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Amherst Livability #29 ranked city in Nova Scotia#1,162 ranked city in CanadaRanks better than 96% of areas

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Statistic	Amherst	Nova Scotia	National
Workers who drive to work	40.2%	39.8%	40.0%
Workers who carpool	5.2%	3.8%	3.0%
Workers who take public transit	0.4%	3.5%	7.1%
Workers who bicycle	0.3%	0.4%	0.8%
Workers who walk	4.1%	3.4%	3.2%

Source: The Amherst, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada.