Ricicles

The first time I went into a supermarket in Canada I almost had a seizure at how expensive things were (valuemart in cottage country mind) - still not sure as to why this is (maybe minimum wage being relatively high?) no frills and the like don't seem to be much better either for pricing

Found a receipt in my wallet from tesco and compared some prices (sad I know) and it was on rough estimates using 1:1.6 about 40% more expensive

Apart from steak! I think that was about the only thing I found cheaper

Also while we're on the subject do the supermarkets in Canada sell cordial?? I was trying to find some one day and my GF said the only equivalent they have is powder you put in water?

Pretty Flowers

My one bed batchelor basement unit rents for $600 per month. I only rent to friends though, but the market rate would only be $800-$900.... This price also includes hydro, TV and Internet.

I hasten to add that this is a pretty small basement, without much in the way of natural light.

I price it this way, to make sure that the rental income doesn't have a significant effect on my tax rate, as I can write off 1/3 of my mortgage, hydro, TV, internet and municipal taxes, as well as 1/3 of home improvement costs and 100% of basement improvement costs. As my marginal rate of tax stands at around 43%ish, the $400+ I can write off on bills alone each month, goes more than far enough (when you add in home improvements) to mean that the money I earn from the basement is tax free. And often it means I get a rebate. For example, I've had to do about $10,000 worth of work to the basement this year, all of which is deductible from my taxes.....

exenglishman

She right!!! its called Crystal Lite and its horrible. Its overly sweet and pure sugar. You can find corial or squash in some stores like 'superstore/loblaws' and 'no frills' but its crazy expensive. A small bottle of Ribena is $9 - and its the REALLY small one.

Your next best bet is to find a British Speciality store and buy it from there..

Pretty Flowers

.... actually Crystal light is sugar free. Its drinkable on the Atkins diet... Some of the flavours are actually not bad. Are you thinking of Kool Aid or Gator Aid?

R I C H

Many do - http://www.nationalimporters.com/Ite...temNbr=2136091

exenglishman

thats the one! my bad, must of just been thinking that one because its the one the misses always has in the house. still nasty though! Wish they had robinsons orange squash here, i love that stuff so much!

Pretty Flowers

I miss Ribena, but I preferred the sugar free option, and I'm not paying $9 a time for the full sugar version...

YYZlover

So what is it? A 1 bed or a bachelor.

huddm

magnumi

My wife was not happy when she went from paying 25p/litre for fresh milk to 40p/litre in a year. Best we can get is 2 litre bottle of milk for 80p. I was back in Ontario a couple of years ago and was surprised at food prices, even using the stated UK/Canada purchase Power ratio of 0.95.

We have a lot of European visitors would load their cars up with food and booze in Dover on the return trips.

Hudd

Pretty Flowers

Batchelor then I would guess...

dgagitw

viewit.ca? A quick search shows this:

http://viewit.ca/vwExpandView.aspx?Vit=84853

Agreed, 1100 is low end, but it seems possible.

Boy d

wow and people say vancouver is expensive! that's way more than i paid renting downtown in vancouver.

Boy d

But then, the Canadian dollar has gained about 30 odd percent against the pound.....all relative really.

shaunew

I live in Korea right now, but will be moving to Calgary in the next 6 months. Here we have to pay $2.50 for a single small potato, $3.50 for a liter of milk, $2.20 for a half a loaf of almost decent bread.

canada4home

For me it was per month

$825 - bachelor bloor/spadina
$80 - cable tv and internet
$200 - food, cheese and milk is more expensive there
$40 - mobile phone plan, pay as you go is way too expensive there, you're charged for incoming calls too.
$25 - laundry

i think the price of a weekly subway/streetcar pass is $35 or $120/month. i used a bicycle myself and the odd streetcar for nights out.

price of a pint ranges from about $5.50 to $8. and it is common to tip a dollar with each pint.

in the beer store the cheapest can you can get is $1.75 for muck, up to $2.50 for a heineken, 10c return charge with each can or bottle.

like someone mentioned kensington market is great for fresh produce. A cheese shop there had my favourites from back home. Cheesemagic i think it was called.