Summary about cost of living in Vancouver, Canada:
Restaurants | |
Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 20.00 C$ | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 75.00 C$ | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 10.00 C$ | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 7.00 C$ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 7.50 C$ | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 4.42 C$ | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 2.20 C$ | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.84 C$ | |
Markets | |
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Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 8.78 C$ | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 2.81 C$ | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.97 C$ | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 3.99 C$ | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 7.94 C$ | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 7.44 C$ | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 9.95 C$ | |
Apples (1 lb) | 1.65 C$ | |
Banana (1 lb) | 0.79 C$ | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 1.68 C$ | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 1.92 C$ | |
Potato (1 lb) | 1.46 C$ | |
Onion (1 lb) | 1.48 C$ | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 2.55 C$ | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 2.45 C$ | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 18.00 C$ | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 3.54 C$ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 3.96 C$ | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 15.00 C$ | |
Transportation | |
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One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 3.00 C$ | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 98.00 C$ | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 3.75 C$ | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 3.03 C$ | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 33.55 C$ | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 5.09 C$ | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 26,000.00 C$ | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 24,178.56 C$ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | |
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Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 82.62 C$ | |
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.40 C$ | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 81.53 C$ | |
Sports And Leisure | |
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Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 57.47 C$ | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 15.08 C$ | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 15.00 C$ | |
Childcare | |
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Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 1,212.12 C$ | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 22,250.00 C$ | |
Clothing And Shoes | |
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1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 76.82 C$ | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 50.11 C$ | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 113.51 C$ | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 145.91 C$ | |
Rent Per Month | |
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Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 2,035.42 C$ | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 1,574.26 C$ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 3,688.83 C$ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 2,806.32 C$ | |
Buy Apartment Price | |
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Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 1,096.46 C$ | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 844.04 C$ | |
Salaries And Financing | |
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 4,652.83 C$ | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 2.85 |
Would you like to live and work in Vancouver?
Cost of Living in Burnaby | 8.12 miles |
Cost of Living in New Westminster | 12.02 miles |
Cost of Living in Coquitlam | 20.00 miles |
Cost of Living in Surrey | 25.22 miles |
Cost of Living in Abbotsford | 48.00 miles |
Cost of Living in Whistler | 77.05 miles |
Cost of Living in Penticton | 248.52 miles |
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Mortgage, strata fees & house insurance = $1400
Cell phone (100), hydro (60), internet/cable (180) and gym fee (16) = $356
Groceries (250), dog food/treats (50) = $300
Credit card $300
Hair/nails/lashes $130
Pet insurance $30
Gas $60
Prescriptions $200
Liquor store/social outings w friends $100
Total amount $2,876
Earnings $3,000
I WORK TO LIVE!! BC IS SOOO EXPENSIVE. TIME TO FIND A SUGARDADDY :-D
Is a gross salary 10000 usd/month enough for an expatriated family of four (2 adults + 2 children less than 10 years old)?
A first calculation of cost of living, gives monthly expenses between 5200 usd (out of city center) - 5900 usd (into city center)for 3 bedroom apartment and a low profile life style.
Your opinion, please !
Utilities ( cell phone, land line, hydro , internet and gym fee ) = $ 110.00 Groceries = $ 250.00 Frivolous spending ( beer, pubs, diners and such ) = $ 800.00 Total amount = $ 2,185.00 On a net income of $ 2,900.00 per month I save $ 700.00 Life is a breeze
I work hard for chinese restarant. he geed me free noodles but say money is tight. give me noodle soup for baby but tht no good. want dollars for baby diaper but he says use table cloth material.
im very sad. city too expensive for me. ok for boss and his mother father and 3 children. all have nice car. drive in drieway. i went deliver food their house. lovely very lovey just like emperor house.
i make hard to save money but nothing left. no money for cream for daughter rash.
i find too expensive here.
what to do.
help me please
The real price could be more, and usually is. In some cases though it could be less. For example, if you are 65+ or under 18 a monthly pass is $56. If you are disabled or on 'welfare' it is $45 *per year*.
CAD98 for an adult is only for *one zone* (unless you take the bus instead of the city train, in which case there are no zones - you can travel anywhere within the metro Vancouver area). Also, if you take the express train 'West Coast express' running to the suburbs there is a surcharge. The monthly pass price is $131 for 2-zones and $177 for 3-zones. It is normal to travel between two zones for a trip over 20 minutes. What most persons do is buy the number of zones they usually travel and pay extra per trip for each additional zone in excess.
Also, if you travel for more than 90 minutes without buying a new ticket you can be fined several hundred Canadian dollars by Transit Police.
This is one of the challenges for the easy to compare prices of Numbeo. It is over-simplified for well, simplicity,
it makes no difference if you are a tin Horton worker or a optician in walmart very high chance your boss will be Chinese and will expect Chinese standard of high work.
I was in rest room my boss shouted at me he said Jeff you are 1 minute over...you multiply thst by 6 and then 50..num of employees. he said thst is 300 .if I pay 10 dollar hour ..u will make me bankrupt.
I said yes Mr Chan
For Vancouver to Calgary return flights used to be around $200 and now it is around $700 for Air Canada and Westjet.
This price gouging may be temporary but may continue for another 6+ months until they fix the airplane’s safety issues.
Luv Vancouver but then I luv LA and shanghai.
My real reason is I love sking.
I would say you need about 500 thousand dollars a year to enjoy a jet style life.
hope this helps
bye
Diu Lay
As soon as you leave there will be 5000 willing to take your place from India. They have a population of 1.4 billion and they would sell their limbs just to live in Vancouver.
They would work 26 hours a day and eat nothing but boiled lentils and boiled rice just to live in the most beautiful city in the world.
they have no idea what you are talking about (drug addicts in vancouver.....No way !!!!( you are lying they say. vancouver is just beautiful Mountains and beautiful oceans and lots and lots of jobs !!!!
there you have it !!!!!
everyone especially asians have been attracted to its beauty that it now looks old and used.
the beauty is there but its hard to see it as its cover with scars and shows thats it really has been used.
The rich asians are loving it here , as they dine out daily and have the best money can buy.
but for most its a touh place. i mean real tough.
The asians (chinese ) make very shrewd employers and god forbid you take a day off .. you'll be fired.
I think the city has grown too fast in too short time.
the city is run by those that dont make good decisions like restricting the house prices as they realise disrupting the eaisy money they get from
if you are looking for short-term adventure, vancouver is probably fun and worth the price of admission for a year or less. come for the summer!
if you want to move here to start a life, i would urge you to reconsider your destination. vancouver is at its heart a desperately imbalanced city. we have the services and amenities of a major city, but we have the industries and economic opportunities of a medium sized town. it is not hard to find a job here, but most jobs are not satisfying and pay you just enough to live here, not to grow. this might be fine in the summer, when the air is warm and the sun shines, but in the winter, this can be a very lonely and depressing place, lots of rain. the smiling wealthy people (who you will see at our designer stores, nice restaurants, etc) all run away to whistler to ski or somewhere warm down south for the winter.
vancouver looks big because of the towers and concentrated infrastructure, but this is a bit deceiving. we are pressed up against the mountains and the ocean, and our strategic location as a port city inflates the importance of our industries. in reality, this is a small town. i see people on the street every day that i know, recognize, etc. the local government is run by a handful of people who all know each other. every year i have friends that leave because they see they have no future here.
i love that people from all over the world have come to make vancouver a beautiful place. but i fear that there is no longer any opportunity here. we have lots of problems already that we have to deal with (homelessness, drug problems, finding good industries, adequate housing) and these will only get worse before they get better. i would hate for someone to move to this city with a dream and have it crushed by the great dead end that is vancouver!
I would love that the room be located the nearest as possible to go on foot to work. I am supposed to arrive in september.
Any suggestions? Thank you so much and I wish you a superb day to all of you.
Rooms in private residences go for top dollar, from $700 - $900 a month, and climbing every month. The terms are not permanent as many landlords are using it to pay their mortgages, or subsidize their savings by exploiting renters who can't find anything else. Landlords are so greedy and lack discernment, that they will rent to pretty much anyone, and if you have to share your house with 2 other sketchy roommates - it can put YOU and YOUR STUFF at risk. Not only that, but many of these rooms are illegal, so you can get kicked out if the city finds out.
You are also subject to the whims of the landlord, as they can be quite nosey and in your business, overstepping boundaries of privacy, and put severe limitations on cooking,noise, etc.
You are also subject to them selling their $200K home for 1.5 Million, as many scramble to destroy your peace and quiet by actively renovating the home with invading contractors - but not even caring to give you a break on your rent because of it.
It's a landlord's market right now, and them babyboomer homeowners are cashing in.. then <poof!> the house will be gone when they make their 1.5 Million, and you'll be out on the street begging for another decrepid room to rent that costs even more this time than 6 months ago.
$3,178 is manager wage.
Me think with good wisdom its popped.
I believe your estimate on rental costs in Central Vancouver of under $1900/month for a decent one bedroom apartment are more than optimistic. Even very small and unfurnished apartments (around 500sq) are typically more than that, especially if they are new and/ or renovated. Rents and / or high mortgage prices are what makes Vancouver such a pricey, and almost unaffordable place to live in.
And yes, Surrey is cheaper, but would not want to live there for more reasons than one.
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) in Vancouver costs 2,682.77C$ (about 5 minutes ago)
Re: mis-entries above: Sorry a few typos when entering the data: One way ticket (implying 3 zone) 5.6$
And Imported Beer ~4$/ bottle. I believe the curator is analysing the data before it's posted.
More like a 3rd world city.
Too many people !!
Really dont like it
I have an apt in a not so good old building about 50min from downtown Montreal by public transit or 30min by car. and it is the cheapest I could find for a 1br. I pay $960 - Internet (no cable or TV, phone..) unlimited $80 (special rate for 1 yr, then will be $105+taxes with videotron), Hydro QC: $75 (I only have a fridge and stove, and light bulbs which I make sure all are off when not using and no a/c!) Garage $150 (they get you there! we need that in -40 winters!)
Can anyone tell me why everyone says it's so expensive in Vancouver greater area? Moving to Surrey I'd save at least $300 a month with rental related and even more with Grocery.
Wonderful thats very good set of qualifications you have.
You will surly need to convert these to canadian equivalent.
If you are able to have about 100 to 200 thousand Canadian, you should be able to manage quite well here whilst you study and convert your exam . This is excluding a car, which would add another 25 thoussand to you bidget.
Also try and stay in cheap areas like surrey, these are quite dangerous with gangs (check todays news). but they are very very affordable,. Can get two basement suite for about 750 dollars.
all the best
http://www.getto1percent.com/what-are-the-monthly-expenses-for-a-family-of-three-in-vancouver/
Despite properties being rocket high, wages aren't to bad
Microbiologist can earn 85,000 plus a year.
This goes up according to experience but you are looking at 120K per year after 5 years.
hope this helps.
I'm migrating to vancouver this year and i wanna study my phd there so i wanna know about the salary for a microbiologist or such jobs, can i afford the prices such as rent, food etc for one person? I mean can i save any? Can i have an average life wtih this conditions that i said
Thanks for helping me
If you are able to invest 2 million on a house in Richmond area, I promise your money will double in 2 years.
I can say this without doubt as many have become multi multi milionaires playing the property game in Vancouver. Please note money must be in canadian currency and deposit in canada bank account.
any more information please email me
you are asking very silly questions.
Do your research, you are planning to move to one of the most expensive cities in the worls with two kids
either you take about 2 to 3 million with you, or het a job paying 100-200K canadian minimum
Otherwise your kids will have no future compared to the rich children in vancouver.
1. I have a family with 2 kids 1 is 7 years old and 1 is 4 years what will be complete expanse of living per month .
2. can u please divide all expanse like how much for 2 bedroom housing cost, food cost , utility bills other taxes
3. The schools are free ? or there is fee?
4. do government of CANADA support children?
5. If i migrate and i didn't get job right away will government of CANADA support me and my family?
6. how much i have to earn to support my family per month
Do reply soon please
Regards
Mohammad Zaid
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2. Work hard. If you want to live in a expensive city, don't expect to make it on minimum wage
3. Budget everything. Nothing worse than students complaining about the price of food when they have brad new Ipads/Iphones.
4. Have fun! Like it or not, this is an outdoor city. If your idea of fun is endless bars and clubs then go to Toronto. If you're a motorcyclist like me, this place is Nirvana.
5. Don't have kids