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The Top 40 Cities For Business in Canada

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Rank	City	Prov	Annual operating costs ($)	Cost of living index	Building permit average growth (%)	Unemployment variance from 5.5%	Crime rate per 100,000 people	Rank
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40	Edmonton	AB	$35.54	85.70	11.10	(1.70)	9,826	31
39	Red Deer	AB	$33.16	76.10	(1.90)	(0.60)	12,063	25
38	Calgary	AB	$37.56	97.50	(3.00)	(2.40)	6,455	38
37	Saanich	BC	$36.05	88.90	(2.00)	(2.30)	5,551	34
36	Abbotsford	BC	$33.71	81.00	49.40	(1.00)	10,783	17
35	Vancouver	BC	$38.90	99.20	(3.10)	(1.20)	10,653	40
34	Richmond	BC	$38.28	89.90	(0.30)	(1.20)	7,489	36
33	Burnaby	BC	$38.32	89.50	1.00	(1.20)	10,328	37
32	Surrey	BC	$38.26	89.80	(2.30)	(1.50)	11,542	39
31	Winnipeg	MB	$32.09	72.90	(2.40)	(1.10)	10,365	24
30	Saint John	NB	$31.62	65.30	(14.20)	0.60	8,089	14
29	Moncton	NB	$31.50	64.40	(0.40)	0.10	8,442	5
28	St. John's	NL	$32.24	68.70	(1.30)	2.80	7,049	23
27	Halifax	NS	$31.77	73.30	(0.50)	0.00	8,335	9
26	Cape Breton	NS	$31.17	66.30	(4.80)	8.60	7,733	29
25	Hamilton	ON	$35.15	71.30	5.90	0.40	5,557	7
24	Toronto	ON	$37.14	100.00	4.90	1.20	7,236	33
23	London	ON	$35.09	73.10	(5.30)	0.80	7,717	27
22	Windsor	ON	$35.94	74.00	(0.50)	3.30	6,446	32
21	Mississauga	ON	$37.12	89.00	5.90	1.20	4,406	22
20	Kitchener	ON	$35.33	72.30	18.00	(0.20)	5,111	4
19	Brampton	ON	$36.20	83.20	0.20	1.20	4,406	20
18	Markham	ON	$36.53	88.50	3.30	1.20	3,937	19
17	Ottawa	ON	$35.00	89.00	3.70	(0.30)	5,616	15
16	Sudbury	ON	$33.97	74.30	(2.10)	0.50	5,923	13
15	Vaughan	ON	$36.54	84.50	19.50	1.20	3,937	12
14	Barrie	ON	$35.25	82.20	14.70	(0.20)	7,209	10
13	Oshawa	ON	$36.00	72.90	(8.10)	0.60	4,660	16
12	Charlottetown	PE	$31.41	69.70	13.90	1.30	10,160	11
11	Montr�al	QC	$34.83	91.10	(4.00)	1.80	6,435	35
10	Longueuil	QC	$33.34	79.20	(12.40)	1.80	6,231	30
9	L�vis	QC	$32.30	71.20	19.10	(1.10)	4,728	2
8	Qu�bec	QC	$32.65	73.20	44.30	(1.10)	4,728	3
7	Saguenay	QC	$29.17	69.10	8.70	3.20	4,218	6
6	Gatineau	QC	$34.18	84.20	21.50	(0.20)	5,682	8
5	Laval	QC	$34.24	78.20	9.80	1.80	4,811	18
4	Sherbrooke	QC	$30.27	63.70	2.30	0.50	5,161	1
3	Trois-Rivi�res	QC	$32.51	80.20	(2.60)	2.40	4,635	28
2	Regina	SK	$33.93	77.30	3.20	(0.90)	12,121	26
1	Saskatoon	SK	$33.69	76.20	10.10	(1.10)	11,885	21

Notes:

Sources: Boyd Co. Inc., Statistics Canada, local police departments.

Best places to do business in Canada