Study reveals the Top 25 Happiest Cities in Canada

Sunday, January 19, 2014, 7:22 PM -

Disneyland may be known as 'the happiest place on earth', but ever wonder what place is the happiest in Canada? 

That honour goes to Kingston, Ontario, according to a new study conducted by Jetpac City Guides. 

The travel app's creators used geo-parsing technology to analyze more than 100 million public photos on Instagram to create a "smile score" for Canadian cities. So in other words, the more smiles they saw, the higher the city ranked. 

But not all smiles are created equal -- Jetpac's smile score is defined as the average size of smiles in photos taken in cities across Canada and shared to Instagram. 

"Smiles on the faces of millions of people in millions of photos are the most direct measure we have of happiness," wrote Jetpac. "A small grin doesn’t score as highly as a broad smile." 

Kingston topped the list with a smile score of 40.2, while runner-up Regina scored 36.2. 

Jetpac concluded that "the secret to finding happiness in Canada is either speaking French, being in Saskatchewan or being a student in Ontario." 

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Check out the complete list in order of 'smile score' below to see if your city made the list: 

1. Kingston 40.2 

2. Regina 36.2 

3. Québec City 34.5 

4. Gatineau 33.8

5. Saskatoon 33.4 

6. London 32.3 

7. Waterloo-Kitchener 29.8 

8. Kelowna 29.4 

9. Edmonton 29.3 

10. Banff 28.1 

11. Hamilton 27.9 

12. Surrey 27.6 

13. Calgary 27.3 

14. Winnipeg 27.2 

15. Burlington 27.2 

16. Victoria 26.8 

17. Halifax 26.2 

18. Ottawa 26 

19. Mont-Tremblant 25.6 

20. Niagara falls 25.4 

21. Whistler 24.1 

22. Montréal 23.6 

23. Toronto 21.3 

24. Vancouver 20.2 

25. Niagara-on-the-Lake 17.7 

Agree or disagree with the list? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 

For more details on Jetpac's study, click here.