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So many Americans are thinking about jumping ship to neighboring Canada that the Canadian immigration site crashed on Tuesday night.
2016-11-10
But where exactly are the best places to go?
You might look to the 2016 ranking of the "Best Places to Live for New Canadians" by MoneySense, a Toronto-based personal finance website. To compile the list, it studied 219 Canadian cities and towns and ranked them on different parameters of well-being, including work-life balance, financial wealth, employment opportunities, walkability, access to public transit and medical facilities, and quality of the environment.
Check it out below.
9. St. Albert, Alberta.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.1%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 9%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,383
8. Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.2%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 12%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,097
7. Burlington, Ontario.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 4.9%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 18%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,267
6. Saanich, British Columbia.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.2%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 17%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,144
5. Delta, British Columbia.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 4.9%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 27%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,051
4. Brossard, Quebec.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.3%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 36%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $789
3. Waterloo, Ontario.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.2%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 25%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,081
2. Gatineau, Quebec.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 5.5%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 9%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $752
1. Ottawa, Ontario.
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Estimated unemployment rate: 6.6%
Immigrants as a percentage of the population: 20%
Average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment: $1,176
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Leanna was a reporter at Business Insider, covering innovations in urban design, architecture, and environmental sustainability.Her work has also appeared in Slate, Entrepreneur, The Independent, Inc, and the World Economic Forum.
