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Hi - I want to know how much is monthly cost of living in Toronto or Vancouver
I mean , elements like Housing, Travel, Utilities, Cell phone, internet & Cable, entertainment etc etc
i know that cost of living depends on lifestyle , but want to understand a average, considereing a average life style
Yes, it´s for 1 person
[24-05-2007,19:17]
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If you are a new immigrant start slow - since you are only one person go in for shared accomodation - in Toronto it can be from $550 onwards for a decent place with utilities included and food etc excluded.Cell cheapest would be $30.00 - travel by bus $100. To start with minimum $1200 per month and thereafter it depends on your lifestyle
[24-05-2007,19:50]
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Anon |
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now that is tight. I would suggest $2,000 is closer to tight. I can´t imagine someone making it in Vancouver on $1,200
[24-05-2007,22:09]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Monthly cost of living in Toronto/Vancouve)
It all depends on what kind of lifestyle you want.
I have seen some single asians managing in less than 1000 dollars per month. However, you can expect to spend over 500 dollars on rent for shared accommodation, 150-200 dollars for food,100 for traveling, cellphone and internet 100-200 dollars, and other miscellaneous expenses 100-200.
[25-05-2007,04:46]
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Anonymous |
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i live in toronto so i am familiar with all the places because i have done lots of research on it.....you can rent a 2 bedroom apartment with all the utilities included from 875 to 1500 and more a month (depends which area you want to live. An average area with all the facilities and nice school will cost around 975 a month (2 bedroom). If you get a cell phone, home phone, light speed internet, and cable with some good cahnnels will cost you around 150-200 a month including cell phone with 100 any time minutes. Cell phone plans are worst in Canada as compare to packages availbel in USA. You can control the rental cost by choosing to live in any basment. Howver with groceries, rent, and every thing else 2000 is a minimum amount you need to keep in mind......Toronto is an expensive place to live....good luck
[25-05-2007,10:51]
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Steve 07 |
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So does that mean the life in Toronto is as expensive as in NYC?
[26-05-2007,00:19]
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Alex |
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close. What´s confusing is that Vancouver is not listed. It is even or slightly higher than Toronto.
The world´s most expensive cities in 2006
Life is expensive in London, New York and Oslo
Oslo, London and Copenhagen are the three most expensive cities in our comparison of living costs in 71 metropolises. Including rent, which makes up around a fourth (housing and energy costs) of living expenses in a Western European household, London and New York are the most expensive places to live by a wide margin. It?s no wonder that their residents often tolerate extreme commutes in order to find affordable housing. The cheapest cities we examined in our basket of 95 goods and 27 services ? around a third less than the Western European average ? were in Africa and Eastern Europe.
Prices vary within city limits as well
How is it possible that Hong Kong has slipped to the median price range in three years? And also the two other Chinese cities ? Shanghai and Beijing ? are no higher in the rankings than three years ago, either, despite the country?s impressive economic growth. One reason for this is certainly that China won?t subject its own currency to free market forces, since a revaluation of the renminbi could have a negative affect on the competitiveness of its export industry. Yet the price data from Hong Kong and Shanghai also show that the price of food, services and household goods can vary widely within city limits. Prices may differ depending on the part of town, but also on the person who collects the data. An Asian economics student ?saved? around 10 per cent compared to our local employees, and even more compared to European expatriates working in Hong Kong. There is more than one price level ? this applies to most cities. Our shopping basket reflects the average consumption patterns of a average family living in the West. The effective cost of living in one city may vary considerable depending on the area, lifestyle or life cycle. (Report by USB)
Rank Cities Index
(incl rents)
1 London 105.5
2 New York 100.0
3 Oslo 94.6
4 Tokyo 93.4
5 Zurich 87.3
6 Copenhagen 86.3
7 Geneva 85.8
8 Dublin 84.3
9 Chicago 82.2
10 Los Angeles 80.6
11 Paris 78.1
12 Helsinki 77.3
13 Luxembourg 76.6
14 Stockholm 75.8
15 Vienna 74.0
16 Seoul 73.9
17 Amsterdam 73.0
18 Hong Kong 73.0
19 Toronto 71.4
20 Munich 71.2
21 Montreal 71.2
22 Miami 70.5
23 Frankfurt 69.3
24 Sydney 69.0
25 Brussels 68.5
26 Milan 68.5
27 Rome 67.6
28 Madrid 66.2
29 Nicosia 66.2
30 Dubai 66.1
31 Lyon 66.0
32 Barcelona 65.6
33 Berlin 64.4
34 Singapore 62.9
35 Lisbon 62.1
36 Istanbul 61.6
37 Mexico 60.7
38 Auckland 60.6
39 Athens 57.4
40 Taipei 57.2
41 Moscow 56.8
42 Tel Aviv 55.2
43 Rio de Janeiro 55.1
44 Manama 54.8
45 Santiago de Chile 54.3
46 Sao Paulo 53.6
47 Caracas 52.8
48 Warsaw 49.5
49 Ljubljana 48.7
50 Tallinn 48.6
51 Johannesburg 47.2
52 Budapest 46.7
53 Jakarta 44.4
54 Bucharest 43.3
55 Prague 42.6
56 Bogot? 42.3
57 Buenos 41.9
58 Mumbai 41.5
59 Bangkok 41.0
60 Kiev 40.6
61 Riga 40.2
62 Sofia 40.0
63 Nairobi 39.7
64 Bratislava 39.6
65 Beijing 39.6
66 Shanghai 39.3
67 Vilnius 37.7
68 Lima 35.9
69 Manila 35.2
70 Delhi 34.6
71 Kuala Lumpur 28.2
[26-05-2007,00:56]
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sharon |
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Among the five Canadian cities surveyed, Toronto remains the most expensive, and relatively more expensive than a year ago, ranking 47th out of 144 cities around the world, up from 82nd a year earlier.
Ottawa, meanwhile, remains the least costly Canadian city surveyed to locate employees, ranking 90th, but also up from 122nd.
?Canadian cities continue to be cost effective, benefiting from stable inflation but moved up on the list this year, primarily on the strength of the Canadian dollar,? the report said.
The rankings for the other Canadian cities surveyed were Vancouver, which is the second most expensive Canadian city but 56th in the world, followed by Calgary, which is 71st on the list, and Montreal, which is 80th.
The survey covers 144 cities and measures comparative costs for over 200 items, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment, the report noted.
Globally, Moscow is the most expensive city, pushing Tokyo down to second spot, followed by Hong Kong.
Asuncion, in Paraguay, meanwhile, remains the least expensive city.
With New York as the base city scoring 100 points, Moscow scored 123.9, which made it three times as costly a place to live and work as Asuncion which had a score of just 43.5.
The Canadian scores range from a high of 82.6 in Toronto, which means it?s 82.6 per cent as costly as New York, to the low of 75.6 in Ottawa, meaning the cost of living and working in Canada?s capital is only three quarters of what it costs in the Big Apple.
New York remains the most expensive city in North America and moved up the ladder to 10th most costly in the world, in part reflecting increases in value of the U.S. dollar against many currencies, although not the loonie. Other costly U.S. cities are Los Angeles, which was 29th on the list, San Francisco at 34th, and Chicago at 38th.
Washington, which ranks 83rd most costly, is less expensive a place than Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal.
The least costly U.S. city is Winston Salem, N.C., which ranks 124th on the list.
?We have seen significant shifts in the cost of living rankings over the past few years, reflecting a changing global market,? Rebecca Powers, a Mercer consultant said in a commentary released with the report. ?For many companies, it can now be more expensive to send employees to work in Russia or Korea than places like Japan or Switzerland, which are often perceived to be more costly.
?There have been some significant changes in the rankings this year, which are primarily due to exchange-rate fluctuations, in particular the strengthening of the U.S. dollar,? she said.
London is the second most expensive city in Europe and ranks fifth globally. Other costly European cities include Geneva, ranked seventh, Copenhagen eighth and Zurich ninth.
The Euro has weakened against a number of currencies -- for example, the Canadian and U.S. dollars -- reducing the cost of living and working in many European countries, the report noted.
[26-05-2007,01:03]
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sharon |
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Funny, I´m from Chicago (ranking 9 or 38 above) and found everything except housing shockingly expensive in even the smaller cities of Ontario - Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, etc. And in those cities, the locals say Toronto (19 or 47) is even worse. And on top of that, far fewer choices and varieties of everything in these places in Canada, but that might be because Chicago is a large city.
Whenever I cross the bridge to the next town on the U.S. side, there are always Ontarians filling up at the Shell station there. I start a chat and they explain that gas is typically 25-30% cheaper in the U.S. But they are proud that they have free health care for everyone on the other side. (One did complain that Ontario now charges him $600 at tax time for health care due to his higher income bracket.)
[26-05-2007,19:35]
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Richard |
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