Civic arena matchup

Pickering vs Squamish

City Score 2025 head-to-head across seven pillars. National ranks of 343 places. Challenger A is teal, challenger B is navy — missing readings stay blank.

Pickering vs Squamish — City Score 2025

Pickering: 65% (#19 of 343). Squamish: 66% (#15 of 343). Pillar wins: Pickering 2, Squamish 3.

Head-to-head pillar standings
Pillar	Pickering	Squamish
City Score	65% (#19 of 5)	66% (#15 of 6)
Drinking water	80 mg/L (#343 of 343)	139 mg/L (#234 of 343)
Building permits	$133M (#313 of 343)	$637M (#106 of 343)
Internet	1000 Mbps (seed tier) (#51 of 343)	308 Mbps (seed tier) (#213 of 343)
Radon	63 Bq/m³ (#188 of 238)	35 Bq/m³ (#236 of 238)
Hazards	No data	No data
Property tax	No data	No data

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65XP

#19

Challenger A

Pickering

Ontario

City99k pop#19 of 343

Rising

66XP

♛

#15

Challenger B

Squamish

British Columbia

Census_agglomeration24k pop#15 of 343

RisingGroundwater

Matchup verdict · Squamish on the board

Pickering2vs3Squamish

Squamish takes the night 3–2 on scored pillars. Pickering still wins individual categories — the scoreboard tells the fuller story.

City Score XP: 65% vs 66%Arena rank #19 vs #15

Pillar duel boards

Metric-by-metric face-off

One row per pillar — Pickering left, Squamish right, delta in the middle. Bars mirror toward centre.

City Score

Squamish edge

Pickering

65%65%#19 of 5

−1 XP

SquamishEdge

66%66%#15 of 6

Drinking water

Lower hardness rank wins on standing

Pickering edge

PickeringEdge

80 mg/L100%#343 of 343

+32 XP

Squamish

139 mg/L68%#234 of 343

Building permits

Squamish edge

Pickering

$133M9%#313 of 343

−60 XP

SquamishEdge

$637M69%#106 of 343

Internet

ISED National Broadband Data — advertised availability tier

Pickering edge

PickeringEdge

1000 Mbps (seed tier)85%#51 of 343

+47 XP

Squamish

308 Mbps (seed tier)38%#213 of 343

Radon

Lower indoor radon wins

Squamish edge

Pickering

63 Bq/m³79%#188 of 238

−20 XP

SquamishEdge

35 Bq/m³99%#236 of 238

Hazards

Lower seismic PGA wins

No overlap

Pickering

No data—

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Squamish

No data—

Property tax

Lower mill rate wins

No overlap

Pickering

No data—

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Squamish

No data—

Final tally · category wins

Pickering

Categories won

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Squamish

Categories won

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