#1Roseland
20,587 peopleScore 55.8·#904 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: schools A, jobs & income B+·lowest: walkability C
Roseland, #1 on this list · Photo: Chris Woodrich (CC BY-SA 4.0)Windsor · 2026
Best neighbourhoods to live in Windsor
Across Canada, the same list puts Roseland #904 of 2,556. Canada’s top 100 on this list includes no neighbourhood in Windsor. Roseland tops the list in Windsor, at B. Second place goes to South Windsor, at B, and third to East Riverside, at B−. The A range holds none of the 15 on this list. Bottom of the list: City Centre, with D.
Overall grade: one score from every livability grade, each neighbourhood placed on the scale of Canada’s towns How grades work
#1B
#2South Windsor
15,896 peopleScore 53.3·#1,114 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: jobs & income A−, schools B·lowest: safety C+
#3East Riverside
15,758 peopleScore 49.2·#1,452 of 2,556 Canadian towns
Strongest: schools A−, jobs & income B·lowest: cost of living C
All 15 neighbourhoods, ranked
Each neighbourhood by its overall score, best first, with its grade and national rank beside it.
15 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodScoreGrade · national rankWhat drives it
1Roseland20,587 people55.8top 36.5%B#904 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: schools A, jobs & income B+·lowest: walkability C
2South Windsor15,896 people53.3top 43.7%B#1,114 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: jobs & income A−, schools B·lowest: safety C+
3East Riverside15,758 people49.2bottom 47.1%B−#1,452 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: schools A−, jobs & income B·lowest: cost of living C
4South Walkerville6,129 people45.9bottom 37.3%C+#1,703 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living C−
5Devonshire9,852 people45.7bottom 37.2%C+#1,712 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: schools B, health B·lowest: cost of living C
6Forest Glade21,328 people43.3bottom 30.3%C#1,890 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: schools A−, health B·lowest: cost of living D
7South Cameron11,804 people42.2bottom 27.6%C#1,959 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health B+, jobs & income B−·lowest: cost of living C−
8Sandwich14,110 people40.7bottom 23.4%C−#2,064 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
9Riverside21,828 people40.0bottom 21.1%C−#2,121 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability B, health B·lowest: cost of living D
10Remington Park5,783 people38.1bottom 17.3%C−#2,253 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health B+, walkability B−·lowest: cost of living D
11Fontainebleau11,567 people37.6bottom 16.5%C−#2,274 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: health B, walkability B·lowest: cost of living D
12South Central10,392 people36.8bottom 14.9%D#2,312 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
13Walkerville19,541 people36.1bottom 13.7%D#2,344 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
14East Windsor20,876 people34.9bottom 11.8%D#2,390 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability B+, health B·lowest: cost of living D
15City Centre10,269 people33.3bottom 9.4%D#2,434 of 2,556 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Roseland, Chris Woodrich (CC BY-SA 4.0) · South Windsor, cogdogblog (CC BY 2.0) · East Riverside, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).