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Cost
of Living in Canada
Each
Canadian province and territory has it’s own individual
policies, customs and lifestyle.
We
hope that the general information provided in the following
section of GaramChai.com will give you a good indication
of what you should be aware of when moving to your adopted
homeland.
Cost
of Living | Typical Costs
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The
Big Mac Index is an informal way of measuring the purchasing
power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test
of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods
costing the same in different countries. As stated in The
Economist (Magazine), it "seeks to make exchange-rate
theory a bit more digestible". You
may also be interested in:
Mercer
Consulting carried
out an extensive cost of living survey for overseas workers
in 2008. The survey revealed that Toronto has the highest
cost of living in Canada, followed by Vancouver, Calgary,
Montreal, and Ottawa. The survey found that Canadian cities
have lower living costs than many other locations in the developed
world.
Cost
of Living in Selected Cities
| 2008
Rank |
City
|
| 1 |
Moscow,
Russia |
| 2 |
Tokyo,
Japan |
| 3 |
London,
UK |
| 4 |
Oslo,
Norway |
| 5 |
Seoul,
South Korea |
| 6 |
Hong
Kong, China |
| 7 |
Copenhagen,
Denmark |
| 8 |
Geneva,
Switzerland |
| 9 |
Zurich,
Switzerland |
| 10 |
Milan,
Italy |
| 11 |
Osaka,
Japan |
| 12 |
Paris,
France |
| 13 |
Singapore |
| 14 |
Tel
Aviv, Israel |
| 15 |
Sydney,
Australia |
| 16 |
Dublin,
Ireland |
| 16 |
Rome,
Italy |
| 18 |
St.
Petersburg, Russia |
| 19 |
Vienna,
Austria |
| 20 |
Beijing,
China |
| 21 |
Helsinki,
Finland |
| 22
| New
York City, US |
| 23 |
Istanbul,
Turkey |
| 24 |
Shanghai,
China |
| 25 |
Amsterdam,
Netherlands |
| 25 |
Athens,
Greece |
| 25
| Sao
Paulo, Brazil |
| 28 |
Madrid,
Spain |
| 29 |
Prague,
Czech Rep. |
| 30 |
Lagos,
Nigeria |
| 31 |
Barcelona,
Spain |
| 31 |
Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 31 |
Stockholm,
Sweden |
| 34 |
Douala,
Cameroon |
| 35 |
Warsaw,
Poland |
| 36 |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| 37 |
Munich,
Germany |
| 38 |
Berlin,
Germany |
| 39 |
Brussels,
Belgium |
| 40 |
Frankfurt,
Germany |
| 41 |
Dakar,
Senegal |
| 42 |
Kiev,
Ukraine |
| 43 |
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg |
| 44 |
Almaty,
Kazakhstan |
| 45 |
Bratislava,
Slovakia |
| 46 |
Dusseldorf,
Germany |
| 46 |
Riga,
Latvia |
| 48 |
Mumbai,
India |
| 49 |
Zagreb,
Croatia |
| 50 |
Hamburg,
Germany |
| 51 |
Abidjan,
Ivory Coast |
| 52 |
Dubai,
UAE |
| 53 |
Perth,
Australia |
| 54 |
Toronto,
Canada |
| 55 |
Los
Angeles, US |
| 55 |
New
Delhi, India |
| 57 |
Algiers,
Algeria |
| 57 |
Lyon,
France |
| 57 |
Lisbon,
Portugal |
| 57 |
Brisbane,
Australia |
| 61 |
Shenzhen,
China |
| 61 |
Budapest,
Hungary |
| 63 |
Taipei,
Taiwan |
| 64 |
Vancouver,
Canada |
| 65 |
Abu
Dhabi, UAE |
| 66 |
Birmingham,
UK |
| 66 |
Calgary,
Canada |
| 68 |
Limassol,
Cyprus |
| 69 |
Glasgow,
UK |
| 70 |
Guangzhou,
China |
| 71 |
Bucharest,
Romania |
| 72 |
Montreal,
Canada |
| 73 |
Adelaide,
Australia |
| 74 |
Tehran,
Iran |
| 75 |
Miami,
US |
| 76 |
Tallinn,
Estonia |
| 77 |
Honolulu,
US |
| 78 |
San
Francisco, US |
| 78 |
Auckland,
New Zealand |
| 80 |
Beirut,
Lebanon |
| 81 |
Casablanca,
Morocco |
| 82 |
Jakarta,
Indonesia |
| 82 |
Ljubljana,
Slovenia |
| 84 |
Chicago,
US |
| 85 |
Vilnius,
Lithuania |
| 85 |
Ottawa,
Canada |
| 87 |
Bogota,
Colombia |
| 88 |
Amman,
Jordan |
| 89 |
White
Plains, NY, US |
| 89 |
Caracas,
Venezuela |
| 91 |
Hanoi,
Vietnam |
| 92 |
Santiago,
Chile |
| 93 |
Wellington,
New Zealand |
| 94 |
Kuwait
City, Kuwait |
| 95 |
Leipzig,
Germany |
| 96 |
Accra,
Ghana |
| 97 |
Sofia,
Bulgaria |
| 98 |
Houston,
TX, US |
| 99 |
Boston,
MA, US |
| 100 |
Ho
Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Typical
Cost of Living in Canada
Here are
some typical costs for items and services in Canada. Please
note all figures are in Canadian currency as of Mid-2008
| Rent
- Bachelor Apartment (one room apartment, one month, large
city) |
$700
- $1,100 |
| Rent
- Bachelor Apartment (one room apartment, one month, small
city/town) |
$500
- $700 |
| Utilities
(per month) |
$20
- $30 |
| Phone
(one month not including long distance) |
$20
- $40 |
| Cell
Phone Package (per month) |
$40 |
| Cable
Television (per month) |
$25
- $50 |
| Internet
Connection (high speed, one month) |
$40 |
| Groceries
for One Person (one month) |
$150
- $300 |
| Local
bus fare in major cities (One Way) |
$2.5
- $3 |
| Fast
Food Meal (hamburger, soft drink, french fries) |
$4
- $6 per person |
| Gas/Petrol |
$1.15
- $1.50 per litre |
| Movie |
$11.50
- $13 |
| Desi
Movies screened at local Theaters |
$5
- $13 |
| Pair
of Jeans |
$40
- $80 |
| Letter
within Canada |
$0.50 |
| International
Postage (letter) |
$1.45 |
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