North Bay ranks 255th out of 417 communities in the 2017 MoneySense Magazine Best Places to Live list.

Last year the list involved 219 communities and North Bay was 133rd.

The city’s top features include transit friendly, health accessibility and low taxes.

Of note, North Bay was in the top 25 percentile in the “easy to walk to work, bike, take transit” category.

The 2016 rankings also saw the city receive a check mark in “low taxes”.

As for other major centres around the north, the 2017 list has Sudbury 169th, Timmins 225th and Sault Ste Marie 263rd.

The top ranking city is Ottawa.

Click here to check out the full list.

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