Best PlacesCanada Shores, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canada Shores, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Canada Shores ranks 21,266th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Canada Shores
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Canada Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Canada Shores ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$576 a month, better than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
Where Canada Shores ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canada Shores
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canada Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,160, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Canada Shores' effective rate of 1.05%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Canada Shores
Canada Shores runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Canada Shores.
Who works in Canada Shores, and how
Work in Canada Shores centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Canada Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Canada Shores.
What the weather is like in Canada Shores, month by month
Canada Shores sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Canada Shores
The nearest airport, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canada Shores
Schools across Canada Shores average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fremont Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Jennings Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fremont Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Fremont High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Quincy High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canada Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canada Shores measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Canada Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Canada Shores
Is Canada Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canada Shores ranks 21,266th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canada Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $421,373. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $87,160 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Canada Shores safe?
Yes, Canada Shores is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
Compare Canada Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canada Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canada Shores represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Canada Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canada Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canada Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canada Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canada Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canada Shores detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.