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Is Windsor an attractive place for the labour market? Indeed so, according to a new BMO report that puts our city and region at fifth place among 21 major communities across Canada.

As ranked by BMO in an analysis entitled “Where have all the good people gone, now?” — Windsor is just above Regina (No. 6) and just below Edmonton (No. 4) in terms of “Labour Market Attractiveness.”

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We’re well above London (No. 12), and far above Toronto (No. 19).

Highest on the list? Ottawa. Lowest? St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Income, job prospects, housing affordability, and tax burden were the criteria used for the ranking, based largely on data from Statistics Canada and BMO’s own economics department.

Making money wasn’t a favourable aspect for Windsor. Our median employee income of $70,100 was one of the lowest in the study, going by absolute dollars. Only Winnipeg ($70,100), Moncton ($69,900), St. Catharines ($63,200), and Prince Edward Island ($61,900) had comparably low median income figures.