MoneySense names 4 York Region municipalities among top 30 places to live in Canada

Yorkregion.com
June 8, 2016
By Lisa Queen

How does it feel living among the best communities in Canada?

Because you are.

Several York Region communities made a list of the top 219 places to live in Canada, according to MoneySense, a magazine with a focus on managing personal finances.

While no York communities cracked the top 10 on the overall list, there were four in the top 30.

Aurora came in 19th, with Vaughan hot on its heels at 20th.

Newmarket made the list at 24th and Richmond Hill came in at 27th.

A bit further down the list, Whitchurch-Stouffville was at 76th and Georgina placed 149th.

No York communities came in the top 10 in the categories of best places to retire, raise children or be a new Canadian.

But, boy, did we ever have a strong showing in the richest places in Canada.

Vaughan came in fifth, with an average household net worth of $1.068 million.

Whitchurch-Stouffville was sixth with an average household net worth of $1.026 million.

Richmond Hill was seventh at $993,258.

Markham came in ninth at $980,611 and Aurora placed 10th at $965,813.

The richest place in Canada was West Vancouver, with an average household net worth of $3.51 million.