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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (95%) = feels 7°C 45°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.36 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 74 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Creative Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tip & Sip |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,247 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,582 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,130 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,751 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,034 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,311 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,442 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $142 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $407 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,391 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $44 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 25-4° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 362° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 8429° warm | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 415° cold | 28-2° freezing |
| Real | 30-1° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 394° very cold | 5111° cool | 5915° cool | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 6720° mild | 6418° cool | 436° very cold | 341° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 85% | damp 79% | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 63% | nice 68% | nice 80% | nice 78% | nice 77% | nice 87% | damp 79% | damp 81% |
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| Rain | dry 45mm | dry 42mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 63mm | dry 48mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 143mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 72mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 80% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 57% | pockets 40% | pockets 43% | pockets 48% | pockets 44% | pockets 42% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 83% |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 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 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 125😷✈️21h$1,978 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
