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2023
RANK
2022
RANK
COMMUNITY
FIVE-YEAR
POPULATION GROWTH
(10% WEIGHT)
HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL
VULNERABILITY (15%)
RESIDENT
SENSE OF
BELONGING
(5%)
1 9 CENTRAL SAANICH (DM) 6.2% 85 64
2 4 SIDNEY (T) 2.4% 79 48
3 8 LANGFORD (CY) 17.1% 114 61
4 18 BURNABY (CY) 9.2% 91 76
5 7 KELOWNA (CY) 12.0% 97 53
6 1 SQUAMISH (DM) 10.1% 97 67
7 15 LANGLEY (DM) 10.2% 101 73
8 36 NORTH VANCOUVER (DM) 7.2% 92 74
9 31 SAANICH (DM) 4.9% 87 63
10 29 LANGLEY (CY) 7.4% 113 54
11 17 WEST KELOWNA (DM) 9.1% 114 57
12 16 NEW WESTMINSTER (CY) 11.4% 99 77
13 38 RICHMOND (CY) 8.9% 94 73
14 2 NORTH VANCOUVER (CY) 8.0% 91 77
15 33 VANCOUVER (CY) 4.2% 90 76
16 20 VICTORIA (CY) 3.8% 97 49
17 6 COQUITLAM (CY) 12.0% 98 79
18 24 COURTENAY (CY) 8.4% 98 41
19 5 SECHELT (DM) 7.3% 95 41
20 28 PORT COQUITLAM (CY) 8.7% 101 77
21 3 PARKSVILLE (CY) 7.2% 93 30
22 35 NELSON (CY) 9.2% 94 42
23 11 WHISTLER (RM) 10.1% 92 59
24 34 MAPLE RIDGE (CY) 6.4% 107 68
25 25 SOOKE (DM) 7.0% 120 48
