325 3.0909 1.4805 9.8052 1.5000 1.0000 1.9968 1.2175 5.376650 Brooks CA 56.8102 3.5065 3.4545 3.3766 9.6753 1.5000 1.0000 5.3084 6.7695 5.844251Portage la Prairie CA 56.4445 0.5455 0.7013 0.2597 7.9870 0.6667 0.7143 7.4026 7.3052 5.805252 Tillsonburg CA 56.3626 2.0000 2.0260 1.1948 5.1948 1.3333 0.4286 5.8442 6.1851 4.013053 Collingwood CA 56.0873 3.2468 1.5065 2.0000 3.3117 1.3333 0.4286 1.8994 2.4351 0.857154Sault Ste. Marie CA 55.8886 1.7922 2.2857 0.7013 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 7.1591 7.4026 1.090955 Sherbrooke CMA 55.6042 0.7792 0.6234 2.8831 4.5455 0.1667 0.5714 4.7727 2.9708 0.233856 Oshawa City 55.4015 3.1688 3.1169 3.6364 2.0779 1.3333 0.4286 4.2857 5.9416 4.246857 Regina CMA 55.2537 2.7013 2.8052 0.4416 8.5065 1.0000 0.8571 3.6526 4.0909 5.415658 Red Deer CA 55.2210 3.5584 3.5325 3.3506 7.9870 1.5000 1.0000 2.3377 4.5292 5.337759 Hamilton City 54.9321 2.9091 2.7013 1.1688 3.3766 1.3333 0.4286 3.1656 4.1396 2.9221




60 Sarnia CA 54.9162 3.0130 2.5195 1.6623 3.0519 1.3333 0.4286 6.3799 7.0130 3.740361 Brantford CMA 54.9136 2.7532 3.3247 0.9351 4.3506 1.3333 0.4286 3.9935 4.9675 4.324762 Swift Current CA 54.8372 1.1948 0.9351 0.2857 9.6104 1.0000 0.8571 6.8182 6.7208 5.571463 Kitchener City 54.7504 3.0390 3.0130 1.7143 5.1948 1.3333 0.4286 2.6299 3.0195 2.142964 St. John's CMA 54.6554 2.3896 0.8831 3.6623 1.7532 1.1667 0.2857 5.6006 6.2825 0.077965 St. Catharines - Niagara CMA 54.6364 2.3117 2.0000 0.8831 2.2727 1.3333 0.4286 4.9188 5.3571 3.545566Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA 54.6168 1.4286 0.8312 2.1558 6.9481 0.1667 0.5714 4.3831 3.9448 3.389667 Whitby City 54.4226 3.7403 3.8701 3.5584 6.4286 1.3333 0.4286 2.3864 6.1364 4.246868 Yorkton CA 54.3808 0.2078 0.8571 0.0260 8.3766 1.0000 0.8571 7.2565 6.8669 5.103969Greater Sudbury CMA 54.3641 2.6234 2.4416 1.4286 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 4.6753 5.5519 2.2597

70 Penticton CA 54.2243 0.9610 0.9870 0.4156 6.9481 1.8333 0.7143 0.9253 0.3896 5.298771 Nanaimo CA 53.8085 1.3766 1.6364 2.4675 3.8312 1.8333 0.7143 1.1201 0.6331 1.363672Saint-Hyacinthe CA 53.4191 0.3896 0.3117 2.9351 6.1039 0.1667 0.5714 4.0909 1.7532 3.000073Kawartha Lakes CA 53.2950 2.5195 2.1558 1.3506 1.3636 1.3333 0.4286 5.4058 5.9903 2.649474 Vaughan City 52.9793 3.9481 3.6364 3.7922 7.4675 1.3333 0.4286 0.5844 3.1656 4.597475 Duncan CA 52.9769 1.6364 1.4805 0.4935 6.1039 1.8333 0.7143 0.8766 0.5357 0.896176 Parksville CA 52.8781 1.2727 1.3766 0.6753 6.1688 1.8333 0.7143 1.2662 0.7305 1.480577Richmond Hill City 52.8243 3.8701 3.7403 3.7143 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 0.7792 3.7500 2.220878 Pembroke CA 52.7054 1.5065 1.7662 0.4675 4.3506 1.3333 0.4286 4.1396 3.5552 2.026079 Toronto City 52.6811 3.3506 1.8442 3.5844 1.8831 1.3333 0.4286 0.6818 1.1201 3.194880 Estevan CA 52.4392 3.2208 2.4675 1.5065 10.0000 1.0000 0.8571 6.2338 7.1591 5.454581 Kamloops CA 52.3476 2.0779 2.8312 1.0130 5.3247 1.8333 0.7143 2.1916 1.4610 5.766282 Medicine Hat CA 52.0385 2.9870 3.3506 2.2078 9.0260 1.5000 1.0000 2.5325 2.5812 5.922183 Owen Sound CA 51.9645 1.3506 1.7403 1.0649 5.1948 1.3333 0.4286 3.1169 1.8994 0.857184Trois-Rivières CMA 51.8122 0.3117 0.6494 1.8961 1.6883 0.1667 0.5714 7.0617 6.6234 3.0779

85R ivière-du-Loup CA 51.7427 0.6234 0.4156 1.8701 2.2727 0.1667 0.5714 4.8214 2.7760 0.584486 Cornwall CA 51.7097 0.6494 1.4545 1.2987 3.0519 1.3333 0.4286 7.0130 6.6721 3.623487Rouyn-Noranda CA 50.9374 0.7532 0.4675 2.6234 3.8312 0.1667 0.5714 6.0390 5.0162 1.402688 Thompson CA 50.9157 3.3766 2.6234 2.2857 5.4545 0.6667 0.7143 2.9221 5.1623 4.129989 Midland CA 50.8900 1.8442 2.5714 1.7922 3.8312 1.3333 0.4286 3.7013 2.7273 2.727390 Grande Prairie CA 50.8564 3.7662 3.7662 3.8701 9.4156 1.5000 1.0000 2.7760 6.5260 4.753291North Battleford CA 50.7336 0.4156 1.2987 0.1558 9.0260 1.0000 0.8571 5.6494 3.9935 5.688392 Kenora CA 50.5755 2.7273 3.0390 1.9221 2.7273 1.3333 0.4286 3.8961 4.7240 3.779293 Charlottetown CA 50.5399 1.4545 1.1948 0.5455 1.8831 0.8333 0.1429 5.2597 4.9188 0.467594 Burnaby City 50.1957 2.1558 1.7143 2.7273 7.4675 1.8333 0.7143 0.2435 0.0487 1.129995 Cranbrook CA 50.0834 1.6883 2.3377 0.7792 8.7662 1.8333 0.7143 1.1688 0.7792 5.961096 Kelowna CMA 49.8594 2.4935 2.3117 1.5325 6.9481 1.8333 0.7143 0.2922 0.1461 4.519597 Amos CA 49.7428 1.1429 0.3636 2.4156 0.1948 0.1667 0.5714 5.8929 5.4058 3.506598 Cambridge City 49.6777 3.2987 3.4805 2.3377 4.3506 1.3333 0.4286 2.8734 4.7727 1.3247




99 Brockville CA 49.6637 1.8701 1.6623 1.6623 4.0909 1.3333 0.4286 3.5552 2.6786 3.2727100 Montreal City 49.6509 0.3636 0.9091 3.4026 0.7143 0.1667 0.5714 1.5584 0.5844 3.3896101 Barrie CMA 49.6451 3.4026 3.6104 2.9870 6.1039 1.3333 0.4286 2.1429 3.7987 3.4286102 Chatham-Kent CA 49.6022 1.7662 2.1039 0.7532 1.2987 1.3333 0.4286 6.9156 6.8182 4.4026103 Sorel-Tracy CA 49.2462 0.6753 0.5455 1.9481 2.0779 0.1667 0.5714 5.9903 4.8214 4.4416104 Okotoks CA 48.8353 3.6623 3.7143 3.4545 9.9351 1.5000 1.0000 0.6331 1.3636 6.0000105 Moose Jaw CA 48.6919 0.7013 1.0390 0.1818 5.4545 1.0000 0.8571 5.6981 4.4805 5.6494106 Belleville CA 48.6444 1.5844 1.6104 0.7273 2.7273 1.3333 0.4286 3.0682 1.9968 3.8571107 Saint John CMA 48.5597 1.6104 1.2727 2.0260 4.5455 0.3333 0.2857 6.3312 6.3799 2.4156108 Timmins CA 48.5378 2.4416 2.6494 2.6753 2.7273 1.3333 0.4286 6.9643 7.3539 0.7013

109 Coquitlam City 48.5277 3.0909 3.2987 2.7532 9.0260 1.8333 0.7143 0.2435 0.2922 0.3896110 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CA 48.4346 0.4675 0.2338 2.1299 2.4026 0.1667 0.5714 5.7955 4.3344 3.8961111 Longueuil City 48.3379 1.0649 1.2468 2.7792 3.3117 0.1667 0.5714 3.5065 1.6558 2.7662112 Petawawa CA 48.2853 2.9351 3.2208 1.7662 4.9351 1.3333 0.4286 3.2630 4.2857 2.0260113 Corner Brook CA 48.1606 1.0909 0.2857 2.8312 0.5844 1.1667 0.2857 5.5032 4.6753 0.1169114 Cowansville CA 47.7880 0.2338 0.5195 2.1039 6.4286 0.1667 0.5714 3.4578 1.2662 2.4156115 Dolbeau-Mistassini CA 47.6443 0.1818 0.0519 1.4545 0.3896 0.1667 0.5714 7.3539 7.1104 2.5714116 Markham City 47.6357 3.8961 3.8961 3.9221 2.9221 1.3333 0.4286 0.5357 1.9481 2.2208117 Grand Falls-Windsor CA 47.4652 0.9870 0.1039 0.6234 0.3896 1.1667 0.2857 6.2825 5.6006 2.6883118 Temiskaming Shores CA 47.3767 1.0390 1.7922 2.3896 2.4026 1.3333 0.4286 5.4545 4.5779 1.7532119 Surrey City 46.8198 3.1948 2.4156 2.9610 8.5065 1.8333 0.7143 0.7305 0.9740 1.5195120 Sept-Îles CA 46.6749 1.4026 1.0130 3.0649 1.0390 0.1667 0.5714 6.4773 6.4773 1.4416121 Squamish CA 46.1336 3.1429 2.5455 1.2727 7.1429 1.8333 0.7143 0.3409 0.3409 0.1948122 Lloydminster CA 45.9832 3.4286 3.4286 3.4805 9.6104 1.5000 1.0000 1.6071 2.0942 5.2597123 Brampton City 45.8235 3.6364 3.1688 2.2597 3.3117 1.3333 0.4286 1.6558 2.9221 3.9740

124 Abbotsford CMA 45.3412 2.6753 1.6883 1.1169 7.1429 1.8333 0.7143 1.3149 1.0227 1.0130125 Powell River CA 45.1774 0.9091 1.1169 0.0779 6.6234 1.8333 0.7143 3.4091 1.4123 1.2857126 Alma CA 44.9301 0.8312 0.5974 2.2338 0.9740 0.1667 0.5714 5.9416 5.0649 2.5714127 Kentville CA 44.8361 0.5974 0.3896 1.0130 4.9351 0.5000 0.2857 4.3344 2.1916 2.2987128Drummondville CA 44.8236 0.4416 0.3377 1.5844 2.0779 0.1667 0.5714 5.0162 2.5325 2.8442129 Bathurst CA 44.7958 0.5714 0.7532 2.3117 0.9740 0.3333 0.2857 7.5000 7.4513 2.8052130 Saguenay CMA 44.5133 0.8571 0.7273 3.1948 1.4935 0.1667 0.5714 6.5260 5.8929 2.5714131 Wood Buffalo CA 44.1945 4.0000 3.6623 3.9481 9.4156 1.5000 1.0000 0.3896 3.3117 4.1688132 Terrace CA 43.7495 1.2987 2.0779 2.5455 1.1688 1.8333 0.7143 4.1883 3.2630 0.1558133 Lachute CA 43.7266 0.0779 0.1299 1.2208 4.9351 0.1667 0.5714 4.6266 1.5097 2.0649134 Victoriaville CA 43.7070 0.2857 0.1818 1.4026 4.0909 0.1667 0.5714 4.4318 2.0455 1.2468135 Baie-Comeau CA 43.5065 2.2078 0.9610 3.2208 0.4545 0.1667 0.5714 7.2078 7.5000 1.6753136 Chilliwack CA 42.7157 1.9221 1.8182 0.8052 6.6234 1.8333 0.7143 1.7532 1.0714 0.4286137 Prince George CA 42.3278 2.7792 3.3766 1.5584 2.7273 1.8333 0.7143 3.2143 3.6526 1.8701




138 La Tuque CA 42.1708 0.1039 0.4935 2.9091 0.3896 0.1667 0.5714 7.3052 6.9643 2.9610139Thetford Mines CA 41.3686 0.0260 0.0260 1.0390 4.0909 0.1667 0.5714 7.1104 6.0390 0.3117140 Granby CA 41.2643 1.0130 1.2208 1.9740 1.5584 0.1667 0.5714 3.7500 2.1429 0.7403141 Prince Albert CA 40.7478 1.1169 1.5325 0.0519 3.8312 1.0000 0.8571 3.9448 2.4838 5.0260142 Val-d'Or CA 40.3284 0.8831 0.6753 2.1818 3.8312 0.1667 0.5714 5.2110 3.8961 0.2727143 Shawinigan CA 39.0484 0.0519 0.0779 0.3896 0.6494 0.1667 0.5714 6.0877 2.8734 4.0519144 Truro CA 38.7717 0.5195 0.4416 0.9091 3.3117 0.5000 0.2857 5.5519 3.8474 1.1688145 Miramichi CA 38.6342 0.3377 0.7792 1.7403 0.1948 0.3333 0.2857 6.6721 5.7468 1.909146 Summerside CA 38.3640 0.1558 1.1688 0.1299 1.1688 0.8333 0.1429 6.1364 4.0422 0.9740147 Port Alberni CA 38.2517 0.7273 1.3247 0.1039 4.0909 1.8333 0.7143 3.0195 1.3149 0.7792

148 Prince Rupert CA 38.0199 1.2468 2.8831 0.3377 0.5844 1.8333 0.7143 3.7987 2.3377 0.0390149 Norfolk CA 37.8938 2.2597 2.0519 0.2338 1.4935 1.3333 0.4286 1.2175 0.9253 3.7013150 Cape Breton CA 37.6863 0.1299 0.1558 1.1169 0.0649 0.5000 0.2857 7.4513 7.2078 0.3506151Campbell River CA 37.2186 1.4805 1.4286 0.6494 2.9221 1.8333 0.7143 1.3636 0.8279 0.6623152 Williams Lake CA 36.6033 1.5584 2.5974 1.3247 4.5455 1.8333 0.7143 2.8247 1.7045 4.4805153 Quesnel CA 34.8486 2.0260 1.9481 0.3896 1.2987 1.8333 0.7143 4.7240 5.1136 3.6623154 New Glasgow CA 34.2481 0.2597 0.2597 1.6104 0.9740 0.5000 0.2857 6.7208 5.8442 2.883




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5.8065 1.6169 9.7403 0.5942 1.8117 0.1656 5.3766 2.6494 7.9839 1.3627 1 1 1 4.8377 4.1168 1.0974 6.6883 1.1396 2.4935 0.1396 4.9481 1.1688 8.2258 2.0000 1 1 1 4.9026

4.9935 0.9416 9.3506 0.9545 2.2403 0.2305 5.9610 3.7662 5.0806 0.5507 1 1 1 4.1558

5.1484 1.0130 0.8442 1.4416 2.8442 0.2403 3.6234 1.0649 7.9839 1.0613 1 0 0 4.0584

5.9613 1.6234 9.6753 0.5455 1.1299 0.0357 4.4416 2.0260 8.3065 2.0000 1 1 1 4.8701

2.2065 1.3442 6.1688 0.7500 1.7143 0.1981 5.2987 3.1169 8.7903 0.3773 1 1 1 3.1494

2.2065 1.3442 7.1429 0.8766 1.3442 0.1721 3.7403 1.1429 6.9355 0.4227 1 1 1 4.25321.2000 1.6688 4.2208 0.5747 0.9935 0.0422 4.5195 2.7013 4.0323 1.7293 1 1 1 3.7987

2.6710 0.9091 7.9870 0.9156 1.6753 0.2045 3.0779 2.6753 6.7742 0.3280 1 1 1 3.4740

0.5032 1.3766 7.4675 0.4675 1.2078 0.1006 3.5455 3.4805 5.4839 0.5400 1 1 1 2.2078

4.2194 0.5909 4.7403 0.6916 1.8701 0.1786 5.1429 3.1688 6.7742 0.8973 1 1 1 3.0195

0.3484 1.4870 9.9351 0.7013 1.8312 0.5000 5.6104 1.3506 4.5968 0.0773 1 0 0 4.9351

2.4000 1.0130 1.4286 1.4221 2.8636 0.5000 5.4935 3.2727 8.8710 0.6000 1 1 1 3.3117

3.5226 1.8896 8.6364 0.5357 0.6039 0.1169 5.8052 2.9091 5.0806 1.5813 1 1 1 4.6104

3.0194 0.6558 5.7792 1.2955 2.5130 0.2208 2.4935 0.7013 9.1129 0.8067 1 1 1 3.6039

2.0516 1.3442 8.5065 1.1201 1.9286 0.5000 2.4545 2.7792 3.2258 0.6147 1 1 1 1.9156

4.0258 0.5909 6.3636 1.1104 2.6104 0.5000 0.9351 0.8312 9.1129 0.2267 1 1 0 2.4026

2.1290 1.3377 2.3377 0.5649 1.2662 0.0617 4.0909 2.1818 5.7258 1.2933 1 1 1 3.2468

5.0710 0.5584 7.3377 1.3052 2.4351 0.0325 0.0390 0.8831 8.7097 0.0213 1 0 0 0.0649

3.2129 0.7662 8.3766 1.2857 2.6688 0.1494 1.0519 0.3377 3.6290 0.6107 1 1 1 4.4481




2.4000 1.0130 8.3117 1.2468 2.0260 0.5000 5.4935 3.3506 4.4355 1.7707 1 1 1 4.67534.6065 0.9091 9.2208 0.7597 1.4221 0.0292 2.2208 2.1039 8.3871 0.2893 1 1 0 3.96102.5161 1.0130 3.5065 0.5065 1.2273 0.0974 2.0649 2.8052 8.2258 0.2893 1 1 1 2.59742.9419 1.2662 8.2468 1.0325 2.5325 0.5000 5.9221 3.8701 6.5323 0.1680 1 1 0 1.33120.0774 0.8442 8.8961 0.2240 0.3701 0.0097 4.7143 1.4545 9.5161 0.4173 1 1 0 4.74031.0839 1.4870 2.9870 1.0812 2.1623 0.0584 3.7013 0.9870 2.0161 2.0000 1 1 1 3.86363.1355 0.7662 3.8961 1.4513 2.9416 0.5000 0.7403 1.5325 10.0000 0.1333 1 0 0 4.77273.7548 1.2143 0.5195 1.3442 2.2013 0.2435 4.0130 1.6623 9.9194 1.8320 1 1 1 3.24685.2258 1.4805 6.8182 0.3604 0.7792 0.1201 4.8701 2.8831 9.8387 0.1048 1 0 0 2.56494.4903 0.5909 3.7013 0.9740 2.0844 0.5000 0.2338 0.2597 9.5968 0.0227 1 0 0 1.4935

5.2645 0.6883 1.5584 0.7110 1.9286 0.1591 1.2078 2.3896 6.5323 0.3853 1 1 1 2.01304.4516 1.3961 8.1818 0.3896 0.9351 0.5000 5.1818 3.1948 6.9355 0.0800 1 0 0 3.24684.4129 1.4351 0.3896 1.4026 2.7662 0.1558 2.8052 0.2857 7.7419 2.0000 1 0 1 2.88960.4645 0.8182 7.0130 0.0877 0.4286 0.0065 3.1948 2.2857 3.6290 0.0720 1 1 0 3.40910.8516 0.9610 5.3247 0.1948 0.4091 0.5000 5.5714 0.0260 5.2419 0.0600 1 0 0 1.03900.5419 1.5519 4.4156 0.6526 0.9740 0.1364 2.3766 3.5844 1.5323 0.4213 1 1 1 2.72735.9226 1.6104 1.1688 0.8377 2.5519 0.1753 4.4416 0.6234 8.4677 1.5760 1 1 1 4.35061.7419 0.8182 5.0000 0.1851 0.2338 0.5000 0.5455 0.1039 7.3387 0.0720 1 1 0 0.09743.7161 0.7662 9.8052 0.8961 2.6883 0.5000 4.9870 1.1169 3.7097 0.2800 1 1 0 4.80520.9290 1.7013 6.1039 0.3701 0.4675 0.0519 5.2597 3.0909 4.9194 0.4920 1 1 1 3.34421.0452 1.0130 6.6883 0.3799 1.3052 0.5000 1.8701 3.8442 6.5323 0.0533 1 0 1 1.68833.6000 0.8896 6.4286 0.5260 0.4870 0.0844 4.0519 1.5065 7.6613 0.3400 1 1 0 3.66885.0323 0.9091 4.0909 1.1494 2.0455 0.5000 0.3896 1.6883 6.5323 0.1987 0 0 0 4.51304.6839 0.7662 0.6494 1.4416 2.8442 0.2403 2.8052 0.3117 1.1290 1.9040 1 1 0 4.70785.4581 1.8896 8.9610 0.2045 0.7403 0.5000 5.0649 3.0649 8.2258 0.2307 1 1 0 3.7013

2.5548 1.1688 9.0909 1.2857 2.5714 0.5000 5.7273 3.8182 2.8226 0.1200 1 1 1 4.41561.5097 0.1234 1.1039 1.3636 2.4740 0.5000 5.0260 2.5974 7.0161 0.0493 1 1 0 1.00650.1161 1.2987 10.0000 0.0292 0.0974 0.5000 3.3506 0.6753 2.8226 0.1453 1 1 0 4.64290.2323 1.0130 7.6623 0.0487 0.1558 0.5000 4.5584 3.5065 6.0484 0.0733 1 0 0 0.55191.1613 1.2792 3.0519 0.4188 0.3506 0.5000 0.0779 0.0779 4.7581 0.0240 1 1 0 0.45451.1613 1.3766 8.0519 0.0779 0.1753 0.5000 0.4675 4.0000 0.0000 0.0387 1 1 0 2.3377

4.0258 0.4091 6.8831 1.0617 1.5000 0.5000 0.8182 1.0130 7.3387 0.0413 1 0 0 0.94164.8000 0.8896 8.7662 0.4773 1.2857 0.0260 3.8961 2.4156 9.5161 0.1067 1 0 0 4.25322.2452 1.2143 5.1948 0.7987 1.2468 0.5000 1.5584 2.9351 2.1774 0.5320 1 1 0 2.43511.5097 0.8961 5.5844 1.2273 2.7273 0.1883 5.5325 3.5325 8.5484 0.6360 1 1 1 3.50653.9484 0.9416 1.2338 1.3247 2.3571 0.1948 0.6234 0.5714 3.3065 1.1120 1 1 1 3.40910.8129 1.5260 3.9610 0.3409 0.6818 0.0714 3.7792 2.3377 1.8548 0.5600 1 1 1 4.28570.7355 1.5260 2.7922 0.4578 0.7987 0.5000 3.3117 2.0779 0.7258 0.5000 1 1 0 2.33774.7226 0.6948 2.4026 1.0227 1.6364 0.1104 3.6234 2.4935 4.3548 1.2453 1 1 1 3.1169




4.9548 0.5455 3.5714 0.7500 1.5390 0.0909 1.4416 2.2597 1.2097 0.2560 1 1 0 1.81824.5677 0.6558 1.8182 0.6039 1.0909 0.2175 0.6623 1.7662 7.3387 0.4173 1 1 1 1.68831.6258 1.2792 2.7273 0.5162 1.5779 0.5000 4.6364 2.0000 1.0484 0.0493 1 1 0 1.62343.2129 0.7662 1.8831 1.2857 2.6688 0.1494 1.0519 0.3896 9.8387 0.8200 1 1 1 2.72732.4387 1.4740 3.3117 0.8279 1.5779 0.5000 5.4156 3.4286 6.0484 0.3880 1 1 1 3.83125.1484 1.0195 2.5974 1.1006 2.5909 0.2240 0.8571 1.5584 4.9194 0.3360 1 1 1 3.05194.1419 0.8896 3.7662 1.0130 2.3766 0.5000 2.3377 2.5195 6.1290 0.7733 1 1 0 2.20783.9484 0.9416 0.3247 1.3247 2.3571 0.1948 0.6234 0.9351 0.3226 1.3800 0 1 0 3.79870.6968 1.5260 4.9351 0.1071 0.5065 0.5000 3.0390 3.3247 0.0000 0.1093 1 0 0 4.57791.8968 1.1364 3.3766 1.1299 1.6948 0.0779 2.1039 2.4416 2.8226 0.6880 1 1 1 2.6299

5.3806 1.4870 9.5455 0.3019 0.5649 0.0877 4.5974 2.8312 5.4032 0.1493 1 0 0 2.53255.6129 1.7922 5.5844 0.2825 0.7208 0.1818 4.2078 2.5455 9.5161 0.4013 1 1 1 3.89613.5613 0.1623 8.7013 1.5000 3.0000 0.1234 4.9091 2.6234 4.2742 0.2027 1 1 0 0.97402.6710 0.9091 2.1429 0.9058 0.9156 0.5000 0.3506 2.4675 9.5161 0.0960 1 1 0 2.20783.4065 1.1234 0.0649 1.4805 2.9221 0.2143 2.8052 0.1818 0.2419 1.2800 0 0 1 3.53902.9032 1.7922 5.6494 0.2338 0.2922 0.5000 4.1299 1.8182 9.1129 0.1307 1 1 0 4.15585.4968 1.7922 7.8571 0.3117 1.7532 0.5000 1.7143 2.8571 7.4194 0.1773 1 1 0 4.15584.2581 1.1234 0.2597 1.4805 2.9221 0.2143 2.8052 0.5455 0.5645 1.7560 1 1 0 4.31821.5871 0.6818 6.7532 0.6623 1.4026 0.5000 1.5974 2.9610 5.7258 0.1760 1 1 0 3.47404.3355 1.1234 6.5584 1.1591 1.4610 0.0552 2.8052 0.7273 1.6129 2.0000 1 1 1 4.96751.3548 1.5260 2.2727 0.4091 1.0519 0.5000 0.1948 0.5195 0.0000 0.0227 1 1 0 1.49355.1871 1.4870 3.1169 0.2532 0.6429 0.1851 3.8182 1.9481 5.7258 0.5040 1 0 1 2.82472.3226 1.2792 0.9740 0.7208 1.7338 0.5000 1.3636 2.0519 4.6774 0.2560 1 1 0 1.10394.8000 0.8312 6.9481 0.9351 1.6169 0.5000 5.3377 3.3766 3.4677 0.2173 1 1 0 3.31172.5935 1.1364 4.3506 1.1883 2.4545 0.0649 2.9610 2.7273 4.2742 0.3200 1 1 1 3.0195

1.8194 1.1688 7.7273 1.1981 1.9481 0.5000 5.6494 3.6364 7.9839 0.0293 1 1 0 0.74684.5290 1.0195 5.9091 0.6331 0.7597 0.5000 1.1688 1.5844 2.5000 0.3213 1 1 0 2.53250.5806 0.5584 9.0260 1.0032 2.0649 0.5000 2.4156 1.4026 1.5323 0.1773 1 1 1 2.85710.0387 1.6688 8.4416 0.0195 0.0195 0.0032 1.6364 0.5974 3.9516 0.0867 1 1 0 0.12994.1806 1.4091 5.8442 0.4481 0.9156 0.5000 1.7922 3.7922 6.7742 0.0693 1 0 0 1.29870.9677 1.3442 1.6234 0.2630 0.6234 0.5000 0.7792 0.4675 0.6452 0.2240 1 1 0 0.6169

0.8903 1.1364 6.4935 0.0097 0.0390 0.5000 3.6623 3.7403 0.0000 0.0413 1 1 0 1.72081.8581 1.6688 8.1169 0.1461 0.1364 0.5000 2.0260 3.4545 0.0000 0.1373 1 1 0 0.03252.9806 0.8961 7.4026 0.6234 1.7922 0.5000 4.4805 3.2208 3.8710 0.0920 1 1 1 3.92865.8839 1.7143 1.3636 0.6429 1.5195 0.1136 4.4416 1.0390 5.8065 2.0000 1 1 1 4.48052.7484 1.3961 7.2727 0.3312 0.8766 0.0130 5.1039 1.7403 0.0000 0.2160 1 1 0 1.59093.4839 1.3961 2.9221 0.3506 0.7013 0.1623 3.4286 1.6104 6.5323 0.3573 1 1 3.66880.3871 0.5584 9.1558 1.2370 1.8506 0.5000 5.7662 3.9481 0.0000 0.1013 1 1 0 0.48703.6387 0.7662 0.7143 1.2857 2.6688 0.1494 1.0519 0.4416 7.6613 0.4827 1 1 0 1.2662




4.6452 0.9416 5.4545 0.6136 1.1688 0.5000 2.1818 3.6883 2.5000 0.1040 1 1 0 2.27274.1419 1.2143 8.5714 0.8474 1.4805 0.0747 4.0130 1.7143 3.7903 2.0000 1 1 1 5.00003.3290 0.8896 0.9091 0.9253 2.2987 0.1299 1.0909 0.8571 0.8065 0.5107 1 1 0 2.66235.3419 0.5584 3.8961 0.7890 2.0065 0.5000 0.3117 1.2208 1.5323 0.1187 1 1 0 0.71433.2516 1.2662 6.2987 1.0519 2.4351 0.1039 1.4026 3.1429 1.7742 0.3200 1 1 0 1.88310.4258 1.4870 1.2987 0.6818 2.1429 0.5000 0.4286 1.0909 0.0806 0.3840 0 0 0 4.02601.4323 1.5260 5.7143 0.3214 1.1299 0.5000 1.9481 3.6623 0.0000 0.0973 1 1 0 2.92214.9161 0.8312 5.1299 0.5552 1.0325 0.5000 1.7532 1.2727 6.0484 0.3173 1 1 0 2.24032.7871 1.1688 4.6104 0.4968 0.5260 0.1331 4.7532 3.0390 0.0000 0.5853 1 1 1 1.75320.1935 0.5584 7.5325 0.8669 0.9545 0.5000 1.3247 1.8961 0.0000 0.5467 1 0 0 0.3571

5.6903 1.7143 0.7792 0.8182 2.3182 0.2013 4.4416 0.7532 2.1774 1.8493 1 1 0 4.02603.7935 0.8312 4.5455 0.9643 1.6753 0.5000 3.4675 3.2468 2.8226 0.1680 1 1 0 0.87664.8774 1.2143 2.0130 1.0714 2.2597 0.1266 4.0130 1.8701 2.2581 2.0000 1 1 1 4.38311.5871 0.6818 4.1558 1.4903 2.9805 0.5000 0.1169 1.4805 3.2258 0.0547 0 0 0 2.20783.3677 1.2792 5.2597 1.0422 2.1039 0.0390 5.6883 3.7143 3.2258 0.1147 1 0 1 3.08443.6774 0.1623 9.4156 1.1786 2.3961 0.5000 5.8831 2.3117 1.6935 0.1400 1 0 0 0.55191.3161 1.2338 9.3506 0.9935 2.7857 0.5000 3.3896 2.3636 0.0000 0.0933 1 0 0 0.71434.2968 1.1234 0.1299 1.4805 2.9221 0.2143 2.8052 0.4156 0.4032 1.9173 1 1 0 4.18832.0903 1.2792 5.0649 1.3831 2.1818 0.5000 6.0000 3.9740 2.5000 0.1173 1 0 0 1.49350.7742 0.5584 9.4805 1.3344 1.8896 0.5000 2.2987 1.9221 0.0000 0.2400 1 0 0 0.32475.8452 1.3896 0.4545 0.4383 0.8571 0.0487 4.4416 1.1948 1.9355 1.4493 1 1 1 2.37010.6968 1.1688 8.8312 0.9448 1.3247 0.5000 3.8571 1.8442 1.2903 0.0373 1 1 0 1.39615.5355 1.9870 3.6364 0.1656 0.5455 0.0195 1.8312 0.2078 7.6613 0.3600 1 1 0 4.57790.6194 0.9610 1.6883 0.1753 0.3312 0.0455 1.2468 0.1558 3.3871 0.0547 1 1 0 1.10394.4129 0.7662 0.1948 1.4026 2.7662 0.1558 2.8052 0.1299 0.1613 1.3640 1 1 0 1.1688

5.7290 1.4610 0.5844 0.5844 1.7727 0.2338 1.1299 0.8052 9.1935 0.2347 1 1 1 1.81826.0000 1.9545 5.3896 0.3994 1.1688 0.5000 4.2468 2.9870 0.0000 0.1947 1 1 0 1.39611.2387 1.1688 7.0779 1.3734 2.9610 0.5000 2.8442 2.5714 0.0000 0.0280 1 1 0 0.16234.0645 1.4740 1.7532 0.7792 0.8377 0.5000 5.8442 2.2078 4.5968 0.2787 1 1 0 3.01953.2903 0.3506 4.3506 1.0909 1.9675 0.5000 0.8961 1.2468 9.8387 0.1480 1 1 0 2.20782.0129 1.1364 3.3117 0.4870 0.8182 0.5000 5.2208 3.9221 0.0000 0.0827 1 1 0 0.2922

1.3161 1.1688 2.0779 1.3539 2.1234 0.2273 3.2338 2.7532 0.0000 0.3227 1 1 0 1.88310.2710 1.5909 1.0390 0.2143 0.5844 0.5000 0.2727 0.0519 0.4839 1.9787 1 1 0.22735.3032 1.9091 7.2078 0.0974 0.1169 0.5000 3.1169 1.9740 0.0000 0.1227 1 1 0 3.57142.8258 0.5325 7.6623 0.8864 1.4416 0.5000 4.8312 2.1299 3.2258 0.0960 1 0 0 2.04551.9742 0.1494 7.9221 1.1688 2.8052 0.1071 2.5325 2.1558 5.4032 0.0720 1 1 0 1.59091.0065 1.1688 2.6623 0.8084 1.9870 0.5000 3.0000 1.7922 0.0000 0.1093 1 1 0 2.01305.7677 1.7208 1.9481 0.2922 1.0130 0.0812 1.4805 0.9610 7.3387 0.1493 1 1 0 2.75971.7032 0.8182 2.9221 0.1558 0.2532 0.1688 3.5065 1.2987 0.0000 0.2360 1 1 1 0.8117




1.3935 1.3442 9.6104 0.6721 0.3896 0.5000 0.5065 0.7792 0.0000 0.0587 1 0 0 0.38962.2839 0.1234 4.6753 1.4123 2.7078 0.5000 3.1558 3.5584 0.0000 0.0707 1 1 0 0.87663.4452 0.1623 3.4416 1.2078 2.2792 0.5000 2.1429 0.9091 8.7097 0.1213 1 1 0 2.46750.1548 1.7013 4.8052 0.1266 0.3117 0.0162 4.6753 3.2987 0.0000 0.0800 1 1 0 0.61690.3097 0.5584 7.7922 0.8571 1.0714 0.0227 1.5195 1.3766 0.0000 0.0533 1 1 0 2.79222.5161 0.7078 6.2338 0.9838 1.3636 0.5000 2.8831 3.4026 1.0484 0.2360 1 1 0 0.42212.7097 1.4740 6.0390 0.1364 0.2727 0.0942 1.6753 1.3247 3.2258 0.0440 1 1 1 1.26621.7806 1.1364 2.5325 0.7695 1.5974 0.5000 4.1688 3.6104 0.0000 0.0787 1 1 0 0.94163.0968 0.8961 4.8701 0.4286 1.3831 0.5000 4.7922 3.0130 0.0000 0.0280 1 1 0 0.81175.6516 1.7922 5.9740 0.1169 0.2143 0.5000 1.2857 1.6364 1.0484 0.1307 1 1 0 3.7987

5.5742 1.9091 9.8701 0.0584 0.0584 0.5000 2.2597 0.3636 0.0000 0.4760 1 1 0 1.13644.8387 0.4091 4.0260 1.2175 2.2208 0.5000 0.1558 1.4286 4.1129 0.0667 1 0 0 0.64942.8645 1.0649 2.4675 0.7305 1.1883 0.5000 2.9221 3.8961 0.0000 0.2373 1 1 1 1.20135.4581 1.8896 3.1818 0.2435 0.6623 0.5000 3.2727 0.4935 5.2419 0.3347 1 1 0 1.59091.6645 0.7597 4.4805 0.0390 0.0779 0.5000 1.9870 0.6494 0.0000 0.1347 1 0 0 0.25971.9355 1.4610 1.4935 0.0682 0.1948 0.5000 0.7013 0.2338 0.0000 0.0960 1 0 0 0.19483.0968 0.8961 2.2078 0.2727 0.4481 0.0682 1.9091 2.2338 0.0000 0.0507 1 0 0 1.9481



Weather Category City Value

Hottest summer Kamloops BC 26.90°CColdest winter Yellowknife NT -28.90°CCoolest summer Prince Rupert BC 15.70°CMildest winter Victoria BC 7.40°CColdest spring Yellowknife NT -5.70°CColdest year-round Yellowknife NT -4.60°C

Warmest year-round Chilliwack BC 10.50°CMost freezing days Thompson MB 240 daysFewest freezing days Vancouver BC 46 days

Kamloops BC 29 days

Yellowknife NT 110 days

Yellowknife NT 111 daysWarmest spring Chilliwack BC 10.20°CWarmest fall Windsor ON 11.00°C

Prince Rupert BC 2593.60 mmDriest city Whitehorse YT 267.40 mmSnowiest city Gander NL 443.10 cmLowest snowfall Victoria BC 43.80 cmSnowiest fall Val-d'Or QC 62.00 cmSnowiest spring Gander NL 136.20 cm

Whitehorse YT 54%Rainiest city Prince Rupert BC 2468.50 mmMost wet days Prince Rupert BC 240 days

Prince Rupert BC 24 daysMost dry days Medicine Hat AB 266 daysMost snow days Val-d'Or QC 104 daysFewest snow days Victoria BC 10 days

Campbellton NB 13 days

Moncton NB 2 days



Québec QC 57.80 cm

Gander NL 39 days

Most hot days (30°Cor above)Most cold days (-20°Cor below)Most hot and colddays

Wettest city (rain andsnow)

Snowfall as a % of precipitation

Most very wet days(25 mm or above)

Most heavy snowfalldays (10 cm orabove)Most huge snowfalldays (25 cm orabove)Longest snow cover

season (days)Most deep snow coverdays (10 cm orabove)Greatest averagesnow depth January31Most freezing raindays



31 days

Windsor ON 33 days

Nanaimo BC 2 daysFoggiest city St. John's NL 119 days

Fewest fog days Penticton BC 2 days

Windsor ON 123 daysSunniest year-round Medicine Hat AB 2512.90 hours

Prince Rupert BC 1229.10 hoursSunniest winter Calgary AB 366.20 hoursSunniest summer Yellowknife NT 1034.00 hoursSunniest spring Yellowknife NT 798.00 hoursSunniest fall Medicine Hat AB 517.30 hours

Calgary AB 333 days

Prince Rupert BC 250 days

Calgary AB 132 days

Portage la Prairie MB 149 days

Yellowknife NT 8256

Windsor ON 421.7

Windsor ON 2602.6Hamilton ON 101.71 kPa

Gander NL 101.18 kPa

Prince Rupert BC 0.89 kPa

St. John's NL 764 hours

Estevan SK 2880 hours

Prince Rupert BC 6146 hours

Nanaimo BC 797 hours

St. John's NL 23.30 km/h

Kelowna BC 5.40 km/hWindiest winter* St. John's NL 26.90 km/hWindiest summer* St. John's NL 20.60 km/h

Most blowing snowdays

Chicoutimi-JonquièreQC

Most thunderstormdaysFewest thunderstormdays

Most smoke and hazedays

Least sunshine year-round

Most sunny daysyear-roundFewest sunny daysyear-roundMost sunny days incold monthsMost sunny days inwarm monthsMost heating degree-daysMost cooling degree-daysMost growing degree-

daysHighest averagepressure*Lowest averagepressure*Greatest averagepressure difference*Most hours with lowvisibility*Clearest skies year-round*Cloudiest skies year-

round*Most clear skies insummer*Windiest city year-round*Lightest winds year-round*



Kelowna BC 363 days

St. John's NL 127 daysExtreme wind chill* Yellowknife NT -64


Windsor ON 67 days

Windsor ON 28 days

Windsor ON 1.79 kPaDriest winter air* Yellowknife NT 0.08 kPaDriest summer air* Whitehorse YT 0.86 kPa

Most days with lightwind (5 km/h orbelow)*Most windy days (40km/h or above)*

Most high wind chill

days (-30 or below)*Humidex days 30° orabove*High humidex days35° or above*Most humid summercity*



Canada Australia

Area

Population 33 million 21 million

Largest

City

in 2009

20 percent 24 percent

White 92%,

Asian 7%,other 6%, Aboriginal,

other 1%

(Men)

(Women)

(Men)

(Women)

9.98 millionsq km

7.69 millionsq km

Toronto (pop.2.7 million)

Sydney (pop.4.3 million)

Netmigration

rate

5.63arrivals per

1,000population

6.23arrivals per

1,000population

Proportion of population

bornoverseas

EthnicGroups

European66%,

Amerindian2%,

mixedbackground26%

GDP Per Person

US$39,300(2008 est.)

US$38,100(2008 est.)

(PurchasingPower Parity)

AverageFull Time

Wage Can$937per week

Aus$1,203per week

Average FullTime Wage

Can$793 per week Aus$1,010per week

AverageFull Time

Wage

US$774 perweek

US$860 perweek

convertedto US$2009

Average FullTime Wage

US$655 per

week

US$721 per

week

converted to

US$ 2009

MinimumWage (per

hour)

Varies fromCan$7.75

per hour inNew

Brunswickto

Can$9.50per hour in

Ontario

FederalMinimum

Aus$14.31



6.10% 4.50%(2008 ests.)

14-Jun 22-Apr (Note 1)

Average

House Price

$227,000 $322,000

78.69 years 79.25 years

83.91 years 84.14 years

Climates

Unemployment rate

Cost of Living

Toronto54th;

Vancouver64th

Sydney15th;

Melbourne36th

(Mercercost of living

survey2008.)

The higherthe

number,the lowerthe cost of

living.

Tax FreedomDay

Can$274,000

Aus$450,000

AverageHouse Price

converted toUS$ 2009

Lifeexpectancy

at birth(males,

2009 est.)

Lifeexpectancy

at birth

(females,2009 est.)

Temperate,semi-

continental,continental,

prairie,polar

Temperate,sub-

tropical,tropical,desert





Relative proximity to Asia, if you'd like that.An Australian passport gives you residence rights in New Zealand, if you'd like that.Annual leave, on average, is longer in Australia than it is in Canada. (But in both countries it varies fr

Both Canada and Australia have a laid back lifestyle compared with the UK.

Both countries are inhabited by rather nice people, in the main.

Both countries have dollar currencies and use the metric system.

Both countries lack history and culture.

There are some who have argued that that indeed was aboriginal people's gift to the future -- the v

It's almost impossible to predict, when you emigrate, whether or not homesickness will become a m

Feasible to move most electrical goods, although unless white goods are of high quality it may not be need "chipping" or run through set top boxes to be compatible with transmission frequencies (again mcode (4) to the UK region (2), but all can be viewed if you have multi-region player. VCR tapes will pla

Driving is on the same side of the road as it is in the UK. Hence you can in theory move your British cbefore you can drive on road. Parts may be hard to obtain for some makes and models. Also there maAlmost all Australian states give full recognition to British drivers licences and do not require a re-test

provinces and not in others.

There is more scope for the average citizen to challenge legally incorrect public service decision makin

[edit] Shared advantages

Both Canada and Australia are sparsely populated compared with the UK and have much more wilderwho like lots of natural space.Both countries allow dual citizenship (usually after 4 years in Australia under new rules, usually 3 yeasubstantially simpler in Australia.

If you have a child born in the country, child will automatically be a citizen (in Australia provided at leparents' immigration status provided they're not diplomats or similar).

English (or at least a version thereof) is spoken in both Canada (except in some French-speaking areain.

Both Canadian and Australian passports give the option of gaining a foothold in the United States for sfor Australians).

Both have a "Westminster style" government, although Australia's federal parliament has more in comsignificant powers exercised by state/province/territory governments. Both are constitutional monarchthe medium term.Levels of taxation, social/health services and educational standards are broadly equivalent.

[edit] Shared disadvantages

Well, actually, both countries have aboriginal cultures that go back tens of thousands of years. But,structures and artefacts on the scale of those to be found in Europe.

Be that as it may, the point is that both Canada and Australia lack what feels to British people likeeasy access to beautiful scenery and wilderness spaces, the reality is that, after some time in one oUK's old buildings and quaint villages and pubs. They come to feel that Canada (or Australia) lacks

Although it's true that Canada is closer to the UK than Australia is, it's also true that neither country isexpats find themselves missing their British family members and friends.

Sometimes it happens pretty soon after the move to the new country, and sometimes it happens yelittle worry at the back of your mind and that grows into something more serious. Sometimes it's pr

Neither Canada nor Australia has quick, cheap flights to Europe. A weekend getaway to Paris isn't an Down Under come to miss.

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This process has no guarantees.You should research your options as exhaustively as you can. Ask advice on the forums from people wIt is enormously helpful to do a recce trip to your chosen destination (or even more than one recce tri

Then, after having done all that, just make the most informed decision that you can.

[edit] What to do?

Read the Moving back to the UK forum, as that will give you an idea of the factors that drive people to

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