Canadian Small Towns Top List of Best Communities in Canada

Canadian Small Towns Top List of Best Communities in Canada

Canada’s small towns are being recognized as some of the best places to live in the country, according to Maclean’s magazine’s first-ever Best Communities in Canada list.

Of the 415 Canadian municipalities that the magazine compared, almost 60% of those in the top 50 spots are smaller communities with fewer than 40,000 people.

Small towns have traditionally been painted as sleepy, struggling places that younger generations are eager to leave behind. But, the data collected as part of the best communities ranking tells a different story.

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