Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Best places to live - Prosperity (Rank in Canada

Rank:
100CourtenayBC10212916910913
141ParksvilleBC12812016914413
37VernonBC1011211642213
138CranbrookBC98761357213
146SurreyBC4073788013
137BurnabyBC831068113313
80Salmon ArmBC12611816711313
50New WestminsterBC87691378013
130PentictonBC13613417213613
128CoquitlamBC4934756713
71Maple RidgeBC38401363113
78Fort St. JohnBC3045164513
68NanaimoBC12310811011313
114Port CoquitlamBC34801034713
79North VancouverBC816953413
115KelownaBC71851285713
63KamloopsBC79661486113
60LangleyBC26511131413
53RichmondBC6857310413
110DeltaBC31261456713
134DuncanBC10511417414613
162ChilliwackBC959614212213
170TerraceBC1158615717613
174Campbell RiverBC11711615916613
173Prince RupertBC1185416317913
164Prince GeorgeBC603615516913
163Powell RiverBC13912717914613
175Port AlberniBC14712517816113
8VictoriaBC61281717413
176QuesnelBC778917617513
90Dawson CreekBC94471098313
29VancouverBC56538910913
178Williams LakeBC996415216213
158SquamishBC447313812213
154Abbotsford-MissionBC671031516513

1 comment:

VernonResident said...

Bunk, pure bunk!

Exactly which "Vernon" was ranked?

The city that is ranked #37 on this list has a population of 55,418 (Greater Vernon?) with a household income of $70,557 per year.

The actual "City of Vernon" has less than 40,000 residents with a median family income of $55,000 per year, according to the 2006 Census, the City of Vernon's OCP and the Vernon & District Community Land Trust.

So unless things really picked up between 2006 and 2010 (anyone know how to obtain 2010 stats, not estimates?), the maker of this list, Canadian Business, is off by nearly 50% on Vernon's average household income, yet correct about the average household price of a home ($390K), which, incidentally, would require a family income of $98K per year to support.

Compare that to BC's average household income of $62,346 in 2006... or BC's current unemployment rate of 8.0%, yet this "ranking" claims only 5.4% unemployment in Vernon?

Nothing like making up stats and ranking cities, eh?