Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
Jun 5th 2009, 1:52 pm
#61
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Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
we dont expect to be out partying every night and living too extravagantly and i kind of had these figures worked out, roughly:
- $2000/m for furnished 1bedroom downtown
- $100/m for internet/mobile phone
- $900/m for food ($30/day x 30)
- $150/m for travel/health insurance
- $150/m for hydro
- $1000/m ($250/wk) to just piss up the wall
- $150/m for public transport
total = $4450/m or $53400/pa
- $2000/m for furnished 1bedroom downtown
- $100/m for internet/mobile phone
- $900/m for food ($30/day x 30)
- $150/m for travel/health insurance
- $150/m for hydro
- $1000/m ($250/wk) to just piss up the wall
- $150/m for public transport
total = $4450/m or $53400/pa
Jun 5th 2009, 2:01 pm
#62
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Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
at the moment we spend a ridiculous sum on entertainment, dinner and liquor lol
Jun 5th 2009, 5:01 pm
#63
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Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
If you want to live on Minimum wage I would pick small cities that are far far north from TO. where house prices start at 30 grand. waiting is the only way to live in Toronto unskilled.
I've work as waiter I made around 40,000 pounds a year take home, I never got a job here tho. Nobody wanted me a male waiter. But one of my employees has a daughter who works part time for a big name restaurant. She makes 600 to 800 a week, part time working 3 days week. 1 normal shift and 2 are double shifts.
In Ontario when you are a waiter you make what is called a server wage. its a buck less than the minimum wage of $8.50 so you make $7.50 an hour. If you are in a good restaurant and you can handle 10-20 tables you make good money. being a server is all about you. if you make crap money than your doing something wrong.
I've work as waiter I made around 40,000 pounds a year take home, I never got a job here tho. Nobody wanted me a male waiter. But one of my employees has a daughter who works part time for a big name restaurant. She makes 600 to 800 a week, part time working 3 days week. 1 normal shift and 2 are double shifts.
In Ontario when you are a waiter you make what is called a server wage. its a buck less than the minimum wage of $8.50 so you make $7.50 an hour. If you are in a good restaurant and you can handle 10-20 tables you make good money. being a server is all about you. if you make crap money than your doing something wrong.
Last edited by Essex_Man; Jun 5th 2009 at 5:25 pm.
Jun 5th 2009, 9:39 pm
#64
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Location: Winnipeg, MB
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Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
As a comparison, heres the time it takes to buy a Big Mac (or equivalent) on minimum wage in US, UK, Canada and Cyprus:
Canada (Ontario)-22.23mins
United Kingdom - 23.98mins
United States (New York) - 29.75mins
Cyprus - 45.77mins
Canada (Ontario)-22.23mins
United Kingdom - 23.98mins
United States (New York) - 29.75mins
Cyprus - 45.77mins
Jun 6th 2009, 12:38 am
#65
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
we dont expect to be out partying every night and living too extravagantly and i kind of had these figures worked out, roughly:
- $2000/m for furnished 1bedroom downtown
- $100/m for internet/mobile phone
- $900/m for food ($30/day x 30)
- $150/m for travel/health insurance
- $150/m for hydro
- $1000/m ($250/wk) to just piss up the wall
- $150/m for public transport
total = $4450/m or $53400/pa
- $2000/m for furnished 1bedroom downtown
- $100/m for internet/mobile phone
- $900/m for food ($30/day x 30)
- $150/m for travel/health insurance
- $150/m for hydro
- $1000/m ($250/wk) to just piss up the wall
- $150/m for public transport
total = $4450/m or $53400/pa
Jun 6th 2009, 1:12 am
#66
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Re: Can You Get By In Toronto Earning Minimum Wage?
my figures are inflated though, i mean because we really intend on being around for twelve months or so (unless we did actually get a job in our career fields) we are living like semi-tourists instead of true expats.
