Which Canadian City has the most beautiful Architecture?

The four seasons in Canada:
Almost winter
Winter
Still winter
Construction

Well I researched the average temperatures for the placs on my list and summer is waaaay hotter in Canada than here in Scotland. We'd be lucky to reach 28c (and we managed that only 4-times this summer) where as in Canada some places can easily reach up to 35c if not more. In winter yes Canada is bloody freezing (as is the other seasons apart from Summer) compared to Scotland. But surely thats worth it with the good summer's and clear fresh air you have

So if your saying that summer's are cold in Canada you should experience Scotland cause they are dreadful. Our summer was really bad this year, it rained all the time and we have a bout 1-weeks worth of good sunshine.

here is all the research I have undertaken so far and compared them to where I live:

I LIVE IN EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND):

Edinburgh: (Weather Average: 1°C and 18°C), Average population is 600k

Good things: gorgeous archetecture, excellent bars, good cafe's but not great, decent night life but not that good, vibrant and chilled but not as chilled as Vienna, only 20-30min drive to the country side parts of the country, lovely scenary with arther seat, no tornados or huge storms. Again gorgeous buildings. Health system is arguably bette rhere than Canada and it is FREE Lots of free galleries and moseums but ther arent that many tbh. Lots of regeneration projects. Plenty jobs in my sector of work which is great.

Bad things: cold in winter and VERY VERY windy (which i HATE), crap summers, crap society with the kids these days - all they do is drink and take drugs and cause trouble here. Bad attitude with them, lots of gangs. Scotland has one of the worse health rates in the world and is one of the worse countries for teenage pregnancy and drink problems. Moderate cime rate but not huge compared to Glasgow. Too many arseholes out on a Sat and Fri night. Club scene is pretty dier here. Cafe's are only average. It's very easy to get bored here after a few years. Shopping is utter rubbish here, one street and thats it lol apart from the fairly new built building at the shore.

WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS:

Québec City - the name of the city, 34 - the higher the number the more affordable housing is (Quebec) - what province where the city is in.
(pop: 600k) - population of the city i.e. 600k = 600,000 people
(Weather: -17°C and 24°C) - the average weather temperature, give and take 10c here and there. This is only an average, not the highest and lowest points.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE A LIST OF OTHER AREAS UNDER EACH CITY - THESE ARE THE NEAREST PLACES TO THOSE CITIES WHICH HAVE A DECENT POPULATION. AS SOME CITIES ON MY LIST ARE VERY SMALL AND IT MAY BE DIFICULT TO FIND WORK.

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Québec City - 34 (Quebec)
(pop: 600k)
(Weather: -17°C and 24°C)

Kingston -7 (Ontario, Canada)
(pop: 118k)
8miles to Loyalist (14k)
10miles to South Frontenac (16k)
25miles to Greater Napanee (15k)
45miles to Belleville (48k)
45miles to Prince Edward (25k)
85miles to Ottawa (1mil)

Hallifax 5 (Nova Scotia)
(pop: 372k)
(Weather: -12°C and 24°C)
2miles to Dartmouth (65k)
7miles to Bedford (16k)

Winnipeg 36 (New Brunswick)
(pop: 634k)
(Weather: -25°C and 26°C) - cold & windy

Moncton 52 (New Brunswick)
(pop: 65k)
(Weather: -15°C and 25°C) - cold but hot and humid in summer
8miles to Moncton Parish (9k)
10miles to Dundas - Town (20k)
20miles to Cap-Pelé - Town (20k)
60miles to Charlottetown (70k)
65miles to Saint John (70k)
75 miles to Fredericton (75k)

Windsor 68 (Ontario)
(pop: 216k)
(Weather -8°C and 27°C) - cold & wet in winter, and hot & humid.
2miles to Detroit (870k) (USA)
6miles to La Salle - Town (25k)
8miles to Tecunseh - Town (26k)
15miles to Essex - Town (20k)
17miles to Lakeshore - Town (33k)
25miles to Kingsville - Town (21k)
30miles to Leamingston (28k)
40miles to Chatham-Kent (108k)
55miles to Sernia (70k)

Ottawa 0 (Ontario, Canada)
(pop: 1m)
(Weather: -17°C and 27°C) - snow & ice in winter, short but warm summers

Fredericton 66 - 17mtr (NB)
(pop: 75k)
(Weather: -15°C and 25°C) - uncommon blizzards compared to Halifax & Monct
10miles to Oromocto (8k)
42miles to Saint John (70k)
75miles to Moncton (65k)

Regina 87 (Saskatchewan)
(pop: 190k)
(Weather: warm summers, somewhat moist summers and cold, dry winters.
45miles to Mosse Jaw (35k)

Saskatoon 34 (Saskatchewan)
(pop: 230k)
(Weather: -24°C and 25°C) - warm summers and very cold winters: fairly dry
10miles to Warman - Town (5k)

Victoriaville 25 - 35mtr (Quebec)
(pop: 44k)
30miles to Trois-Rivières (125k)
30miles to Drummondville (67k)
50miles to Sherbrooke (147k)
70miles to Quebec City (600k)

I'm not sure where you're getting this three month winter from. In some parts of Canada, winter (as you'd define it in other parts of the world), is signficantly longer than three months. The climate in the centre is much more like Russia than you'd expect (given its position on the globe).

Depending on where you are, the growing season is only three or four months long (ie. frost or much below for the balance of the year).

There are lots of wonderful things about Canada, but a temperate climate is not one of them (unless you move to the Wet/West coast).

I'm glad hamburger and mrs. hamburger moved here - but I've definitely had to learn about which type of boot works for which type of snow.

I lived in Winnipeg for 2 years. The winters are cold, cold, cold. -40° not unusual for the winter. At that temperature, C & F are the same. Hot in the summer. Dry climate. You do get to see the Northern lights. Somewhat of a depressed area and most of the provincial poplulation is in the city.

Windsor, IMO is so so. Right across the river from Detroit, Michigan.

So would you not recommend windsor or winnipeg then compared to the others on my list? Winnipeg is a perfect size for me the problem is its anything like windy here in Scotland I will hate it.

http://www.discoverwinnipeg.ca/

The short answer is no.

Here's some information on Winnipeg's climate:

Winnipeg Climate

Take a look at images from around Winnipeg:

Winnipeg Images

I took winnipeg off my list as it would be too cold and windy.


This is my newely updated list. Thankfully ive managed to reduce it to just 5 places now, all that's left to research is jobs within my sector in those cities.

Ottawa 0 (Ontario)
(pop: 1m)
House price range: 200-300k
Unemployment rate: 5.8%
Days below 0°C: 153
(Weather: -17°C and 27°C) - snow & ice in winter, short but warm summers
Windiest city year-round
53 12.93
Windiest winter
46 14.43
Windiest summer
63 10.56
Coldest year-round
62 6.00

London 14 (Ontario)
(pop: 352k)
Days below 0°C: 148
Unemployment rate: 7.3%
Windiest city year-round
33 14.61
Windiest winter
21 17.40
Windiest summer
56 11.12
Coldest year-round
79 7.47
11miles to Thames Centre (12k)
16miles to Middlesex Centre (15k)
17miles to Zora (8k)
18miles to Southwold (4k)
19miles to Ingersoll (12k)
20miles to St Thomas (36k)
24miles to St Mary's (6k)
30miles to Woodstock (35k)`
30miles to Tillsonburg (14K)

Oshawa -11 (Ontario)
(pop: 142k)
Days below 0°C: 131
Unemployment rate: 6.4%
Windiest city year-round
38 14.25
Windiest winter
28 16.24
Windiest summer
46 11.83
Coldest year-round
85 7.74
10miles to Ajax (90k)
11miles to Clarington (77k)
12miles to Pickering (87k)
14miles to Scugog (20k)
18miles to Stouffville (8k) (good place for youth work)
19miles to Uxbridge (20k)
24miles to Markham (261k)
30miles to Toronto (2.5m)

Kingston -7 (Ontario)
(pop: 118k)
Unemployment rate: 7.6%
Days below 0°C: 136
Weather - one of the least coldest in winter
Windiest city year-round
17 16.01
Windiest winter
17 18.01
Windiest summer
24 13.34
Coldest year-round
68 6.67

8miles to Loyalist (14k)
10miles to South Frontenac (16k)
25miles to Greater Napanee (15k)
45miles to Belleville (48k)
45miles to Prince Edward (25k)
85miles to Ottawa (1mil)

Hallifax 5 (Nova Scotia)
(pop: 372k)
Unemployment rate: 5.1%
Days below 0°C: 157
(Weather: -10°C and 24°C)
Windiest city year-round
27 15.12
Windiest winter
19 17.85
Windiest summer
47 11.71
Coldest year-round
69 6.67
2miles to Dartmouth (65k)
7miles to Bedford (16k)

Anymore feedback on those other places on my list?

I looked at the job market for youth work and only Ottawa had really good job prospects. The othe rplaces were fair but not good accordig to a website I looked at.

Does anyone know if Kingston is windy? according to a website it is the 17th most windiest city in Canada.

Kingston's fairly windy - one of the reasons it was the site of the 1976 Sailing Olympics was the reliable winds.

It's primary downside (for you) is that it's become a bit of a retirement destination rather than a place for a youth worker to seek employment. Now, if you had university qualifications in prison-related work, Kingston would be a grand option - lots of jails in and around Kingston.

Oshawa's pretty dang ugly. Blue-collar, automotive industry based community. I'd be surprised if you could find one cafe there, let alone cafe life.

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What is your winter driving experience like? are you good on snow and ice? experienced with snow tires? That would impact my comments on London and Ottawa.

Thanks for that info. Think ill take Oshawa off my list then if its ugly, I take it by ugly you mean it is nothing like Quebec or Ottawa?

Think ill take Kingston off my list if its windy and yeah ive noticed that youth work jobs are limited there. I may also get bored there as its a small city.

I never drive in snow, its no where near as bad in Scotland as it is in some part sof Canada. We have companies who clear the roads for us to drive on. Ive been told that Otta is a pretty city for its size and there seems to be more to do there than anywhere else on my list although the bars and clubs are meant to be poor and Halifax has a better night life.

Driving, and driving in snow, are pretty much requirements of life in Canada - unless you go out to the west coast. Ottawa and London are definitely in the snowbelts of Ontario. A lot of snow - usually for a long time.

Ottawa's advantages, in terms of nightlife, are embassy staff and the nearness of Hull (in the province of Quebec). Makes it a bit livelier than London - and a bit more mmmm cosmopolitan.

Halifax is a really interesting city - lively musically and artistically. Not sure what the employment market for youth/community workers would be. There are colleges and universities there which would provide most of the likely candidates for that sort of job - but worth checking into.

Oshawa doesn't have anything I can think of to recommend it in terms of architecture or night life. Grubby grey place.

Well I checked the employment market in all the places on my list. Ottawa had double of any place for youth work. There were a lot of youth work jobs int he towns and Cities outwith Oshawa and I mean a lot which was good in terms of employment but there is no way i am swapping the beauty of Edinburgh for a minging place lol. Employment for youth work in Kingston and Halifax is the same, I could not find any but aparently there are some forms of youthw ork which takes up 5% of the employment market, compared to 10% in Ottawa.

I never, ever drive in snow. When it snows, i find an excuse to let the Girl do the driving.

Here's some comments I have put next to each of the cities from the research I did...

Ottawa 0 (Ontario)
(pop: 1m)
House price range: 200-300k Canadaian dollar (compared to around 300-400k canadian dollar for a place in Edinburgh)
Unemployment rate: 5.8%
Days below 0°C: 153
(Weather: -17°C and 27°C) - snow & ice in winter, short but warm summers
Windiest city year-round
53 12.93 - HIGHER THE NUMBER THE BETTER (out of 100)
Windiest winter
46 14.43
Windiest summer
63 10.56
Coldest year-round
62 6.0

Wettest (rain & snow) 49 943

• Most unfriendliest place in Canada according to readers digest
• Humid climate
• Summers are fairly warm and humid but short
• Resonable house prices
• No beaches
• Rubbish night life
• Lots of rivers and lakes
• Lots of museums and heritage sites
• More to do here than the other cities listed
• 125,215 Scottish (14%)
• Good for youth work jobs
• Regarded as a pretty city for its size
• High wind chills are common
• Boring in the winter - nothing happens
• Freezing rain is also relatively common
• Cold in winter
• Perhaps too big

Hallifax 5 (Nova Scotia)
(pop: 372k)
Unemployment rate: 5.1%
Days below 0°C: 157
(Weather: -10°C and 24°C)
Windiest city year-round
27 15.12
Windiest winter
19 17.85
Windiest summer
47 11.71
Coldest year-round
69 6.67
Wettest (rain & snow) 8 1421
2miles to Dartmouth (65k)
7miles to Bedford (16k)

• Most friendliest
• Very good club scene
• Large student population
• Can sometimes be a bit boring
• Great place to bring up a family
• Cosy city
• Lots of history
• Segregated communities
• Cold winters
• Windy at winter time
• Hardly any youth work jobs
• Lots of schools
• Decent amount of art galleries and museums
• Wide variety of music festivals throughout the year
• Decent number of outdoor recreational opportunities; numerous ocean and lake beaches, as well as rural and urban parks
• Good transport
• No protected heritage districts (no buildings are protected)
• Lots of Victorian houses in the south end
• Restrictions in height of buildings at waterfront
• 96k Scottish people (27%)
• Lowest unemployment rate from the list
• Not too expensive for buying property

London 14 (Ontario)
(pop: 352k)
Days below 0°C: 148
Unemployment rate: 7.3%
Windiest city year-round
33 14.61
Windiest winter
21 17.40
Windiest summer
56 11.12
Coldest year-round
79 7.47
Wettest (rain & snow) 40 987
11miles to Thames Centre (12k)
16miles to Middlesex Centre (15k)
17miles to Zora (8k)
18miles to Southwold (4k)
19miles to Ingersoll (12k)
20miles to St Thomas (36k)
24miles to St Mary's (6k)
30miles to Woodstock (35k)
30miles to Tillsonburg (14K)

• Lots of trees
• Strong focus on education
• Hot and humid summers
• Receives a lot of snow
• Lost of festivals in the summer
• Several museums
• Suburban malls rather than in the city
• No festivals in the winter time
• Generally flat city
• Considered an average city
• Bad transport (only bus system)
• Bad traffic congestion
• Fairly high unemployment
• Strong winds in the northwest of the city
• Considered a good retirement place
• Windy in winter
• Hardly any youth work jobs
• No fesivels outwith summer time
• Fairly low crime rate compared to other cities but big drug problem
• Most youth work jobs are outwith the city
• High murder rate: 14-murders commited in 2006
• Perfect population

Kingston -7 (Ontario)
(pop: 118k)
Unemployment rate: 7.6%
Days below 0°C: 136
Weather - one of the least coldest in winter
Windiest city year-round
17 16.01
Windiest winter
17 18.01
Windiest summer
24 13.34
Coldest year-round
68 6.67

Wettest (rain & snow) 43 968
8miles to Loyalist (14k)
10miles to South Frontenac (16k)
25miles to Greater Napanee (15k)
45miles to Belleville (48k)
45miles to Prince Edward (25k)
85miles to Ottawa (1mil)

• Not as cold as Halifax
• Most important employment sectors are health and education
• Several festivals throughout the year
• Fresh water wrecks
• Large student population (10%)
• Rich and beautiful waterfront
• Windy both in winter and summer
• Hardly any youth work jobs
• Limestone buildings like that of London (UK)
• Nice architecture
• Small population (not close to any big cities)
• Considered a good retirement city
• Fairly high unemployment
• Fairly high for buying property