staceyhall71

Can anyone tell me the average monthly living costs for people in Toronto eg Kitchener/Waterloo or surrounding areas of Canada.

I know most will be different but just a rough guide please, including rent, car insurance, utilities, gas, water, house insurance, tv package, food costs.
i am just comparing the cost of living in the UK to Canada.
My average cost in the Uk come to around £2000 pound= in canadian dollars $3114 a month
thanks x

exenglishman

I cant speak for Kitchener/Waterloo but I imagine it is quite a bit cheaper than Toronto.

An example for Toronto

Rent in a 1 Bed High Rise around College (10 mins from Downtown) - $1100
Utilities - $150-200
TV, Internet and Phone - $100
Grocerys $250-350 depending what you eat/where you shop
Car insurance (First time in Canada) $250
Cell Phone (smart phone) - $70

this is just an example, other areas in T.O could be alot more/less

staceyhall71

thank you thats a real help

YYZlover

Where are you finding a 1 bed around college for that price?

christmasoompa

How many of you though? The figures above are (I'm guessing from the look of them) for a single person, it will be very different if you are a family of 6!

There is a Wiki article about cost of living in Canada, and also soooooo many previous threads with figures on, so have a hunt for those.

I will move this thread to the correct part of the forum where hopefully you'll get more responses from those in Toronto.

exenglishman

College and St Geroge!

JamesM

Seems pretty conceivable to me.

Siouxie

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...ayCurrency=GBP you can put different cities in the search criteria.

London Mike

Some of these costs are out. Utilities, more like $400 p/month but perhaps that includes contents/liability insurance. Groceries more like $150-$200 per week. I think the rent in the downtown area is probably okay but budget more like $1,500.

London Mike

Ps $150 per week if you want booze and like to eat nice stuff ...

YYZlover

What else would they include. Most places I see says "hydro not included" or "all utilities included".

What about parking?
Foie Gras and champagne daily? As a single person I'd be a fat cow in no time if my groceries cost that much each month.

I've found places for $1500 with either all included or hydro being extra. some even includes parking. Glad I'm not too far out in how I'm budgeting rent.

YYZlover

Sure, I've found for less than that. But they wouldn't be condos, more like rental apartments.

londoner81

Hi,

I'm a single young woman living in Toronto for a few months now (I moved from London) and here are my living costs:

Rent -$550 living in the Chinatown area of downtown, in a two bed shared apartment
Car insurance - N/A as I don't have one but I've heard it's a lot more expensive than in England
Utilities, gas, water, house insurance, tv package - All included in my rent
Food costs - on a strict budget about $30 per week

I have a pretty good deal with my rent as everything's included and the location's perfect.

One thing I have found is that whilst rent is cheaper in Toronto, food certainly isn't. I'm fortunate to live near Kensington Market where all the fruits and veggies are pretty cheap, but stuff I need to buy from a supermarket (milk, pasta, all the other essentials) is pretty expensive.

This is probably because I live downtown and am not near any of the bargain supermarkets, but it still hurts the wallet!

magnumpi

Is it? Or does it just look more in Dollars?

A big bag of milk, like three 1ltr bags in one is 5.50 ish in dollars but in gbp that would be 4.25 ish £1.50 for a litre of milk aint far off, is it? Was a quid n a bit three to four years ago

christmasoompa

Yep, that's much cheaper in the UK - 6 pints (3.4 litres) is approx £1.70 at Tesco's. Groceries are, imo, a lot cheaper in the UK, but then of course other things are much more.