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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 6°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (95%) = feels 5°C 41°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.07 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 71 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Core 21 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Joe Bean |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Lakeridge Health Oshawa |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,950 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,171 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,749 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,357 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,036 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,146 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,118 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $283 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $356 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
28
-2° freezing |
18
-8° freezing |
37
3° cold |
50
10° cold |
59
15° cool |
73
23° mild |
73
23° mild |
79
26° warm |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
39
4° cold |
28
-2° freezing |
| Real |
33
1°
very cold |
23
-5°
freezing |
41
5°
very cold |
51
11°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
69
21°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
43
6°
very cold |
34
1°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 35% |
nice 32% |
nice 30% |
nice 34% |
nice 32% |
nice 35% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 42% |
nice 35% |
nice 36% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 45mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 84mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 98mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 70mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 50% |
| Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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