Canadians, I need your help!

[Longinius 1]

Hello all Canadians out there

I am currently pondering accepting a job offer i Canada, Montreal to be specific. The only issue is salary. Now, I dont have any idea what the cost of living in Canada is compared to Sweden. So I was hoping you could give me some basic ideas of prices.

Gasoline

Milk

Coca Cola

Dog food

Beer

Bread

Spagetti

Coffee

Tea

Soap

Tooth paste

Apartment rents

Hardware appliances

PC games

CD's

DVD's

Clothes

Well, you get the idea.

Any help is mighty appretiated!

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Take it! And say hi to the Canadian mooses from me.

Thats my advice baby.

[Munk 0]

Who'd want to move to Canada? AK lives there!

[DracoPaladore 0]

Who'd want to move to Canada? AK lives there!

The risk is worth it

[Tovarish 0]

Hello all Canadians out there

I am currently pondering accepting a job offer i Canada, Montreal to be specific. The only issue is salary. Now, I dont have any idea what the cost of living in Canada is compared to Sweden. So I was hoping you could give me some basic ideas of prices.

Lucky  for you I work at a grocery store . All prices in canadian dollars of course:

Gasoline

$0.65-0.95 per litre

Milk  

$3.99-$4.59 for a regular 4 litre bag, if you want some fancy "organic milk" nonsense, $7.99

Coca Cola

$1.79 per 2L bottle, $7.99 for a pack of 24 cans

Dog food  

Well, I buy wet cat food for $0.99 per 400 gram can

Beer

A 6 pack of Guiness extra stout cost me about $12.00 the other day. You can usually get a 12 pack of cheap beer for $12

Bread

about $1.79

Spagetti

Aboput $3.00 for 907 grams

Coffee

Varies a lot depending on what kind of course,

$3-$8 per 500g bag maybe

Tea

about $3-$6 for 20 bags

Soap

Again varies a lot, I'd say about 12 bars for $5

Tooth paste

about $2.50-4$ for a tube

Apartment rents

We (my girlfriend and I) just moved out of a shitty little bachelor pad with no water pressure, a leaky roof, moldy vents, a broken fire escape (I could go on) where we were paying $600 a month. Now we are paying $750 a month for a one bedroom in a highrise with outdoor pool, indoor sauna, and exersize and bike rooms - and yes, hydro included. Hydro would normally cost about $60 a month.

Hardware appliances

Hmm you should be more specific,

Microwave for $50-100

Fridge, oven, ect about $700

PC games

$40-$80

CD's

$15-$25

DVD's

$18-$30

Clothes

Decent t-shirt $20, nice shoes, $50+, jeans, $30+

Anyways, hope that helps. Word of advice though - if you're going to live in Montreal, get a small car, or take the Metro. Parking sucks! Last year we drove around there for 3 hours looking for a restaurant with avaliable parking.

[theavonlady 2]

Hello all Canadians out there

I am currently pondering accepting a job offer i Canada, Montreal to be specific. The only issue is salary. Now, I dont have any idea what the cost of living in Canada is compared to Sweden. So I was hoping you could give me some basic ideas of prices.

Gasoline

Milk

Coca Cola

Dog food

Beer

Bread

Spagetti

Coffee

Tea

Soap

Tooth paste

Apartment rents

Hardware appliances

PC games

CD's

DVD's

Clothes

Well, you get the idea.

Do you spread the dog food on the bread or do you roll it into balls and have it with the spaghetti?

[Longinius 1]

Thanks loads Tovarish, that atleast gives me a ballpark idea of living costs. Seems much cheaper than we have here.

Quote[/b] ]Do you spread the dog food on the bread or do you roll it into balls and have it with the spaghetti?

Actually I BBQ it with gasoline and put it on my DVD's. I didnt know you could cook or eat it any other way. But I will try that bread thing you talked about!

Hmph, and I thought bread was only good for filtering bad moonshine. Who'd have thunk it!

[Tovarish 0]

Thanks loads Tovarish, that atleast gives me a ballpark idea of living costs. Seems much cheaper than we have here.

Glad I could be of help,.I did fail to mention though, those are "before taxes" prices. In Quebec there is a Provincial Sales Tax of 7.5% and a General Sales Tax of 7%. Also, prices of some things, such as rent, can vary widely from province to province. I'm in Ottawa, and the rent here is generally markedly higher than across the river in Gatineau, Quebec (The price I gave you for my new appartment was a hell of a find, it's a renter's market, last year it would have been at least $100 more). I think the rents in Montreal are fairly high too. One other thing I've noticed, and maybe it's just my imagination, but gas prices in Quebec always seem higher than in Ontario

[red oct 2]

Quote[/b] ]Coca Cola

$1.79 per 2L bottle, $7.99 for a pack of 24 cans

whoa, whys cola so damned expensive? thats highway robbery. didnt you canandians have your RC cola that was cheaper and just as good?

[DracoPaladore 0]

We still have RC, I beleive. We also got Pepsi, Presidents Choice and a couple others for coke.

[Milkman 1]

Gas is expensive, the tax system is wierd.

What is the price of a sunday paper in BC?

[bonko the sane 2]

do you need a Art Historian (me) and a Psychologist (my better half) in Canada ?

this recession seems to be getting worse in this arse end of Europe where we live

[Tovarish 0]

Quote[/b] ]Coca Cola

$1.79 per 2L bottle, $7.99 for a pack of 24 cans

whoa, whys cola so damned expensive? thats highway robbery. didnt you canandians have your RC cola that was cheaper and just as good?

well, he asked specifically for Coca Cola . Yeah, RC, President's choice, Good Value....are all cheap 0.79-0.99 for 2L. President's Choice has beaten both Coke and Pepsi on taste tests .

*edit* Sunday papers are a dollar or a dollar and a half here in Ontario.

[pitufo 0]

Go to Montreal just for the GIRLS!!!

[Milkman 1]

No goto Vancouver for the girls! I don't know what it was but literally every woman I saw in BC was smoking hot! What do they put in the water over there?

[bn880 5]

Yes food/fuel is really inexpensive here, apartments can be a bit pricey (like $900+ for decent 2 bedroom) etc.

@Tovarish: outdoor pool and indoor sauna eh, nice.

Grocery store? I'm sure being in Ottawa you are the Technology Specialist for the department chain. (Ottawa being Silicon Vally North, my a**)

[Tovarish 0]

Grocery store? I'm sure being in Ottawa you are the Technology Specialist for the department chain.      (Ottawa being Silicon Vally North, my a**)

Yeah, I haven't graduated yet, (Missing Electronics I and II and Operating Systems), so not much I can do in that field without a diploma. Going on 4 years seniority at Low Blows, so the pay is actually getting decent. Sad thing is, a year ago I turned down a full time position as Store Analyst since I was still a full time student, which other than having the word Anal in my job title, would have been great as it just entails walking down the ailes scanning stock and sitting on a computer making orders.

[russin 0]

ya all forgot the most important one  

good a bag of reffer 200-300 bucks  

zig-zag rolling pappers 1.75 cents

1-water pipe 45 bucks  

oh ya I AM CANADIAN

[Tovarish 0]

Ah, so that's the lone person who voted for the Marijuana Party at my polling station this last election .

[denoir 0]

Milk  

$3.99-$4.59 for a regular 4 litre bag, if you want some fancy "organic milk" nonsense, $7.99

Nonono.. Ecological milk is not nonsense.. I't conscience in a bottle. I always buy ecological milk. The difference in price is very little and I feel that I've done something good for the poor cows. Which about fills my needs for behaving ethically and gives me a carte blanche for doing unethical stuff the rest of the day. After all I'm a good human being since I obviously care about the poor cows and their living conditions

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

I don't give a rat’s ass about the milk. I do however preferably drink "blue" or "green" milk.

I will offer my kind services and help to the poor cows some other way

Edit: It looks like things are cheaper in Canada compared to Sweden.

[Gollum1 0]

Milk

$3.99-$4.59 for a regular 4 litre bag, if you want some fancy "organic milk" nonsense, $7.99

Nonono.. Ecological milk is not nonsense.. I't conscience in a bottle. I always buy ecological milk. The difference in price is very little and I feel that I've done something good for the poor cows. Which about fills my needs for behaving ethically and gives me a carte blanche for doing unethical stuff the rest of the day. After all I'm a good human being since I obviously care about the poor cows and their living conditions

Humbug! What has a cow ever done to relieve my suffering!?

[russin 0]

pack cig 25 pack ten bucks

[pitufo 0]

Yes Vancouver is also great for girls! But they got too much attitude here. Except for the foreign girls which we have a lot of.

[bn880 5]

Yeah, I haven't graduated yet, (Missing Electronics I and II and Operating Systems), so not much I can do in that field without a diploma. Going on 4 years seniority at Low Blows, so the pay is actually getting decent. Sad thing is, a year ago I turned down a full time position as Store Analyst since I was still a full time student, which other than having the word Anal in my job title, would have been great as it just entails walking down the ailes scanning stock and sitting on a computer making orders.

That sucks, but there is nothing to be done, a lot of students get opportunities during school, and then are desperate for work after graduation, it's great life these days.

I am missing out on some jobs these days too, biggest bummer is French requirement, second one is... well, who the f*** hires Comp. Engineers in this area. Stupid system.

About living here, one thing that is really bad about Ottawa for me (Montreal is better about this) is you can't just get all the stuff you think of here. It is a lot like not being able to buy GOTY here and having people look at you strange when you ask if OFPR is in stock... mainstream is the inventory Ottawa has, that is what a business uses to make money, so barely anything else is kept in stock, you need to look on the internet.

Not to mention trying to locate specialty car or robot parts etc, freaking forget it, Ottawa is for Politics not Engineers.