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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 19 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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 | 87 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -8°C 18°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels -11°C 12°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 26 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 7.32 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 73 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,305 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,336 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,491 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,569 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,438 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,228 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,315 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $559,855 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $208 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $266 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,979 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty 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 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) | -4°C / 25°F freezing | -9°C / 16°F freezing | 3°C / 37°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 23°C / 73°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 2°C / 36°F cold | -1°C / 30°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-2°C / 29°F
freezing |
-5°C / 23°F
freezing |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
2°C / 35°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 87% |
damp 81% |
damp 72% |
nice 69% |
nice 64% |
nice 72% |
nice 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 77% |
damp 87% |
damp 80% |
damp 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 41mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 79mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 84mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 79mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 32 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 | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 667 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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