🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.44/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,326 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 22Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 11 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare | Great |
😄 Happiness | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🙊 English speaking | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Great |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | North America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 6°C 43°F + 💦 Humid (88%) + 💨 4km/h = Feels like 6°C 43°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Wind | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: CAD 100 | USD 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | Beta Collective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Cuatro Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Blenz Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ 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 | Surrey Memorial Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
low taxno-beachcoldcold nowclean airgood air qualityfast internethigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,326 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,513 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,414 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $975 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $756 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $151 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,624 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $76 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (443 listings) | $1,725 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $57 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $7 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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✅ 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBT
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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