Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#20
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 364470000
Saskatchewan
Regina
Capital on the bald prairie
Regina in brief
Regina became the territorial capital in 1882 when Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Dewdney chose a bald prairie site over wetter rivals like Battleford and Fort Qu'Appelle. The city is now Saskatchewan's capital and second-largest centre, with about 226,000 residents in 2021.
Wascana Creek and the Albert Memorial Bridge give the downtown its water joke: a long Art Deco span over a short creek. Add Reginald the Grasshopper and Holy Rosary Cathedral to the skyline walk, and you get a capital that grew by paperwork, rail, and stubborn plains optimism.
Drawn from Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura.
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#85
City Score rank
34%
City Score
5
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Regina
Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.
Composite · OpenStats
OpenStats City Score
OpenStats
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Single edition · 2026
#85
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.34
Only one published edition places Regina in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Health · OpenStats
OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Single edition · 2026
#1
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 301.7
Only one published edition places Regina in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Average 2-Bedroom Rent — Lowest Rent
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Average rent for purpose-built 2-bedroom apartments (all tenants) from CMHC Rental Market Survey. Rank 1 = lowest average rent among covered CMAs.
Single edition · 2025
#5
Published · 2025 · of 18
Score 1473
Only one published edition places Regina in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Purpose-Built Rental Vacancy — Highest Vacancy
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Purpose-built rental apartment vacancy rate from CMHC Rental Market Survey (October). Rank 1 = highest vacancy (most available rental stock among covered CMAs).
2 editions · 2024–2025
#16
Latest · 2025 · of 18
Score 2.7
Livability
Globe and Mail Most Livable Cities
The Globe and Mail
2023 data partnership with Environics Analytics ranking 439 Canadian communities on ten livability categories.
Single edition · 2023
#4
Published · 2023 · of 439
Only one published edition places Regina in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#97
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Quality of life
Numbeo Quality of Life Index by City
Numbeo
Crowd-sourced composite Quality of Life Index. Historical snapshots are free on Numbeo ranking pages; OpenStats cites Canadian cities from those public pages (cite_only). Higher index scores are better; ranks are global position on the snapshot page.
2 editions · 2025–2026
#174
Latest · 2026 · of 304
Score 154.1
Housing
RBC Housing Affordability — Least Affordable Markets
RBC Economics
Ranked by RBC aggregate Housing Affordability Measure (% of median pre-tax household income for mortgage, property taxes, and utilities on a benchmark home). Rank 1 = highest ownership-cost burden (least affordable). CMA markets mapped to primary city slugs.
2 editions · 2024–2025
#13
Latest · 2025 · of 13
Score 26.6
Worth knowing in Regina
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan.
As of the 2021 census, Regina had a city population of 226,404 and a metropolitan area population of 249,217.
Wascana Centre surrounds the Saskatchewan Legislative Building with one of North America's larger urban parks.
Places to see
Albert Memorial Bridge
An Art Deco bridge that jokingly claims to be the longest bridge over the shortest span of water in the world, crossing Wascana Creek.
Reginald the Grasshopper
A bushy public grasshopper sculpture that became one of Regina's unsanctioned-then-embraced roadside characters.
Holy Rosary Cathedral
A Romanesque Revival cathedral completed in the 1910s and long one of the tallest structures on Regina's skyline.
