Climate
Montréal logs 136 frost days a year to St. Catharines's 71 — St. Catharines wins by 65. Montréal also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
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St. Catharines
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Cost of Living
Montréal averages $2,085/mo for balanced living; St. Catharines has no cost baseline yet.
Montréal
$2,085monthly · balanced
Mobility
Montréal scores 3.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Montréal's culture score of 4.2 sits well above St. Catharines's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Montréal scores 4.0 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Montréal scores 3.1 on safety (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no safety baseline.
Career
Montréal scores 4.1 on career (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Montréal scores 3.8 on social & community (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Montréal scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Montréal scores 3.7 on family (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Montréal scores 2.0 on healthcare (0–5 scale); St. Catharines has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Montréal averages 8.3 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus St. Catharines's 6.7 µg/m³ (good) — St. Catharines breathes ~19% cleaner air (1.6 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 St. Catharines (146K) are 22x in population — Montréal is the larger metro, St. Catharines the smaller; on land area Montréal spans roughly 15x more ground.
Montréal is roughly 18x the scale of St. Catharines
Combined population & area comparison
MontréalSt. CatharinesCity Scale Rankings
Montréal3.2M22xSt. Catharines146K1xMontréal1,020 km²15xSt. Catharines69 km²1xMontréal
St. Catharines
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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