Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent make list of Canada’s happiest places to live: StatsCan

Source: Statistics Canada.

A new study released by Statistics Canada has found Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent are statistically happier places to live.

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

• LaSalle, 56.72 per cent overall satisfaction
• Chatham-Kent, 53.218 per cent overall satisfaction
• Lakeshore, 47.524 per cent overall satisfaction
• Windsor, 44.608 per cent overall satisfaction

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.