Regina

Regina sits at City Score rank #130 with a standing of 44%, from 8 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 30 places versus 2022 (#160 → #130).

Latest owned placements: building permit value rank #44 of 172 (2025); indoor radon rank #1 of 117 at 302 Bq/m³ survey mean; residential mill rate rank #73 of 172 (11.68 mill rate). Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.

Regina is Saskatchewan's capital, and Reginans still answer to the Queen City nickname that shows up on the municipal flag story and history pages. The city's centre of gravity is Wascana Lake inside Wascana Centre, with the Legislative Building on axis, Albert Memorial Bridge underfoot, and a full lakeside loop that locals treat like a second main street. West Lake is for rowing, canoe clubs, and the marina; East Lake leans toward the Migratory Bird Sanctuary, University of Regina campus edge, Conexus Arts Centre, and the Saskatchewan Science Centre. On a bright Saturday the path around the lake carries strollers, race warm-ups, and people who simply came to watch the light hit the Legislative dome.

Downtown keeps its own civic square at Victoria Park, a short walk from Queen Elizabeth II Court on Victoria Avenue. Cathedral turns up in city engagement notices the way neighbourhoods do when traffic calming and safety zones are on the table, and Be Heard Regina is the branded inbox for opinions. Older residents still call the early-2000s lake deepening the Big Dig, complete with Pine Island and the finishing-line facility that made competitive paddling a Wascana boast. Provincial capital work and the Co-Op refinery beat share headline space with Dutch elm notices, ladybug releases, and leisure-guide launches, which is a very Regina mix of government, industry, and boulevard trees.

This is a capital oriented to a constructed lake and legislative grounds, not to a bridging river valley. The Queen City sells lake paths, Victoria Avenue errands, and a desk sense that government business and grain-country industry both belong in the same weather conversation. That lake-and-legislature framing is the hometown read that keeps Regina distinct on the prairie map.