Chatham-Kent is on the map as a location of choice!
Chatham-Kent ranks 27th on Maclean's list of Best Communities in Canada for 2021, an increase from 126th on the same list in 2019. Chatham-Kent is showing the country that we're a great community to live in.
Of the 415 communities across Canada that Maclean's reviewed, Chatham-Kent ranked 27th, with high scores for internet access, weather, and amenities, and beat the national average for safe communities according to the Crime Severity Index. Maclean's methodology looks at a range of quality of life indicators, in partnership with Environics Analytics, to establish the ranking.
Community Attraction and Promotion's efforts throughLivingCK work, target young people (aged 15-39) and immigrant newcomers to highlight the many advantages of living in Chatham-Kent and help new residents feel more rooted. These efforts support CK Plan 2035, as a community, talent attraction that meets local labour market needs, is foundational to many employers and to the vibrancy and growth of a community. Talent attraction efforts support employers that have difficulty filling labour market needs locally by assisting in bringing new residents to Chatham-Kent and helping to welcome and settle them here.
Choose Chatham-Kent to call home.
