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| ⭐️ Total score | 107 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 38 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -4°C 25°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels -7°C 19°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.02 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 70 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,800 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| 🏞 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 | $8,092 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,462 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,789 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,654 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,323 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $13,399 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,828 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $249 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $439 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $211 / 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
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ 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 very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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 |
18
-8° freezing |
23
-5° freezing |
27
-3° freezing |
0° freezing |
43
6° cold |
43
6° cold |
63
17° cool |
59
15° cool |
41
5° cold |
37
3° cold |
34
1° cold |
9
-13° freezing |
| Real |
18
-8°
freezing |
23
-5°
freezing |
28
-3°
freezing |
32
0°
freezing |
42
6°
very cold |
43
6°
very cold |
63
17°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
41
5°
very cold |
37
3°
very cold |
33
1°
very cold |
12
-11°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 34% |
nice 31% |
too dry 30% |
nice 30% |
nice 32% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 29% |
nice 30% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
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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 |
clean 0** US AQI |
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clean 13 US AQI |
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