⭐️ Total score |
1.84/5 (Rank #1271)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,480 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 27Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 8°C47°F (feels 7°C45°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 70%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 19 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,513 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 8°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 6.96 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 70 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Mount Currie Coffee Company |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 10,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
🏠 Apartment listings | Rent Seeker |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,480 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,136 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,564 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,875 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,822 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,275 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,629 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $273 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $140 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $230 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,131 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $17 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / 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
✅ 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
❌ 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 |
28
-2° freezing |
0° freezing |
34
1° cold |
34
1° cold |
45
7° cold |
48
9° cold |
63
17° cool |
61
16° cool |
48
9° cold |
39
4° cold |
0° freezing |
25
-4° freezing |
Real |
29
-2°
freezing |
32
0°
freezing |
34
1°
very cold |
33
1°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
63
17°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
32
0°
freezing |
26
-4°
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 35% |
nice 38% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 344mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 263mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 95mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 436mm |
rainy 318mm |
Cloud |
pockets 42% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 40% |
Air quality |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 286 people | 325 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 240 people | 225 people | 500 people | 267 people | 244 people | 280 people |
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