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We’ve cross-referenced the data to help you find the best schools in the best cities for kids
Is your family is considering a move? You may want to consider the best elementary and secondary schools based on our Canada’s Best Places to Raise Kids list.
We’ve cross-referenced the Best Places to Raise Kids rankings with the Fraser Report school rankings to give you an easy-to-read list of the best elementary and secondary schools in the top cities to raise kids.
| Best Places to Live for Kids Rank | City, Province | Ranking in Best Places to Live City & Ranking | Top 5 Elementary Schools | RATING (most recent year) | Top 5 Secondary Schools | RATING (most recent year) |
| 1 | St. Albert, Alta. | No. 4 | JJ Nearing | 8.9 | Ste Marguerite d’Youville | 10 |
| Muriel Martin | 8.6 | St. Albert | 7.3 | |||
| Sir Alexander Mackenzie | 8.5 | Paul Kane | 7.1 | |||
| Neil M. Ross | 8.5 | Bellerose | 5 | |||
| Ronald Harvey | 8.5 | n/a | ||||
| 2 | Burlington, Ont. | No. 3 | Our Lady of Fatima | 8.4 | Lester B. Pearson | 8.4 |
| St. Raphaels | 8.3 | Corpus Christi | 8.1 | |||
| Canadian Matyrs | 8.2 | Aldershot | 8 | |||
| St. Anne | 8.2 | Nelson | 7.9 | |||
| Charles R. Beaudoin | 8.1 | Notre Dame | 7.8 | |||
| 3 | Calgary, Alta. | No. 19 | Rundle College | 10 | Rundle College | 10 |
| Webber | 10 | Webber | 10 | |||
| West Island College | 9.9 | West Island College | 9.9 | |||
| St. Winston Churchill | 9.4 | St. Winston Churchill | 9.4 | |||
| Springbank | 9.2 | Springbank | 9.2 | |||
| 4 | Oakville, Ont. | No. 6 | E J James | 9.7 | Abbey Park | 9.1 |
| Munns | 9.1 | Oakville Trafalgar | 8.9 | |||
| St. Matthew’s | 8.8 | Iroquois Ridge | 8.6 | |||
| James W. Hill | 8.7 | White Oaks | 8.2 | |||
| St. Andrew | 8.4 | Thomas A Blakelock | 7.9 | |||
| 5 | Strathcona County, Alta. | n/a | n/a | |||
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| 6 | Blainville, Que. | No. 5 | n/a | Lucille-Teasdale | 4.6 | |
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| 7 | Ottawa, Ont. | No. 2 | Ahlul Bayt Islamic | 8.9 | Minto | 10 |
| Abraar | 8.6 | Lisgar | 8.6 | |||
| Hopewell Avenue | 8.5 | De La Salle | 8.6 | |||
| St. George | 8.5 | Nepean | 7.9 | |||
| Sainte-Kateri | 8.5 | Glebe | 7.7 | |||
| 8 | Milton, Ont. | No. 57 | Guardian Angels | 7.1 | Bishop Paul Francis Reding | 8.5 |
| Our Lady of Victory | 7.1 | Milton | 7.6 | |||
| P.L. Robertson | 7.1 | Craig Kielburger | 7.2 | |||
| Anne J. MacArthur | 6.9 | Jean Vanier | 6.8 | |||
| Irma Coulson | 6.9 | n/a | ||||
| 9 | Halton Hills, Ont. | No. 21 | Holy Cross | 7.1 | n/a | |
| du Sacre-Coeur | 6.6 | n/a | ||||
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| 10 | Spruce Grove, Alta. | No. 96 | Graminia | 7.4 | St. Thomas Aquinos | 7.6 |
| Living Waters | 6.4 | Spruce Grove | 6.6 | |||
| Broxton Park | 4.3 | n/a | ||||
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