Best Places to Raise Kids

Rank	City	% of pop. under 15	% families with kids	Daycare spaces per '000	Average monthly daycare fee	Average house price	Average household income	Pop. growth '11 to '12	Violent crime rate per 100K	Doctors per '000	Jobless rate	% employed in arts & rec	Days with rain
1	Calgary, Alta.	17.90%	47.95	22.03	726	394,550	125,733	6.56%	753.64	2.46	4.02	2.11	67.5
2	Blainville, Que.	22.12%	53.61	47.99	210	275,669	103,000	3.65%	909.86	2.34	4.53	1.57	120.9
3	St. Albert, Alta.	18.24%	50.32	22.03	726	344,967	139,628	4.92%	748.94	2.59	3.82	1.86	76
4	Strathcona County, Alta.	19.33%	50.53	22.03	726	371,619	147,946	4.85%	843.72	2.59	3.51	1.66	77.4
5	Lévis, Que.	16.47%	44.67	47.99	210	205,501	79,083	1.46%	581.8	3.2	3.65	1.78	121.1
6	Boucherville, Que.	16.58%	46.47	47.99	210	317,057	115,838	-3.13%	821.01	2.34	2.78	2.86	116.4
7	Terrebonne, Que.	18.14%	49.39	47.99	210	225,385	81,108	3.92%	1023.04	2.34	4.03	1.4	123.5
8	Repentigny, Que.	15.53%	45.74	47.99	210	215,408	82,008	1.88%	396.56	2.34	4.51	1.32	118.6
9	Gatineau, Que.	16.71%	43.43	47.99	210	223,770	78,788	1.35%	1409.46	2.44	5.63	2.78	118.5
10	Lacombe, Alta.	22.11%	46.23	22.03	726	243,461	97,516	7.20%	1246.62	2.39	3.91	1.46	75.6
11	Lethbridge, Alta.	18.52%	42.64	22.03	726	183,491	82,601	4.53%	1278.46	1.99	4.1	1.44	58.5
12	Winnipeg, Man.	16.71%	44.21	23.78	560	255,091	77,269	6.00%	1415.63	2.57	5.04	1.91	76.9
13	Oakville, Ont.	18.75%	57.35	20.91	n/a	587,045	145,471	6.23%	507.27	2.07	5.3	2.58	101.3
14	Burlington, Ont.	16.48%	47.42	20.9	n/a	417,102	110,031	6.82%	507.27	2.5	4.65	2.06	108.7
15	Newmarket, Ont.	17.83%	56.47	20.91	n/a	413,688	107,353	6.31%	548.25	2.07	4.69	2.05	108.3
16	Steinbach, Man.	21.49%	46.1	23.78	560	250,276	65,784	7.98%	1489.49	2.57	4.59	1.85	67
17	Yellowknife, N.W.T.	18.99%	52.24	40.66	700	425,947	132,378	6.16%	4425.57	2.6	5.73	2.99	50.5
18	Edmonton, Alta.	15.72%	43.45	22.03	726	338,463	96,704	3.84%	1210.46	2.57	4.91	1.95	77.2
19	Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Que.	17.01%	58.18	47.99	210	373,718	97,036	3.42%	1204.68	2.34	6.75	2.09	119.4
20	Ottawa, Ont.	15.92%	46.78	20.91	n/a	352,020	98,980	4.10%	651.86	2.44	5.89	2.94	118.5
21	Saskatoon, Sask.	17.62%	41.65	10.39	603	311,592	86,934	6.85%	1789.84	3.06	5.25	1.78	64.4
22	Québec, Que.	12.53%	37.15	47.99	210	221,685	67,907	0.58%	920.48	3.2	4.97	2.33	121.1
23	Halton Hills, Ont.	20.65%	55.52	20.9	n/a	458,024	116,251	6.08%	507.27	2.07	4.16	1.67	109.6
24	Amos, Que.	17.47%	44.6	47.99	210	154,787	70,348	0.87%	1327.78	4.15	11.58	0.89	103.7
24	Rimouski, Que.	14.45%	39.77	47.99	210	162,570	63,829	-4.33%	951.84	3.69	7.37	1.93	111.6
25	Laval, Que.	16.73%	46.36	47.99	210	265,169	77,060	2.64%	966.97	2.34	5.52	1.68	118.5

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