London, Sarnia, Woodstock make list of Canada’s happiest places to live: StatCan

Source: Statistics Canada.

A new study released by Statistics Canada has found London, Sarnia, Woodstock, and some surrounding areas are statistically happier places to live.

The list of cities in London and surrounding areas that were recognized are:

• Collingwood, 64.292 per cent overall satisfaction
• Chatham-Kent, 53.218 per cent overall satisfaction
• Stratford, 50.677 per cent overall satisfaction
• Sarnia, 46.878 per cent overall satisfaction
• London, 42.575 per cent overall satisfaction
• Woodstock, 40.86 per cent overall satisfaction

St. Thomas also made the list, on the lower end of overall satisfaction, with 35.823 per cent.

Among the other provinces and territories, Ontario and Halifax showed the most towns/census locations with a good overall satisfaction.

Statistics Canada said the factors that contribute to overall satisfaction was life satisfaction, sense of meaning and purpose, future outlook, loneliness, having someone to count on, and a sense of belonging to local community.

In all of Ontario, 46.3 per cent of residents reported “high life satisfaction”.

The full map is available here.