Ladysmith sits at City Score rank #88 with a standing of 55%, from 6 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Rising 20 places versus 2022 (#108 → #88).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #301 of 327 at 44 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
On the latest OpenStats pass, Ladysmith carries a City Score standing of 55% (rank #88 of 343) with 6 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 7 points above the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Ladysmith ranks #11 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is drinking-water hardness (standing 94%, rank #322 of 343, raw score 85). The weakest observed pillar is seismic hazard (standing 2%, rank #8 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Ladysmith, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 85 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Ladysmith. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
