Top 10 Best Cities in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is a friendly community, where I live all the neighbors say hi when I'm outside cutting the grass, or when I'm trimming the shrubs, and my neighbor always gets out before me to take his garbage can up, so he does it for me and the neighbor on the other side too, there is a ton of stuff to do, its always fun to drive around and eat in downtown, I saw mimes the other day which is surprising because its something you see a lot in my area, there are a lot of people wanting to entertain downtown. it's a fun, loving community that also likes to play at night, the night-time vibe is amazing, if your a night person this is the perfect place, but also Downtown Detroit is too, as I go there to gamble at Motor City Casino! Toronto is the perfect place, for night-life, suburban life, and city life, there's a ton for everyone!

I have voted for Toronto. Toronto is the best place I have ever been. I like Toronto because they're subway looks awesome. I love going on the subway because it's fun and interesting. I have visited the CN tower in this city when I was little.

What I live from Toronto is its diversity. You feel part of the whole world without having to travel abroad!

So much to see and do. Get on the TTC and go downtown for a day of walking and sight seeing. Wear your comfy shoes.

It may not be as big or as multicultural as Toronto, but Ottawa is the perfect representation of Canada - beautiful, friendly, clean, and safe. These qualities, I feel, make Canada stand out as a country. What do people think of when they think 'Canada'? The friendly people, the low crime rates, the clean air, the lovely scenery, and an atmosphere more relaxed and free than, say, our southern neighbour of America. Ottawa has it all.

Toronto is great, don't get me wrong - I live there! - but if I had to pick one city to represent my province and my country, I would pick Ottawa, our nation's gorgeous capital. Toronto would be my second choice. And Niagara Falls is lovely, too.

I never made friends as fast as when I moved to Ottawa. People that you meet in your workplace are friendly and accepting. The many water points (beaches, canals, rivers) are awesome and free. The bike trails are amazing and the nature is everywhere (Greenbelt). The restaurants are nice (Indian food is awesome) and everything you could ever want is here. Check Ottawa Citizen "What to do this weekend and beyond" is full on fun original stuff to do.

Lived in many places in Ontario and Toronto doesn't come close to the quality of the city of Ottawa as a whole. #1 in my books. Only downside is the current LRT construction that has slowed commute times up to 15 minutes.

I live in ottawa and it's a beautiful city. The parliament has lots of history like that moment when the library caught on fire and many more its just too beautiful!

Downtown Sudbury is not a good place to go. There are many panhandlers, and people drinking and doing drugs, there are ambulances and police bringing people to the drunk tank and hospital. New Sudbury is a great area and has the best shopping and is very safe. Downtown is not safe and a good place to avoid.

It's a nice, quiet city. Perfect for raising a family! I lived there for 15 years, now I live in Ottawa. But Ottawa is just too crowded and the drivers are awful here. Also, Sudbury is more spacious. If you're a senior, Ottawa is good. If you're a city person, Toronto is for you! But Sudbury is the best of all worlds!

Downtown Sudbury has the best people you'll ever meet. Every small business is ready to support the next. Love love love! You are beautiful!

Hamilton if you want to run away form Toronto and still have a decent social - cultural life, and fell as if you live in a real city. The only problem is that there are absolutely no decent job, so everyone drives to other cities mostly Toronto and now KWA and Burlington. The various Ontario governments of the past should be ashamed f itself to leave a large city like Hamilton go to the dumps. Hamilton was larger and had way more population than Ottawa as late as the mid 1990's

Beautiful, lots of park land, thriving arts community, Big City feel with small town heart, you can take a canoe out and explore Coots Paradise, stroll along the harbour front trail, or bike on one of many green rail trails.
Hamilton may look a little scary when you drive past it on the QEW highway, but once you visit, you will find a friendly diverse and charming community.

The city has such a unique culture. So much to do here! Hiking, shopping, eating, touring, it has everything! Close to Toronto too.

Keep the secret silent. It's absolutely an awesome amazing place to live, laugh and raise a family.

Niagara falls is a very good place to go for a vacation with your family.
One reason why Niagara Falls is a good place for vacation is that you can play lot's of games with your family like you can go to Canadian Midway Arcade,Dracula's haunted castle,the haunted house,and more.

One year ago we moved to Grimsby, ON. I just must say it is the best PLACE to LIVE! Take a look for your self.

Just there! = epic! The hotels are legendary and the views are exotic

Proximity to Buffalo and tons to do.

As a resident here, I'd like to point out some things and make some minor corrections to some of the other comments. Heavy traffic and drug addictions have increased over the years and fast. Downtown's vibrancy varies. Some parts are very beautiful, but others are dirty and depressing even if it doesn't look that way on the surface, particularly along Wyndham St from the central bus station to around the downtown small mall. That mall itself and perhaps other surrounding businesses are emptying out with hardly any new ones coming in possibly due to either high rent as some have told me or the fear of getting beat up or robbed by the homeless or drug addicts, which unfortunately is not an uncommon occurrence as well. Regarding friendliness, I found that outside the University experience and retail customer service, people can be quite insular. It's definitely not the place to expect people to wave at or even strike up a conversation with you randomly. They are still friendly and smile, ...more

The downtown area and about 5km in all directions from downtown are pretty good. Lots of old architecture. The newer parts of Guelph (post 1980) is boring and very Mississauga-esque with same-old-same-old plazas and cookie cutter suburban style housing.

Best city in Canada. Guelph has probably the friendliest people you can ever meet in Canada. I lived there for 5 years and I wish to go back again.

I've lived here for 5 years and this city is the only city that actually has a cool charm to the city Center. The buildings are old unlike many places in Canada

Consistently voted as one of or the best mid sized city to live in for good reasons. Location, safety, economically stable, proximity to major centers, lakefront and escarpment.

Having travelled the country extensively, hands down, Burlington is the best place to live and raise a family. So much to do with the clubs, teams and cultural events all year round.

Many reasons to vote Burlington. Lot of cool imaginative places and prospects to hold interest, also and feel welcome within the city.

Burlington mixes horizontal life with vertical life balance with intelligence, am fond to live here!

Number One tourist destination for good reason! Lots to do and see in a friendly atmosphere..

I've lived all over Ontario and Kingston is by far the best city in its class... Beautiful, historic, 1000 islands, 10 min to NY state. Great economy... Not to mention it was voted officially as number 2 as best place to live in all of Canada list.

Beautiful downtown core on the water with lots of parks and conservation areas.

I agree whole heartedly, unfortunately I left to come to Ottawa, and I'm looking to come back to Kingston.

Very beautiful, quiet, safe and convenient city.

Because of how quickly it's growing Barrie prices are skyrocketing, which is actually what brings me here. The minds aren't growing as fast as the population unfortunately, (exhibit a - the other comment on here complaining about immigrants). If you can afford it though, it's within a reasonable distance of Toronto, has enough tourists that there's plenty of things to do, but not so many that it's impossible to actually live there. If you are a pedestrian avoid the South End, which while newer and still abundant with available homes is in no way designed for walking.

I chose to make Barrie my home when I moved out of my parents' years ago, and it's my favourite place in the world. Both far and close enough to Toronto, had a lovely waterfront, lots of effort being put into the downtown... just my ideal city in many ways.

Beautiful lake for summer sports and incredible winter skiing close by. Wonderful all year round.

Barrie is a wonderful place.
And there is lots of fun things to do.
Also the restaurants in Barrie have really good food.
They also have a really popular place called blue mountain.
BARRIE IS THE BEST!

Contrary to what we keep hearing, Timmins is NOT booming. Our industries are dying and small businesses can't survive. All we see are closures because of it unfortunately. I've lived here my whole life, and the spirit of community is next to nil. Residents do not support and are very closed-minded to change. Real estate prices are atrocious! And yes, we do have the worst roads in Ontario!

Great city that has beautiful nature and a wide diversity of cultures. This city has its ups and downs but overall is a welcoming and great place to live/raise a family. The only downside is isolation from really big cities liked Toronto or Sudbury.

Worst roads in Ontario, also known as the Pot Hole town. Buildings are very outdated, but the industries are booming. It's not bad

Timmins is a great place

London has lots of old buildings, history, nice leafy streets and affordable old homes. The biggest knock against London is the lack of infrastructure investment from the city; there are sprawling suburban developments on all the corners of the city and the arterial roads serving them are the same rural roads that have been in place for decades. If the two bit developers where made to pay their share of the infrastructure costs, and city hall had a long term urban densification strategy at play the core of the city would be renewed and many of the road congestion and junkie problems people complain about would be alleviated. I personally enjoy living in London and have a lot of friends and family here, but, I can see why so many young people who don't own cars or want to own houses and mow lawns move away to larger centers.

London is a great city if you move into the west. It's very green and multicultural. That may not appeal to everyone, but I love being able to see so many different children all go to one school together, and having countless amounts of parks and forests near me. Unfortunately, this photo only shows the downtown which isn't exactly famed for its greenery, as you can see...

I've lived in London my whole life and for the past 10 years downtown has just been getting worse, no body wants a business down there anymore because they all get robbed by the addicts and the homeless. They keep trying to re-vamp it but they need to clean up Dundas and Richmond before that will happen.

Lets go London! I used to live really close to London, 30 mins away and we went shopping a lot there. Half the time we were in London and half in our old home town. We moved far from London sadly, but I still love London and will keep that city in my heart.

I used to live here for 4 years. I love Mississauga, it's just the perfect pace for me.
It's not too far from Toronto and it had everything you can possibly need. Airport is just 15-20 min away from where I lived. Now, I'm looking into a city to live in America (moved for job) and I am always looking for something very similar to Mississauga. I'm hoping to go back and retire in Mississauga some day.

Most frustrating city ever. It's like Toronto now with the traffic and congestion, only it has about 2% of the exciting things to do. The only good thing about Mississauga is that it's so safe that you can go to the "bad neighbourhood" of Hurontario and Dundas at 2:00 AM alone to go get cookies from Subway or something and still not worry about safety.

Mississauga, like Toronto is very social and lively, but has quiet parts as well! Overall, there are many facilities and its just beautiful. I love Mississauga and would recommend anyone to move there.

Beautiful city. Safe and comfortable. City centre area is fun (celebration square, square one, restaurants and playium). Quiet subdivisions with lots of parks and next to nothing crime rate.

I love this city it has a bridge to the USA and it's right next to the 2nd biggest lake in the world! It can have idiotic people who don't know how to drive and stuff, but it has no where near as much crimes that happen in Toronto and other places. It is a great city

Good city with incredible lakes and scenery around it. You can live lakefront at a reasonable price.

This is a terribly boring and ugly city with an astounding amount of drugs and declining population. DO NOT MORE HERE

Very beautiful city

Peterborough is a natural beauty! It boasts both a world renowned university and college. The people are friendly and there is lots to do for growing families. I moved here almost 30 years ago and it has come a long way. Lots of young families moving up from southern Ontario as well as retirees. It definitely is a better quality of life in Peterborough.

One of the worst cities in Ontario for alcoholism and crime. High unemployment and officers and officials constantly being investigated. Don't live here.

A friendly city surrounded by natural beauty, with a vibrant downtown that has lots of good restaurants and bars!

Windsor may have problems with the economy but its location is unlike any place in the world. Its waterfront is beautiful Detroit skyline and access to all of Detroit's venues, sports and entertainment. Windsor has so much potential its crazy... Same could be said about Detroit which was once the greatest manufacturing city in the world.

Windsor is definitely the worst for the job. Its great with things like Casino and Chrysler ( The leading auto mobiles manufacturing companies). The most important things in life is job, so I would not pick Windsor the best cities to live

Yay! I was born in Windsor! Very beautiful and good health care! I love the water between Detroit and Windsor! When I was 4 I used to go near the water with my aunt and friends and we wound fly kites!

Great waterfront, booming economy with very low unemployment rate, low cost of living with healthy real estate market, and tons of trails and parks. Caesars puts on great shows as well!

Clean, clear waters, fresh air and friendly locals! What more can you ask for? Beautiful quiet downtown and picturesque surroundings.

My hometown and an absolutely lovely place to live (in the Summer - not so much in the Winter).

You say Owen Sound is your hometown yet you were born in Kitchener? Makes no sense man!

Brampton has been a dangerous city since the mid 90's and saying otherwise is ignorant. It's not a racial issue it's a social issue. When the development boom started in the 90's the urban sprawl created 2 of many cascading issues still being felt today. 1) not enough police to patrol the many new sub divisions. 2) infrastructure that cannot handle the added population. The added population comes from immigration and families coming from east Toronto.

I grew up in Brampton, it was great and safe. Sense about early 90s immigration has skyrocketed there and everything Brampton was about was taken away and became very dangerous to live. It looks like a different country and has lost the Canadian feel, bad drivers. I felt pushed out.

I live in Brampton and I feel safe. I disagree with the comment that Brampton is a ghetto. Yes there is a problem with reckless driving, whose fault is it that there is not enough police to patrol the streets, certainly not the people that lives here.

I was born and raised here and I think the city is quite nice. Very multicultural, race has never been an issue anywhere.

Good city, but hating it because Bieber was born here is like saying "I like this town because Cobain died! "

Nice setting but a lot of the population is Very Very blue collar not just from an occupational standpoint but mentally as well.

They're song lyrics dude. "Toronto Sucks" by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggy.

Kitchener is where I lived my whole life so far. I love it so much here. I know it really well and it's calming and just feels so much like home. I wouldn't live anywhere else in the entire world then kitchener!

I live Kitchener, its vibrant. Lots of walking trails, parks, culture and beautiful downtown.

Canada's tenth largest City home to Google Canada Headquarters.

You know that Wawa is actually a town in Ontario, right?

Geese really people! Wawa?

Excellent place all year long, lots of festivals,springtime in Paris, Paris fair, Xmas parade etc. Very scenic town with beautiful sunsets over the falls! One of the best located towns to live 30 mins from Kitchener/ Waterloo, 1 hour to downtown Toronto, 1 hour from London, 30 mins to Hamilton and just over a hour to Niagara falls, what more can you ask for? Friendly people, great shops downtown and right beside the Grand River! 2018 had 500 new houses built and same pace for 2019, very affordable as well compared to other places nearby.

Paris is a awesome place to raise a family with a picturesque beauty of the downtown core off the Grand River. One of the fastest growing towns in 2018, lots of trails, friendly people and very safe with a low crime rate. Highly recommended!