Climate
Montréal logs 5 outdoor-dinner months a year to Regina's 3 — Montréal wins by 2. Montréal also leads on frost days by 55.
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Cost of Living
Montréal averages $2,085/mo for balanced living; Regina has no cost baseline yet.
Montréal
$2,085monthly · balanced
Mobility
Montréal scores 3.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); Regina has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Montréal's culture score of 4.2 sits well above Regina's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Montréal scores 4.0 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Regina has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Montréal scores 3.1 on safety (0–5 scale); Regina has no safety baseline.
Career
Montréal scores 4.1 on career (0–5 scale); Regina has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Montréal scores 3.8 on social & community (0–5 scale); Regina has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Montréal scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Regina has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Montréal scores 3.7 on family (0–5 scale); Regina has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Montréal scores 2.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Regina has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Montréal averages 8.3 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Regina's 7.4 µg/m³ (good) — Regina breathes ~11% cleaner air (0.9 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Montréal (3.2M) and Regina (242K) are 13x in population — Montréal is the larger metro, Regina the smaller; on land area Montréal spans roughly 11x more ground.
Montréal is roughly 12x the scale of Regina
Combined population & area comparison
MontréalReginaCity Scale Rankings
Montréal3.2M13xRegina242K1xMontréal1,020 km²11xRegina91 km²1xMontréal
Regina
Who Thrives Here
Montréal is the stronger fit for the escaping weather. Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.
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