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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 119 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 27°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 137 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.10 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 71 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,800 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 72% 👱♀️ 28% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | rRentfaster |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,027 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,111 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,851 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,672 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,926 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,301 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $846,219 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $184 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $213 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $21 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-818° freezing |
-523° freezing |
-327° freezing |
0° freezing |
643° cold |
643° cold |
1763° cool |
1559° cool |
541° cold |
337° cold |
134° cold |
-139° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-818°
freezing |
-523°
freezing |
-328°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
642°
very cold |
643°
very cold |
1763°
cool |
1558°
cool |
541°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
133°
very cold |
-1112°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 67% |
nice 62% |
nice 59% |
nice 60% |
nice 64% |
nice 53% |
nice 51% |
nice 55% |
nice 58% |
nice 60% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
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| Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 30mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 37% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
badokay 137** US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 750 people | 900 people | 750 people | 720 people | 1,275 people | 900 people | 1,140 people | 1,200 people | 873 people | 1,000 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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