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Desk reporting on City Score movement, annual rankings, water quality, and indoor radon.
· Rankings
Population growth ranking reset: Lloydminster tops the 2025 board
Lloydminster jumps 94 ranks to lead at 5.0 percent growth. Alberta ring cities and Ontario midsize towns climb while Edmonton slips six places despite 3.4 percent.
Read story· Indoor radon
2025 indoor radon ranking: Regina geography leads at 301.7 Bq/m³
OpenStats annual desk read on Health Canada survey means: Regina, Moose Jaw, and Weyburn tie first, Winnipeg metro follows at 256.7 Bq/m³, and Calgary sits mid-pack at rank 26.
Read story· Drinking water
2025 water hardness ranking: Guelph leads, coastal cities anchor the soft end
OpenStats annual desk read on the hardness series: Guelph posts 460 mg/L, Kitchener and Waterloo sit at 400 mg/L, and Victoria closes the board at 17 mg/L.
Read story· City Score
City Score year-over-year movers: Cobourg, Waterloo, and the 2024 to 2025 swing
The 2025 composite edition shows 55-rank gains in Cobourg and Duncan, a top-ten landing for St. Catharines, and a 79-rank drop for Waterloo.
Read story· Rankings
2025 Annual Canadian City Rankings: OpenStats City Score report
Edmonton leads 172 cities on the equal-weight composite. Ontario corridor cities fill ranks 3 through 5, St. Catharines jumps 30 places, and Toronto sits 24th despite leading permit value.
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