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| ⭐️ Total score | 115 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
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| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 👌 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) | 46 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -3°C 27°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels -6°C 21°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 7.20 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 72 |
| 💸 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) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏞 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 | $6,037 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,868 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,933 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,695 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,981 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,813 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,320 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $856,747 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $186 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $223 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $216 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / 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 (median) | -8°C / 18°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -3°C / 27°F freezing | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 6°C / 43°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 17°C / 63°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 5°C / 41°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 1°C / 34°F cold | -13°C / 9°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
-5°C / 23°F
freezing |
-3°C / 28°F
freezing |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
1°C / 33°F
very cold |
-11°C / 12°F
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 |
clean 0** US AQI |
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clean 13 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 250 people | 300 people | 200 people | 240 people | 425 people | 289 people | 380 people | 418 people | 291 people | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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