Cost of Living in Toronto

The White woman is naked with the children.
The cops warned a complaint is harassment.
The White woman is naked on the street
No one can stop her, not the Toronto Police.
And it just goes to show.

You had a bad day
Got laid off
Saw a naked White woman naked with the children.
The cops said go on, you're offending women.
If you are against that, it's a crime of harassment.

You had a bad day.

Ajay, $12,000 is not a lot of money in Toronto.

Check Toronto courtesan Madison Winter, and she charges that for an overnight date.

I agree with anon below. You're stuck in Toronto, and the social problems which accompany it, affecting mainly young and middle aged men.

I regret moving to Toronto.

I had a government agency job, a house , a car and $9,000 USD in emergency savings.

I sold everything to move to Canada. No stable job. All savings exhausted.

My rent is over C$2,200 a month. I was laid off in the factory job. No job right now.

I wonder if jumping over the Don Valley overpass connecting Danforth and Broadview is the way out of this living hell.

Canada is a scam.

Crappy women.

They don't want you to work middle class jobs. They want you to be poor in Canada, while some dunce blonde bimbo gets promoted as Manager or CEO.

Sh*t f*minist country. Curse Canada!

Canada is in for a recession:

The Canadian GDP stalled in the second quarter of 2023, missing market expectations of a 0.3% expansion and failing to build on the 0.6% growth rate in the previous three-month period.

On an annualized basis, the Canadian GDP contracted by 0.2%, well below market expectations of a 1.2% expansion. source: Statistics Canada

Jobs are hard to find in Toronto that (alleged) accused rapists are taking advantage of the desperation:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-charged-after-2-women-sexually-assaulted-during-job-interview-at-north-york-office-building-1.6541581

Jobs are hard to find in Canada. Look at this long line:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaHousing2/comments/164dmmr/look_at_all_those_jobs_canada_is_creating/

The government is deliberately increasing immigration to cause a job market crisis and a housing crisis, because they own rental properties to profit.

Trudeau was elected thanks to airheads, potheads and sheeple.
If that is the Canadian electorate, we do, indeed, deserve everything we get.

Canadians are BREAKING DOWN under Trudeau's cost of living crisis
youtube.com/watch?v=5zJRh7y4FDo

People living in crowded third world slums in Manila and Delhi squat on the land. They rarely pay rent.

But the people coming from the slums are living like the slums and paying a large portion of their income on rent to a slumlord.

Rent control laws don't exist if slumlords are exploiting fake international students to extract rent from them.

A firefighter told me that in a studio apartment, they found that people were living in the space between the floors. Around 7 of them. They were splitting the rent together.

This is where Toronto is headed as a city. The rich will always get their land on the hillsides proverbially speaking, but the Canadian middle class is at risk of getting caught up with the living standards of third world slums.

No one can deny it, Canada is not what it used to be.

Thank you brave netizens for having the backbone to tell more people before they make the mistake of leaving everything behind for a broken promise.

I don't want to sell my property and leave my government job to pay rent for a room in Toronto and work in a factory as a wage serf.

Wherever Indians enter the job market, the standard of living declines for everybody. The reason is Indians are more likely to work for less pay. A report published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals that Indians are amongst the most overworked and underpaid workers in the world. Struggling in Canada or Australia is much better than struggling in India. In the United States, educated professionals are jobless because Indian professionals take all jobs for less pay.

Canadians vote for Liberal societal values and Conservative economic policies when the reverse should be the case.

@Anonymous

Frankly, I couldn't care less about the future of this country, as the vast majority of Canadians are complacent. Mass immigration is often criticized, but few people acknowledge that the Canadian voter is fully responsible for supporting liberal policies that caused the family unit to disintegrate. Instead of a dynamic mix of various industries, the Canadian economy is dominated by monopolies. Only a handful of corporations dominate the Canadian economy. There isn't enough competition, which makes it harder to find a job and makes life more expensive.

Canada is importing boatloads of Pajeets and Langarjeets from India and every place these people go they destroy it. They do crimes, drugs, scams and all kinds of illegal activities you can think of. Why is Canada committing suicide by importing the worst of the worst?

Rent for a shared bed is about C$700 or more a month. Yes, a shared bed with a stranger inside a room with several other roommates. Toronto is that bad for a quality of life.

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Trench foot is becoming a concern in Toronto:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-asylum-seekers-shelter-stalemate-1.6903827

Toronto is declining. Trench foot was a thing in the early 1900s during WWI. What a shame that Toronto is a late stage capitalist hell if you're not already rich.

Toronto is stagnancy, economic decline and eventually despair and ruin.

Many people don't become homeless overnight. It's after they live in Toronto and being subjected to one rent increase that they get kicked to the curb.

Toronto is a meat grinder and it's not for you if you're established in your homeland.

@ below:

The Minister of Housing is buying rental properties in anticipation for the 500,000 immigrants a year. The government is bringing in millions of Indians and Pakistanis while Pakistan is currently suffering famine due to being overpopulated.

The Canadian government wants to bring the Pakistan and Indian slums to Canada, while demanding Manhattan cost of living prices.

Todd, the newcomers were told a lie to immigrate. Can't really blame them for it.

It's a huge racket to lie to global citizens that Canada has jobs and affordable housing when in reality, Canada has no good jobs and expensive housing.

Anonymous on Jun 20, 2023: " I just lay down and sometimes I pray that I die in my sleep."

So much for Toronto being advertised as a "world class city". This thinking explains why there is an opioid crisis across Canada.

People are in dire straits that they inject dangerous doses of opiates just to psychologically distance themselves from the pain and suffering of the post-modern Canadian society where everything has a price tag, and Toronto is all about money and ever increasing costs.

The average person cannot keep up and many get left behind and die in deaths of despair.

Being in Toronto is simply being at Canada's funeral.

I'm not happy in Toronto. Canada just want more people to pay rent and work as labourers.

No matter how hard I try to apply for jobs:

At first it was because I lack Canadian experience

so I pursued a degree. So I'm now overqualified. You just can't win in Toronto. You just can't win.

So while I'm sending resumes like crazy everyday, I just lay down and sometimes I pray that I die in my sleep.

That's Canada for you. It's a trap!

Lol after living in Toronto as a man my late teens and 20's, my only advice is: get out of there as soon as you can and never look back.

Living there is a 100% guarantee that you will be alone for the rest of your life working, paying rent and groceries, and saving nothing, or worse, end up in credit card debt.

Toronto is way too expensive but doesn't have enough high-paying jobs.

By the way, Canada is becoming a controlled, coercive authoritarian country. Right now they are just boosting their economy by bringing new immigrants and charging international students 3-5x the local tuition rate.

Canada needs more people to bring in money to boost their GDP while at the same time, using that money to promote authoritarian measures.

The recent job report showed that Canada lost 17,000 jobs in May 2023, which is an indicator that there will be hard times coming.

I wonder how will the elites get their $2300 a month 1-bedroom apartments rented if there aren't any jobs?

An economic system which relies on deceiving and misleading newcomers to bring their life savings to pay at least one-year rent upfront isn't sustainable.

Rent prices for a one-bedroom in Toronto's boroughs on average:

North York: $2,000-$2750 a month
Etobicoke:$1,925-$2450 a month
Old Toronto/East York: $2,250 to $4,500 a month, especially in downtown Toronto.
Scarborough: $2199 to $2650 a month.

Check the rental listings online. Rent prices are creeping up in Toronto.

Toronto is infested with feminism, LGBTQ and anti-male attitudes.

You're gonna be paying world class high rent prices to deal with low class and crude feminists who hate men.

Toronto is the epicenter of feminism and man-hating.

Why is the article comapring apples & oranges? comparing Toronto to another city is one thing but comparing it to the most expensive city in another country is ridiculous.

Average after-tax is highly inaccurate. You can't find a one-bedroom at $1,800 for rent even in Scarborough and North York. Rents are approaching $2,000 a month plus electricity and even water usage.

In Toronto, there quite a few CEOs making millions of dollars a year, an overfunded police department where detectives earn $200,000 a year with overtime, but the majority are making less than $20,000 a year.

Median income is more accurate and is about $3,000 a year net income in Toronto. There was a time when people were begging to work for free to get job experience, but the NDP put a stop to unpaid internships.

As a Canadian born, 15 years ago Canada was different compared to today.

Canada in the 70s, 80s, 90s is different after Trudeau came into power.

What kind of jobs, minimum wage vs high skilled jobs? Nowadays it hard to get a part time jobs regardless of any fields.

Employers have huge expectation. Highly skilled jobs - if you are doctor in India and coming to be doctor in Canada then you have repeat the education to be full licensed. There is young born Canadian who are educated having a hard time finding a job, owning an house, living in their parents basements.

Also if you are POC don't think about receiving call back for an interview. Look up job name discrimination . There is so many stories of immigrants with Phd working at Subway. Most Indian immigrants or Indian international students depending on their skills are perceived to lack English skills as well which makes it hard to pass interviews as well.

Cost of living - Yes, there is inflation everywhere. However, Toronto is currently experiencing high rate of homelessness.

A one bedroom is $2500. One problem with Canada is wages regardless if you are highly skilled or not , the wages is not going to pay your bills.

There is so many protest that occurred in Toronto about wages (ex pcac strike and cra strike etc).

There is 5 to 6 Indian students cramped in a one bedroom and paying rent each. You want to live in this kind of Armageddon.

Look up CBC marketplace rental. Look up video on International Indian students saying they were lured into coming to Canada. I believed it's the students fault to trust these recruiters and come to a country not researching about. At the same time Canada fault for having diploma mills.

Health Care - It's collapsing. Family doctors are retiring, and none of the family doctors are taking new patients. Those living in Canada for 60 years have hard time finding family doctors because their family doctors have been retired. Again look at the news. The waiting list to see a doctor or specialist is long. Insurance doesn't cover up most. Look up travel insurance. Emergency room waiting is long usually the doctor would be prescribe any medication or don't allow to see a specialist.

Mental health crisis is huge and most counselling involves money. Prescriptions, dental care, eye care are not covered by OHIP

Crime rate/ sexual Assault -There is TTC crime attacks, stabbing stranger, woman was lit on fire. There is also international Indian students who was shot near the affluent Rosedale neighbourhood while going to work. There is stories about sexual and physical assault at TTC and sidewalk.

There is also 2nd generation ( Indian, Sri Lankan , Bangaladesh and Pakistani ) who were born and raised in Canada.

Most of them have ethnic name who have MBA from UOFT can't land a job.

Canada is not what it used to used to be and there is so many people who are unemployed especially immigrants and young born Canadian POC. In the 70s, you can work a minimum wage jobs and pay for your house but not anymore. The problem with most Indian immigrants is they are not doing their research and come here and are trapped. A steady number is now resorting to suicide due to shame and being in dire straights.

Mc Donalds and Tim Hortons managers are only employing temporary foreign workers which is making Canadian people really mad.

Canada is broken due to false promises of leader, corruption and etc.

Canada is one of the most depressing country in the world. During the pandemic, so many nurses and doctors left the country due to wages. So yeah,

I'm not being negative. It's the truth. I'm also not discouraging people to come here. Just do your research.

Bad place. No good jobs. High rents.
Can’t find a job which pays above minimum wage in this city.it’s a trap!

Why come to Toronto where you just going to struggle?

Sure the jobs might be well paying compared to developing economies but it’s all relative. The cost of living here is exorbitant.

Only rich immigrants need apply.

For everyone else, think about it, if all the money goes to shelter and food and there’s no money left over to send back home to family, no money left to save up for a house.

So what is the point of moving here? It defeats the purpose. You're just existing to pay rent and food to the oligarchs.

Unless you come from Syria or Ukraine there is absolutely no reason to come to Canada right now.

Only those well vested in real estate are protected in this country and have no idea how the million immigrants coming here soon will be able to afford to live let alone buying any RE.

Banks are trying to lower again the rates so the RE circus can continue like the last 20 years so we’re back to business….what a joke Toronto, and ultimately Canada has become. Relying on Ponzi schemes.

Sounds like a great place to wake up, work, sleep.
Repeat everyday.

The world is changing rapidly, and not for the best.

Fort York food bank this morning while the housing bulls tell y’all have fun staying poor.

Empathy is the highest form of knowledge. Time to wake up.

Look at that long food bank line while Sean Fraser insists that there's a labour shortage in Canada.

twitter.com/ManyBeenRinsed/status/1653413816112148482?s=20

Canada’s immigration policy is a disaster.

Canada snares in immigrants, takes all their money, then kicks them into the general population to inflate the housing bubble and strain the low wage job market. Think twice before moving here.

Canada is a real mess. Rents are approaching CDN$3000 a month in Toronto, but you're getting lowballed for wages.

Canada uses Newcomers to pay pensions of old Canadian through tax.

I think we are reaching the upper-limit. The real estate bubble will pop in the next few years.

Over 50% of Canadians have less than $1000 in disposable income, while the cost of living is increasing. Canadians hold on average $21,000 in non-mortgage debt, while credit card debt is rapidly increasing, as much as +16% from mid 2021. This is a national emergency.

My skill set, career aspirations, lifestyle, and self/interests/personality finally found a home in Toronto. In my Canadian hometown, I would have had to settle in every aspect (and I did for years) and never reach my potential. I do have privilege, from race to education. I also grew up on tippy toes to lower middle class and gay af in a city full of overt and covert bigots, so it wasn't all sunshine.

Yes, it's bloody expensive. Yes, the gap between the rich and poor is atrocious. And yes, opportunity in this city is limited to certain sectors, educations, work experiences, citizenships, and a strong hit of nepotism/family assistance (if you bought any property in the last five years anywhere below Eglinton you either 1) had assistance with the down payment, 2) lived with family for cheap/no rent while working at Toronto wages, 3) cashed out on some kind of industry boom).

The city has major issues and there is major cognitive dissonance with everyone who can spend $18 on a cocktail and then complain about people without housing living in tents in parks. All that said, for what it's worth, I found a home here (even though I will never be able to purchase a home here) and I know so many people who have felt the same.

Oh and yes Brad, many of us are feminists. If that is a problem, feel free to leave. We will be better for it.

The average rent in Toronto is about $2500 a month, and many of the women are feminists.

The federal government is feminist.

If you're a young male, you'd be a fool to end up in Canada where feminists are like roaches and they dislike men.

Toronto never needs people with knowledge/experience, scholars or talents. They need cheap labor, so their tactics is abusing international students as cows to milk their budget, then after spending a huge amount of money to boost their economy & tax, you work as general labourers to survive.

If you love the cold, gloomy weather expanding for 6 months, or coming from a country that is in chaos / war, Canada might be good enough for you.

For those who are well-educated, have experience globally, Canada is the grave for your career and life.

What a weird country. Inviting scholars/professionals into their land, then treat them with disdain, while still complaining about them coming to your country. That's Canada for you.

Pay $2,000 a month plus electricity and sometimes water to rent cockroach apartment.

Its ironic in a way when you think about it Susan,

If they kill rent control half of the city would go homeless temporarily, and probably some sort of unrest at that point

But 18 months down the road from that rents would have to drop since nobody could afford it and units would sit empty. So in a way, rent control is another factor thats creating housing inflation for newcomers to TO beyond the normal market price

The government supports mass immigration, they don't actually plan for housing, jobs, schools, health care, social services, transit, transportation, food, water, parks, policing, arts & culture, the challenges of maintaining municipal infrastructure, maintaining a good standard of living, meeting carbon reduction goals, or anything else that might be useful to the people here now - including millions of immigrants and their children.

Where is Canada going to house all the new immigrants? Where are they going to work when unemployment hits harder? All this Massive uncontrolled immigration in this reckless economic environment is only going to lead to poverty.

Terrible place.

Terrible people.

It’s cold for 6 months of the year and you’ll meet some of the most socially awkward people.

This past weekend in Toronto 8 girls aged 13 to 16 stabbed to death a 59 yr old man. A complete stranger to them. They met through social media. Their identities will be protected and the maximum sentence they can get is 3 years. After that they can attend school with your kids or provide care to your elderly parents. These are the people in your neighborhood. If you move here

Lived in Toronto for 30 years. Would not recommend it

Huge city with plenty of people and money, but potential is always wasted. This is a city which decided to run a parkway along the lake instead of having a nice public waterfront

Concrete hellhole. If you have any travelling experience at all, there is nothing to see in Toronto in terms of sights or architecture. Everything is ugly concrete, chrome, glass

Infrastructure is not maintained properly. Internet and power frequently go out like a third world country and the local hydro and telecoms severely understaff the repair teams so things stay down forever

People are awful. The population of Toronto consists entirely of assholes, pretentious hipsters, and finance industry suits

Traffic is terrible. The most congested highway in North America is in Toronto. Everyone drives like a lunatic

Insanely expensive. Rent is expensive, food is expensive, metro is expensive ... I heard a recent study found Toronto is now more expensive than NYC

Toronto is the Mouse Utopia experiment by John Calhoun.

We are entering a stage where the local birth rates are falling, and to prevent a collapse in the pension funds, Toronto has to import more wage serfs to pay taxes and rent for the older Canadians who are retired.

Toronto is a scam and a Ponzi scheme.

The Canadian Embassies and immigration consultants lie to foreigners that Toronto is a utopia.

Many Canadians want to leave Toronto and those who bought real estate early are cashing out and retiring abroad.

Hello,

I couldn’t help but notice that the landed gentry are now encouraging people to sell their homes to pay Toronto rent aka the landlord’s mortgage.

After the government is hindering growth in resource extraction, I guess the Canadian government is turning to rent extraction and rent seeking to fill the gap.