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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 123 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 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 | |
| 🌊 Resilience 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) | 105 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 0°C 32°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels -2°C 28°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 7.14 |
| 🏧 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 |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 190 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,300 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $55,698 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 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 | $5,884 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,711 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,213 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,489 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,954 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,047 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $851,277 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $185 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $214 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,571 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ 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) |
-1112° freezing |
-523° freezing |
-327° freezing |
0° freezing |
643° cold |
745° cold |
1763° cool |
1559° cool |
541° cold |
236° cold |
-130° freezing |
-147° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-817°
freezing |
-523°
freezing |
-327°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
642°
very cold |
744°
cold |
1763°
cool |
1558°
cool |
541°
very cold |
236°
very cold |
133°
very cold |
-1112°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 82% |
damp 79% |
damp 77% |
damp 76% |
damp 71% |
nice 64% |
nice 61% |
nice 64% |
nice 67% |
damp 73% |
damp 81% |
damp 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 30mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 67% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 26% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 70% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 750 people | 900 people | 750 people | 720 people | 1,350 people | 1,091 people | 1,140 people | 1,200 people | 873 people | 1,000 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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