Cost of Living in Toronto

I'm a happy person.

This city is awful.

BTW, who keeps inflating the average monthly salary? Lately, it's been 2k from CERB, or 0 if you didn't qualify.

Students are generally treated well but it's a bit expensive in Canadian Universities. Although there are opportunities to earn money here and there as you can find work helping professors with their research or getting a part time job on campus.

We will see toronto true colours soon enough once the mortgage deferrals and cerb will end!! Get out while you can there will be massive civil unrest and a huge homeless Population. Canada is losing its status as first world country. You have been warned!

I was almost a victim of Canada's legal system when I lived in Toronto.

Girlfriend suddenly wants to move in and get on my benefits from work.

A close friend of mine at work hears me talking about this and she tells me about the Ontario spousal laws and warns me that I'm being setup for financial rape.

I end the relationship a day later.

In her angry breakup email she states how she is going to come after me for my pension.

LOL

Guys.. you just can't ever get married or live with them anymore, that time over until the system is fixed. Toronto is a city for the 1%ers who live in Bridle Path and Lawrence Park. Toronto females hate men with a vengeance, and the police treat men like slaves.

Or.. we all seriously need to go line up and get government ID stating we are all women.

Its only one small aspect of the city

but does anyone else notice the issue the downtown has with a perpetual smell of garbage and sewage?

Every time I visit Toronto (admittedly usually just commuting in from the burbs for a Jays game) the stench is just brutal. Ive been to pretty much every big city in North America, and none of them have a problem with this on par with Toronto. New York was pristine and hygenic last year.

Its probably driven by that sewer line theyve been working on for what feels like a decade in front of Union station, but the amount of trash on the street is pretty extreme in some places too

The secret of success is to work harder than others every day

One can easily tell from the comments left here by Canucks that the education system in Canada is substandard and a lot of Canucks are truly uneducated on how the economy works and where the funding comes from. This frozen wasteland of a nation with a piddly 35 million people desperately needs global investors and entrepreneurs to pay for the over-taxed socialist nanny state looking after alcoholic hicks, rednecks and homeless bums on the streets that complain all day and contribute nothing.

Rocky, if your belt is loose your pants could fall down causing you to lose your wallet. Please use the English language properly if you are going to tell others to educate themselves.

Anonymous said on November 23, 2019 about Toronto's escalating rent crisis: "I wonder if Toronto will face riots if this continues?"

Recent events during the pandemic would seem to suggest that the answer is yes.

The homeless population of Los Angeles, the rent of Manhattan, job prospects of Russia, racism of Poland, fuel prices of Iceland, taxes of Sweden, cost of living of Singapore, nepotism of Tel Aviv, work-life balance of Tokyo, collective happiness of Afghanistan.

Being stuck in a debt spiral and working until death for food, sheltar, and transportation is the norm.

Toronto veteran

"(Mostly) white covidiots at Trinity Bellwoods think the rules don’t apply to them. They’re right"
By Shree Paradkar - Race & Gender Columnist at the Toronto Star

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2020/05/24/mostly-white-covidiots-at-trinity-bellwoods-think-the-rules-dont-apply-to-them-theyre-right.html

Imagine trying to publish this article about any other race!!!

Ravi Hooda is most likely the anti-Muslim poster who is flagging comments which are critical of real estate.

Let me guess...The feds and the realtors are unemployed and they can't use the city services to censor comments....LET THE REAL ESTATE COLLAPSE IN TORONTO!

Toronto is a curse and jobs are extremely hard to find.
But if you're a war criminal or money launderer, Toronto is great!

During the pandemic, please try to keep healthy and safe by not being poor.If you are temporarily out of work, you can try applying for a job at Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart, Metro or other grocery stores and essential services. Delivery services like Amazon are also hiring as more people are requiring deliveries to their homes.If you don't want to work or pay rent, please don't come here and create problems for the Landlords. Toronto is a growing city and we don't have time for freeloaders and scumbags.

To the Pisslamic rat below me. Nobody wants you in Canada Muslim terrorist. Absolutely everyone hates being around Muslims. So go back.

NO MORE MOSQUES IN CANADA. Send these terrorists back to Porkistan.

No sympathies for immigrants struggling in Canada. Get in line. Canada is not a free ride.

You're gonna pay $2,000 a month in rent to live with Greek and Polish nationalists who hate you:

https://www.antihate.ca/neo_nazis_attend_the_i_rally_in_toronto

Toronto has a homeless problem. They live under bridges and the police set fire to the place:
https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/03/another-fire-under-gardiner-expressway-covers-downtown-toronto-thick-smoke/

You could spend $400 to live in a hut, right in Toronto:
https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/fdc1z7/meet_the_toronto_man_who_is_spending_400_a_month/

Toronto rents are creating a mass exodus. Who is gullible to pay C$2500 a month to rent a room inside a basement in Parkdale? You sure ain't getting Manhattan salaries when newcomers are begging to work for free.

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/fbhwif/we_are_fighting_a_big_machine_gentrification_is/

Toronto's fertility rate was 1.3 in 2017 and is undoubtedly lower today. Nobody in Toronto is having kids. Over 30% of pregnancies in Brampton are aborted. Hamilton is Canada's hate crime capital. Go look at the top 10 cities for hate crimes in Canada per StasCan, 8 are in Ontario. Do not move to Ontario if you want kids or grandkids and do not want to become a victim of a hate crime. Nobody in the GTA can afford kids and we can see that the government will not stop foreign money laundering into our markets by only allowing citizens or permanent residents to buy homes here, so everyone - nonwhite and white alike - are nihilistic and don't even bother with reproducing the next generation when there is no hope for them here. Is this what you want for your future? Stay away from Ontario (and probably Canada in general). All we do is party and drink because there's no other hope or purpose here. We are serfs who only love to work and pay unaffordable rents.

Toronto is a great city to live. We have the tallest building in North America. New York here we come!
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2020/02/toronto-getting-tallest-condo-building-canada/

It's $1800 a month for a one-bedroom apartment, but the law doesn't allow more than three tenants in a one-bedroom. Do the math before moving to Toronto. Rents are insane, but jobs that pay a living wage are hard to find.
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Are you efing kidding? If you cant make 450usd per month for apartment in 1st world and you need to live with your whole village in order to sustain yourself, you shouldnt come in the first place

It's hilarious to see everything blamed on white people and their racism. The truth is that you aren't only competing against white people. You are competing against your fellow pajeets too. So no matter how unfair you think Canada is, there is another Pajeet having wet dreams about coming here and taking on that sweet min wage position in such prosperous North American lands. White people aren't crapping in your morning cereal, you've got that well taken care of

Immigration is an economic system, pure and simple, Canada has perfected it, Germany is catching up to it, many other DYING countries will end up doing the same. Even Japan is experimenting with the immigration concept.

Yes Toronto is a capitalist meat grinder just like any city in the world. There's nothing superior in Toronto that you couldn't find in another city in another country. Only you could do it for cheaper. Toronto is in an economic bubble and you'll end up paying out of your a$$ for a mediocre life. For the cost of a mediocre life in Toronto you could afford a much more agreeable lifestyle elsewhere in the world.

"Racism is definitely involved if educated immigrants are being denied jobs in their fields while being accosted due to their religion or race on the streets of Toronto."

No dude it's because foreign credentials are not recognized in Canada.
Doesn't matter if you come from Russia, South Africa, Europe, China, or Pakistan.
The issue here is that Canada invites everybody here but isn't transparent about the fact that most of your credentials will count for nothing.
There is a real problem with this but you guys immediately jump to racism as the answer to everything.
I guess it's an effective way of getting what you want?

Racism is definitely involved if educated immigrants are being denied jobs in their fields while being accosted due to their religion or race on the streets of Toronto.

Jason it's no use arguing with these Canadians.

The immigration lawyers, the Canadian government and the embassies lie to foreigners

Canada lies to immigrants to come to Toronto, yet Radmandeep and Beatrice still treat skilled immigrants as refugees. This is the white people of Canada who are bigoted towards educated immigrants.

8. Discriminatory and Dishonest Immigration System.
Immigration to Canada is based on a point system, obtained with your education, qualifications and job experience. Points are good enough for immigration, but in Canada, they are not good enough to get a job in your field. Amazing, how the credentials that qualify you to come to Canada are the same credentials that don't qualify you for your profession in Canada. The reason is, Canada only wants immigrants to do the labor jobs - pizza delivery, driving taxis, factory work etc.

7. Out Of Control Cost Of Living.
From rent, to utility bills, to shopping, to phone, internet and cable bills, to gas, to car insurance, to eating out, to basically anything you have to pay for or buy, the cost of living in Canada has become astronomical. Recent immigrants are astonished as to how expensive everything is. It is estimated that compared to most countries around the world, the cost of living in Canada is on average five times greater.

6. Health Care Crisis.
Practicing physicians in Canada are in a shortage, 1 in 4 Canadians cannot get a family doctor. Canadian doctors are leaving to move permanently to the United States. Statistics Canada and the Canadian Medical Association both have identified that for every 1 American doctor that moves to Canada, 19 (nineteen) Canadian doctors move to the United States! Doctors in Canada are overworked and underpaid, and there is a cap on their salaries.

5. Very High Taxes.
Yes, you have the GST, the PST, totaling 15%, on practically everything you purchase and many other taxes taken out of our weekly paycheck. You have to pay a whopping amount to the government, out of your hard earned salary, so that the government can turn around and give it to beer drinking, hockey watching welfare bums. Fair? It does not matter, it's Canada.

4. Money Hungry Government.
Canadian Embassies around the world lie to foreigners, painting this picture that Canada is Utopia, because they want them to come to Canada. Why? Because foreigners bring money! So after being deceived, these foreigners come. They must bring with them at least $10,000. Canada has an immigration quota of 250,000 per year. So please do the math, 250,000 multiplied by $10,000 each equals a whopping 2.5 Billion dollars that Canada gains from immigrants every year.

3. No Culture.
Unlike almost every other country in the world, Canada has no culture. Actually American culture is what dominates Canada. When was the last time you had some 'Canadian' food? There are no Canadian traditions and there is no national identity. What does it even mean to call yourself a 'Canadian'. . .nothing really. People living in Canada, still identify themselves with the country they 'originally' came from.

2. Worst Weather.
Yes, Canada has the worst weather conditions of any country in the world. Freezing cold temperatures, snow, ice, hail, winds, storms etc. From the Prairie provinces to the Maritimes, from the Territories to southern Ontario, the weather is so horrific and disgusting that many Canadians leave Canada simply because of this reason alone.

1. No Jobs.
Yes, coast to coast, there are no jobs. Immigrants are highly qualified (MD's, PhD's, Lawyers, Engineers etc.) but they are driving taxi cabs, delivering pizza's or working in factories. Even people with bachelors degrees from Canadian Universities cannot find jobs after graduation. This is the tragedy associated with immigration to Canada. I feel sorry for those immigrants who are stuck in Canada for the rest of their lives. It is indeed a very sad and hopeless future.

I'm sure racism does exist in Canada to some extent.
But, to claim its a whites only problem is absurd.
In fact in comparison to most countries it is very tolerant.

It doesn't take much searching to find some depressing examples of how India treats its own minorities and refugees.

www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/opinion/india-rohingya-shame-190125104433377.html

"Extremists have since adopted this mantra, protesting to demand full deportations and using billboards and front-page advertisements to convey propaganda and threats to local Rohingya."

I wanna leave this place.
It's a toxic environment.
Imagine being told a lie that Canada is this welcoming country
only to be told that Canadians who live outside of Toronto are racist, xenophobic and they dislike immigrants.
Toronto= Canada for non-whites.
I want to LEAVE!

"Take a DEEP BREATH & FALL IN LOVE with this country!"
https://youtu.be/AvplrntfZqg?t=145

How is that going to pay the 10% rent increase when your wages are frozen for the decade?

Toronto is Babylon.

In ancient Babylon, it was a mixed-pot of cultures and was a hedonistic one with the pagan rituals and way of life.

The world "babble" comes from Babylon and it perfectly describes Toronto which is home to hundreds of languages.

Nothing good is ever going to come from moving to Toronto because it's the Babylon system. The white woman have brainwashed your wife, daughter and son to support the Babylon system, while you have to work 44 hours or more a week to pay the overpriced rent in the Babylon system.

You will find out that though you were respected as a Manager at a bank in Asia or Africa, the white woman views you as pond scum, while the white man views you as an 'illiterate refugee' as one poster remarked.

The white man and white woman have oppressed non-white countries for hundreds of years, yet you expect to be treated fairly in the white man system called Babylon in Toronto?

Why does it seem that Canadians no longer welcome educated immigrants, by lumping professional immigrants as refugees?
It's also racist to assume that refugees are uneducated or illiterate. Some refugees had jobs, homes, careers and businesses before Canada starting joining the American Empire to destabilize those defenseless nations into oblivion.

Make up your mind Canada!

Why do you want immigrants to bring their life savings in Toronto, yet you treat them as an underclass?

What makes me laugh is that those who are harassing immigrants (such as the anti-Islamic "Yama Yama" man)

The man who harasses Hindus and Muslims by lumping them together as Arabian refugees is someone from the Yellow Vests or Northern Guard white supremacist movement. Some have claimed that the Yama Yama man is Ed Jamnisek, a racist who was famous for trying to libel a co-owner of Soufi's and inciting violence against Muslims.

His other Yellow Vest supporters like Kevin Johnston was sued for libel and Johnston has declared war on immigrants because he has to pay $2,000,000 for libel.

The local Canadians are listening to the Polish nationalist and creating tensions. It would be karma if a young Arab beat up Ed Jamnisek or Kevin Johnston for harassing Muslims and Hindus. They were also reported to have incited violence against immigrants using anti-Islamic and Trudeau conspiracies.

"Canada can just import infinite immigrants from countries with high fertility rates to replace its labor force"

In other words, Toronto is a Ponzi scheme?

What makes me laugh is that those who are harassing immigrants (such as the anti-Islamic "Yama Yama" man) are the Baby Boomer generation who bought houses when they were five times the wages of a GROCERY STORE CLERK in the 1960s and 1970s.

To buy a house in Toronto requires a salary of $100,000 year, and the house is TEN TIMES that wage.

Toronto is a Ponzi scheme.

What happens when the serfs can no longer afford the extortionist rents? Will they revolt against the rich and landlord classes rather than attacking the immigrants who were conned into coming here?

TTC fares are increasing every year, but the not-in-service buses and subway delays are increasing:

https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/01/someone-all-ttc-delays-toronto/

It just shows that the landlords and the elite benefit from importing 500,000 foreign students and 300,000+ immigrants yearly to Toronto to clog up the system and create more consumers and serfs.

Meanwhile, your teachers will tell you that you shouldn't form families or make children, while insisting that we should bring more people into Toronto because of "low birth rates", transforming 30-seater TTC buses into packed Bangladeshi slums of over 100 people inside the bus, and subways that are triple the capacity of the safe limit.

Toronto, make up your mind. You want us to not make children in this costly hellhole, yet you and the landlords feast on scamming 300,000 immigrants to compete for the $2,000/month 1-bedroom apartments!

FORMAFIST is right
It's basically become unaffordable for the average Torontonian now
Even my well-educated high-income friends are struggling
My friend and his wife have a household income of around 140k after tax and their mortgage for a townhouse (no backyard) is gonna take them like 30 years to pay off
What is the average person supposed to do?

Don't bother coming to this place if you're not offered to work a job which pays at least C$50,000 a year with free housing and meals. Toronto is a costly s-hole of a city.

Why is Toronto so racist, angry, mentally unsound and culture-less?

NYC doesn't have this depressing mood to it despite the hard grind of the city.

Toronto has what? No jobs to speak of, and rental prices are crazy all around the city.

Where is the relaxation, tolerance and acceptance? Why is Toronto succumbing to the Polish nationalist and harassing immigrants and making life miserable for everyone?

Homelessness is a growing problem in Canada, and Toronto has a growing homeless problem, (and crime that is growing incrementally).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homeless-in-toronto-1.5400781

If you want to leave your secure middle class job in Asia or the Caribbean to live in a city of pimps, gangsters, gun violence and extortionist tenants, then be my guest and come here to suffer; worse, come here with your family and see your entire life fall apart.

Canada is for the desperate who is content with mediocrity. If you're coming here to become the next entrepreneur or success story, then sorry to break it, but what makes you different than the 300,000 other immigrants who have to work for free to gain Canadian workplace experience?

You want to come to Canada and live in a rooming house like this lady? The tenant assaulted her and threatened her to leave the kitchen (a shared space of renting a room in Toronto).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2UJWIvasNU

Do you really want to live under these circumstances? Paying thousands of dollars to live in squalor?

Toronto world class city, my foot! Toronto isn't in the league of Boston or Atlanta, yet rental prices are imitating NYC!

Toronto doesn't have a thriving culture, aside from Canadian-borns stealing the dialects and cultures from immigrants to profit. Example: Caucasian females singing on Jamaican reggae songs and sounding poorly imitating Jamaican Patois, while the Jamaican immigrants are taught to change their accent to "Canadian" to prevent discrimination in the job market.

Toronto is a culture-less and soulless city. It has to steal the cultures of immigrants and the land of the Natives to exist. This is why every government document and office has a virtue-signalling "We respect the lands of the First Nations", while the pillage of current Native lands across Canada (for oil companies) continue to this day.

Fran,
Toronto ain't got no money that the Mayor has to beg the wealthy for taxes:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tory-city-building-proposal-1.5392753

48% of people in Canada would not be able to pay their rent or bills if they did not get their next paycheque. I have empathy when people who are paying from 50% to 75% of their income in rent or mortgage payments. It is up to the politicians to ensure that affordable housing is available. Poor housing leads to deteriorating health, poor school outcomes for children, increases in crime and societal breakdown. This is not only a problem in Toronto but in northern areas of Canada. Market rents in Nunavut are higher than Toronto. At least food prices are lower here. A box of cereal that costs 4.99 in Toronto is 19.99 in Iqaluit. I agree that newcomers to Canada might not do as well as expected. There is nepotism and cronyism leading to favouritism in employment that also affects those born here. Elitism is rampant and the class system prevents many people from reaching their potential. I say this as a First Nation person who comes from the poorest demographic. Canada will only become a great country when merit and hard work are rewarded, irregardless of where a person originates. A society begins to fall apart when those in positions of authority are incompetent because they did not earn it. Why did Toronto vote in privileged Liberals with a Prime Minister who did not earn his way? We can change this if we stop voting in upper class twits and replacing them with hard working and honest leaders.

Leave it to Toronto and Vancouver to make it hard for people with technical graduate degrees to buy 50sqm apartments.