⭐️ Total score | 2.83/5 (Rank #416) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $4,018 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 17Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -8°C18°F (feels -13°C9°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 72% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 9 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 22 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,513 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Canada |
⏱ Average trip length | 18 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -8°C 18°F + 💦 Damp (72%) = feels -13°C 9°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.47 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 75 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Startup |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Hydro Place |
☕️ Best coffee place | the Penny Coffee Home |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Second Cup |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 93,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
🏥 Best hospital | Chinook Regional Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,018 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,377 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,716 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,633 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,917 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,293 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $985 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $90 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $271 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $21 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee | $6 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 436° cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5211° cool | 415° cold | 21-6° freezing |
Real | 373° very cold | 21-6° freezing | 468° cold | 5111° cool | 5714° cool | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 5412° cool | 457° cold | 27-3° freezing |
Humidity | nice 63% | nice 62% | nice 54% | nice 52% | nice 59% | nice 52% | nice 55% | nice 57% | nice 50% | nice 52% | nice 59% | nice 62% |
Rain | dry 14mm | dry 26mm | dry 22mm | dry 29mm | rainy 57mm | dry 32mm | dry 14mm | dry 40mm | dry 9mm | dry 25mm | dry 7mm | dry 15mm |
Cloud | cloudy 53% | cloudy 68% | pockets 43% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 56% | pockets 23% | pockets 19% | pockets 37% | pockets 36% | pockets 41% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 78% |
Air quality | clean 14 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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