Newfoundland and Labrador
Archive of hometown notes from St. John's: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How St. John's sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for St. John's follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put St. John's in national context first.
Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
December 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How St. John's compares with nearby cities on City Score.
St. John's's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
St. John's keeps one eye on Quidi Vidi Lake every summer, because the Royal St. John's Regatta can turn an ordinary weekday into Regatta
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for St. John's.
Residential mill rates for St. John's appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read St. John's beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
The Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a seasonal city feature called out on the municipal homepage.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
November 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where St. John's sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in St. John's shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the St. John's permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
October 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
The Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a seasonal city feature called out on the municipal homepage.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for St. John's.
Residential mill rates for St. John's appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read St. John's beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Neighbourhood names show up when the beat shifts: Southlands in residential coverage, east-end arterials when buses and cars share tight
September 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
St. John's draws municipal drinking water from Windsor Lake and Broad Cove River watershed, treated at Bay Bulls Big Pond Water Treatment Facility.
Ask where St. John's drinking water begins and the answer is Little Powers Pond, then Bay Bulls Big Pond Water Treatment Facility. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Largest plant; conventional DAF process with UV and chloramine disinfection; up to 85,000 m³/day; also supplies regional partners (e.g. Mount Pearl / Conception Bay South area per provincial inventory).
See the St. John's water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to St. John's.
St. John's appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for St. John's.
Broadband rows for St. John's come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the St. John's internet page.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
August 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How St. John's sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for St. John's follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put St. John's in national context first.
Quidi Vidi Lake is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How St. John's compares with nearby cities on City Score.
St. John's's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for St. John's.
Residential mill rates for St. John's appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read St. John's beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
July 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where St. John's sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in St. John's shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the St. John's permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Quidi Vidi Lake is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
The Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a seasonal city feature called out on the municipal homepage.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Neighbourhood names show up when the beat shifts: Southlands in residential coverage, east-end arterials when buses and cars share tight
May 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for St. John's.
Residential mill rates for St. John's appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read St. John's beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
St. John's keeps one eye on Quidi Vidi Lake every summer, because the Royal St. John's Regatta can turn an ordinary weekday into Regatta
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
St. John's draws municipal drinking water from Windsor Lake and Broad Cove River watershed, treated at Petty Harbour Long Pond Water Treatment Facility.
May 2023 is a good week to revisit St. John's's source: Windsor Lake and Broad Cove River watershed. Treatment at Petty Harbour Long Pond Water Treatment Facility sits between the intake and the tap.
Newest city plant; rated about 14,500 m³/day.
See the St. John's water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to St. John's.
St. John's appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
April 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for St. John's.
Broadband rows for St. John's come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the St. John's internet page.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How St. John's sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for St. John's follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put St. John's in national context first.
Harbourside Park is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How St. John's compares with nearby cities on City Score.
St. John's's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Neighbourhood names show up when the beat shifts: Southlands in residential coverage, east-end arterials when buses and cars share tight
February 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for St. John's.
Residential mill rates for St. John's appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read St. John's beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
February 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
The Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a seasonal city feature called out on the municipal homepage.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
Walk or drive through St. John's long enough and Harbourside Park comes up. Downtown park stop on the Music @ concert series. Pair it with Bannerman Park and Bowring Park for the full free-summer loop.
Away from race week, the city calendar leans downtown and into the parks. The Downtown Pedestrian Mall opens for the season, and Music @ moves free concerts through Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park. Traffic advisories still name Portugal Cove Road, Pitts Memorial Drive, and Blackmarsh Road as growth and construction corridors. Metrobus and Engage St. John's sit in the everyday toolkit for getting around and weighing in on projects. Summer evenings can mean a free band in a named park more often than a ticketed show.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where St. John's sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for St. John's comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the St. John's permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Downtown Pedestrian Mall is a reason people stay fond of St. John's.
January 2023 in St. John's: Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Seasonal pedestrian stretch that turns downtown walking into an event of its own. The city posts opening dates and programming each summer.
Engage St. John's is the city's online space for project feedback and public ideas.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
St. John's draws municipal drinking water from Windsor Lake and Broad Cove River watershed, treated at Bay Bulls Big Pond Water Treatment Facility.
Ask where St. John's drinking water begins and the answer is Broad Cove River watershed, then Bay Bulls Big Pond Water Treatment Facility. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Largest plant; conventional DAF process with UV and chloramine disinfection; up to 85,000 m³/day; also supplies regional partners (e.g. Mount Pearl / Conception Bay South area per provincial inventory).
See the St. John's water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
St. John's keeps one eye on Quidi Vidi Lake every summer, because the Royal St. John's Regatta can turn an ordinary weekday into Regatta
Quidi Vidi Lake still orients St. John's. Regatta shoreline where race-eve weather talk gathers before the Royal St. John's Regatta. It is the geographic cue for Regatta Day conversations across the city.
Music @ stages free summer concerts at Harbourside Park, Bannerman Park, and Bowring Park.
More on St. John's: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.