Top 10 best places to retire in Canada

10. Newmarket, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $920,758 Average Property Tax: 2.7% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 95 Annual Days Above 20°C: 107 Learn more about this city.

9. New Tecumseth, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $583,646 Average Property Tax: 2.6% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 95 Annual Days Above 20°C: 122 Learn more about this city.

Aerial view of Belleville, Ontario (Marilyn Warren/City of Belleville)

8. Belleville, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $333,335 Average Property Tax: 2.4% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 137 Annual Days Above 20°C: 117 Learn more about this city.

7. Cornwall, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $211,715 Average Property Tax: 2.4% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 142 Annual Days Above 20°C: 120 Learn more about this city.

6. Milton, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $1,146,379 Average Property Tax: 2.0% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 91 Annual Days Above 20°C: 120 Learn more about this city. See today’s best rates: MoneySense Mortgage Rate Finder »

5. Carleton Place, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $348,538 Average Property Tax: 2.5% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 142 Annual Days Above 20°C: 117 Learn more about this city.

4. Burlington, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $870,475 Average Property Tax: 2.5% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 100 Annual Days Above 20°C: 125 Learn more about this city.

3. Oakville, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $1,218,967 Average Property Tax: 2.6% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 91 Annual Days Above 20°C: 107 Learn more about this city.

View of Toronto Cityscape during sunset taken from Toronto Central Island (Aqnus Febriyant/Shutterstock)

2. Toronto, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $880,923 Average Property Tax: 2.0% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 75 Annual Days Above 20°C: 117 Learn more about this city.

Aerial view of Ottawa’s Cenotaph and Chateau Laurier on a sunny afternoon (Paul McKinnon/Shutterstock)

1. Ottawa, Ont.

Average Value of Primary Real Estate: $510,363 Average Property Tax: 2.4% Family Doctors Per 100,000:* 142 Annual Days Above 20°C: 117 Learn more about this city. *See the 2018 Canada’s Best Places to Live methodology for more details about this category.

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D Sampson says:

May 19, 2022 at 6:52 am

Why are they all in Ontario?

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Marilyn Carpenter says:

December 1, 2023 at 4:13 pm

You did not even mention any place in the west. How biased is this report.

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