Best Places for New Immigrants

Rank	City	Rental vacancy %	Average rent for 1-bedroom ($)	Immigrants as % of pop.	Jobless rate	Average house price ($)	Years to buy a home	Average household income	Walk to work %	Transit to work %	Days above 0°C	Pop. growth '11 to '12	Violent crime rate per 100K
1	Burlington, Ont.	3.5	735	22.33%	4.65	172	3.79	110,031	3.68	7.8	236.2	6.82%	507.27
2	Vaughan, Ont.	3.2	1007	44.94%	4.69	194	5.05	119,598	1.52	9.24	207.2	8.30%	548.25
3	Calgary, Alta.	1.1	957	24.78%	4.02	168	3.14	125,733	5.32	15.16	169.3	6.56%	753.64
4	Richmond Hill, Ont.	3.2	1007	51.54%	5.72	197	8.43	78,569	3.72	11.41	301.2	8.44%	792.47
5	Toronto, Ont.	3.2	1007	49.98%	7.63	185	5.64	91,464	7.45	34.15	258.6	5.27%	1203.65
6	Oakville, Ont.	3.2	1007	30.55%	5.3	192	4.04	145,471	3.14	14.39	222.1	6.23%	507.27
7	West Vancouver, B.C.	1.7	982	37.12%	4.45	200	8.22	178,038	4.79	9.18	207.9	-1.83%	623.58
8	Saanich, B.C.	2.9	827	22.21%	4.64	190	6.65	84,509	5.57	11.17	327.8	5.59%	734.35
9	Markham, Ont.	3.2	1007	56.53%	6.66	188	4.93	112,018	1.86	13.8	217.5	6.74%	548
10	Vancouver, B.C.	1.7	982	45.62%	6	199	10.88	81,066	12.81	24.84	328.5	10.39%	1498.51
11	District of North Vancouver, B.C.	1.7	982	36.54%	4.9	198	6.93	118,348	3.44	9.79	207.9	5.41%	531.79
12	Ottawa, Ont.	2.6	916	22.28%	5.89	154	3.56	98,980	7.29	21.33	211.9	4.10%	651.86
13	North Vancouver City, B.C.	1.7	982	31.74%	4.63	191	7.91	73,326	9.04	20.23	207.9	3.29%	1099.16
14	Mississauga, Ont.	3.2	1007	51.57%	6.54	179	4.59	98,552	2.46	15.59	174.9	7.45%	592.11
15	Brossard, Que.	3	637	33.42%	6.6	127	3.25	88,846	3.59	26	201.8	0.56%	821.01
16	Edmonton, Alta.	2	882	22.93%	4.91	148	3.5	96,704	5.54	12.19	186.7	3.84%	1210.46
17	Milton, Ont.	3.2	1007	24.40%	3.63	175	3.98	108,825	5.27	4.82	216.2	8.08%	1248.95
18	Richmond, B.C.	1.7	982	57.42%	5.43	196	5.69	109,660	2.21	13.02	217.5	5.55%	548.25
19	Newmarket, Ont.	3.2	1007	21.97%	4.69	171	3.85	107,353	4.57	5.85	205.8	6.31%	548.25
20	Waterloo, Ont.	1.9	773	22.71%	5.49	147	3.34	100,732	6.75	4.28	204.8	13.25%	964.45
21	Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Que.	3	637	37.07%	6.75	163	3.85	97,036	2.18	15.58	212.2	3.42%	1204.68
22	Hamilton, Ont.	3.5	735	25.43%	6.55	124	3.65	78,196	5.13	8.88	223.2	3.86%	1247.05
23	Coquitlam, B.C.	1.7	982	39.41%	5.32	184	5.94	84,841	3.45	13.5	295	5.28%	715.84
24	Port Coquitlam, B.C.	1.7	982	28.24%	4.84	170	4.62	88,850	2.53	11.1	295	6.27%	871.63
25	Delta, B.C.	1.7	982	28.12%	4.65	189	5.78	96,772	3.46	8.87	298.6	4.66%	706.5

Visit our methodology page to see how we crunched the numbers. Data provided by: Environics Analytics, Demographic Estimates and Projections 2012 and others