12 Feb Windsor Ontario, one of the top spots to retire in Canada!
This is part of a series of stories on retirement and second-home destinations in North America.
Seniors accounted for a record high of 14.8 per cent of the population in Canada in 2011, up from 13.7 per cent five years earlier, the migration of the 55+ crowd from cities to smaller communities is markedly picking up steam.
This list considers communities situated in the warmest zones of Canada – from Zone 7 to Zone 9a; the higher the number, the warmer the climate.
Find an unbelievably cool place to hang out and retire. – The Globe And Mail
1) Niagara Falls still magnificent – still affordable
The Niagara Falls region is just an hour and a half from the Greater Toronto Area (depending on the traffic.) With its still-magnificent natural show, Niagara Falls, the heart of the region, with 81,000 people, remains one of Canada’s top tourist attractions. Yet Niagara housing is still relatively affordable.
2) Niagara-on-the-Lake adds a dash of charm (three dashes, actually)
Charming Niagara-on-the-Lake boasts high-end heritage hotels, such as the Prince of Wales, shown here, many restaurants, nearby wineries and the stand-out Shaw Theatre Festival. The Niagara region, which includes St. Catharines, has the second-highest proportion of seniors in Ontario (just behind Peterborough) – 19.2 per cent, according to the 2011 census.
3) Windsor grows in estimation – especially for gardeners. Think jasmine
4) Have your peach and eat it, too, in the Okanagan
5) Go coastal, not postal, on the Sunshine Coast