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accounting for 30 per cent of overall scores, income growth is by
far the most heavily weighted indicator used in the Best Cities rank-
ing. More so than average incomes, income growth reflects a city's job
market trajectory: what's booming, and how much it's booming. To
capture some of that, we've created this heat map, which plots each of
our ranked cities by five-year household income growth. Fort St. John,
our No. 1 city, leads the pack at 18.20 per cent, while Terrace, No. 34,
experienced the slowest income growth at 7.87 per cent.
highest
Fort st. John . . . . . . .
18.20%
dawson creek . . . . .17.81%
higher
squamish . . . . . . . . . .14.66%
high
Kelowna. . . . . . . . . . .13.75%
cranbrook . . . . . . . . .13.57%
nanaimo . . . . . . . . . .13.18%
new westminster . .13.13%
burnaby . . . . . . . . . . .13.06%
maple ridge . . . . . . .13.04%
Moderate
coquitlam . . . . . . . . .12.99%
pitt meadows . . . . . .12.99%
richmond . . . . . . . . . .12.98%
surrey . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.98%
Kamloops . . . . . . . . . .12.97%
port coquitlam . . . . .12.97%
langley . . . . . . . . . . . .12.93%
vancouver . . . . . . . . .12.88%
port alberni . . . . . . . .12.83%
courtenay . . . . . . . . .12.76%
abbotsford-mission 12.53%
chilliwack . . . . . . . . .12.53%
north vancouver . . .12.52%
delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.47%
parksville . . . . . . . . . .12.20%
campbell river . . . . .12.00%
low
penticton . . . . . . . . . .11.69%
victoria . . . . . . . . . . . .11.45%
Quesnel . . . . . . . . . . .11.40%
williams lake . . . . . .11.26%
vernon . . . . . . . . . . . .11.10%
prince George . . . . . .11.03%
lower
salmon arm . . . . . . .10.63%
duncan . . . . . . . . . . . .10.61%
powell river . . . . . . .10.28%
lowest
prince rupert . . . . . .9.92%
terrace . . . . . . . . . . . .7.87%
FORT ST. JOHN
DAWSON CREEK
PRINCE RUPERT
TERRACE
QUESNEL
WILLIAMS LAKE
PRINCE GEORGE
SQUAMISH
NEW
WESTMINSTER
BURNABY
DELTA
VANCOUVER
RICHMOND
MAPLE RIDGE
LANGLEY
SURREY
ABBOTSFORD
CHILLIWACK
PITT MEADOWS
NANAIMO
DUNCAN
VICTORIA
NORTH VANCOUVER
COURTENAY
CAMPBELL RIVER
POWELL RIVER
PARKSVILLE
PORT ALBERNI
KELOWNA
KAMLOOPS
VERNON
SALMON ARM
PENTICTON
CRANBROOK
PORT COQUITLAM
COQUITLAM
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