Canada or UK more expensive for....
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Canada or UK more expensive for....
For those of you who have just arrived in Canada do you find car insurance here more or less than UK.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
#2
Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
For those of you who have just arrived in Canada do you find car insurance here more or less than UK.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
#3
Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
Otherwise my new DSL is 10x faster than I had in the UK and about a third cheaper; though I hadn't put much effort into shopping around over there so I suspect I could have got it for around the same price.
#4
Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
For those of you who have just arrived in Canada do you find car insurance here more or less than UK.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Cell phone tariffs are more expensive here.
My combined cable TV/internet broadband here (Shaw) is more expensive here.
All my utilities are commercially rated (residential properties and business are located on same piece of land), so I can't fairly compare rates with the UK.
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
2 adults, fully comp, protected max no claims, social, domestic and pleasure including commuting to a place other than usual workplace (sort of limited cover work related travel), 15,000 miles annual limit, 10 year old 1.4L French supermini (subcompact) hatchback car = approx GBP200
BC car insurance:
2 adults, full cover, 4 years no claims, more than 10 years driving experience, commuting more than 15km per day, 2 year old 2.3L Japanese subcompact/compact wagon = approx C$2000.
New books are a lot more expensive in Canada than the UK.
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
For those of you who have just arrived in Canada do you find car insurance here more or less than UK.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Yea I have heard about all the above before, but what I can not understand is how cheap bananas are. Both Canada and UK import them, but they are far more expensive in the UK.
#7
Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
Electricty cost - BC - $0.067 cost Uk $0.26 per unit
Natural Gas - we paid about $120 per month UK now only pay about $30-50 depending on time of year.
Water - Canada next to nothing about $15/month for metered, UK lots about $80/month metered.
Property tax - BC $230/month UK 1/2 size property $320.
Petrol - Canada BC $1.02/litre UK about $2.00/litre oput of Lower mainland about $0.86/litre.
Food - we have also found to be far cheaper and better quality in BC but that may be due to big city living.
Lifestyle - priceless (awesome).
Property obviously depends where you choose to live - highly desirable areas then pay the price or not.
General household goods - about a half/third of UK costs and tons of choice.
Car insuance - about double UK but what the hell for the lifestyle...!
Fishing license - still cannot work out the Canadian system - far cheaper in the UK and much simpler rules) - but Salmon is cheap to by so go figure.
Crime - goes where ever there are immigrants and large cities - feel sorry for what the Canadians must think... but such is life eh? gobilization = success????
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
For those of you who have just arrived in Canada do you find car insurance here more or less than UK.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Does electric (hydro) cost more or less?
Because local phone calls in UK are charged by the minute being online must cost more? Here folks can be online all day and it not cost anything.
I am sure there must be other things that are found to be more or less expensive than UK, but right now I can't think of what. So if anything springs to mind add to it.
Electricity - more expensive here than in UK
Car Insurance - more than 3x the cost of UK
Being out in the sticks meant we didn't have a lot of choice with telly and internet providers. Paying more than in the UK.
Mobile phones are a rip-off
On the plus side..
Diesel - far cheaper here 95c/litre
Property Tax - half the cost of UK
House phone - 3c a minute to the UK (bargain) However a long distance call is 10c a minute (be it to other provinces in Canada or 1/2 hour away in Winnipeg!).
Best of all.....FREE water
In general, can't complain.
#9
Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
Lifestyle - priceless (awesome).
But yes, hell of a lot easier and cheaper to go skiing from Vancouver than it was from Manchester and that is including a trip to the SnowDome in Leeds
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
I live in BC
Electricity in BC costs $0.0615 per kWh + GST (6%) = $0.06519
A quick currency conversion says that $0.06519 CDN = £0.033 British Pounds
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I have a home phone, cable TV, and high-speed internet through Shaw. It's a package deal they offer to everyone. With the phone service, I get unlimited calls anywhere in the US and Canada, and 1000 minutes of free international calling a month.
This package from Shaw is $139.95 a month + GST and PST = $152.90
A quick currency conversion says that $152.90 CDN = £77
Electricity in BC costs $0.0615 per kWh + GST (6%) = $0.06519
A quick currency conversion says that $0.06519 CDN = £0.033 British Pounds
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I have a home phone, cable TV, and high-speed internet through Shaw. It's a package deal they offer to everyone. With the phone service, I get unlimited calls anywhere in the US and Canada, and 1000 minutes of free international calling a month.
This package from Shaw is $139.95 a month + GST and PST = $152.90
A quick currency conversion says that $152.90 CDN = £77
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
I should also add that regular petrol for the car here today is $0.99 per litre
A quick currency conversion says that $0.99 CDN = £0.50 British Pounds per litre
A quick currency conversion says that $0.99 CDN = £0.50 British Pounds per litre
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
I live in BC
Electricity in BC costs $0.0615 per kWh + GST (6%) = $0.06519
A quick currency conversion says that $0.06519 CDN = £0.033 British Pounds
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I have a home phone, cable TV, and high-speed internet through Shaw. It's a package deal they offer to everyone. With the phone service, I get unlimited calls anywhere in the US and Canada, and 1000 minutes of free international calling a month.
This package from Shaw is $139.95 a month + GST and PST = $152.90
A quick currency conversion says that $152.90 CDN = £77
Electricity in BC costs $0.0615 per kWh + GST (6%) = $0.06519
A quick currency conversion says that $0.06519 CDN = £0.033 British Pounds
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I have a home phone, cable TV, and high-speed internet through Shaw. It's a package deal they offer to everyone. With the phone service, I get unlimited calls anywhere in the US and Canada, and 1000 minutes of free international calling a month.
This package from Shaw is $139.95 a month + GST and PST = $152.90
A quick currency conversion says that $152.90 CDN = £77
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
I also get extra cable instead of just basic cable which costs me an extra $23 (£11)
If I wanted just basic cable TV + basic phone + high-speed internet it would be about $104 (that's including taxes) a month, which is about £53
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
Diary Product costs are a direct result of protectionism, mainly for the Quebec Farmer, a major producer of Cheese.
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Re: Canada or UK more expensive for....
Originally Posted by Howard1944;
Diary Product costs are a direct result of protectionism, mainly for the Quebec Farmer, a major producer of Cheese.