Edmonton vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$948	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	50
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.02M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 14% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2475th and 1701st ($1769 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 25th in Canada.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Ranked 12th vs 9th best cities to live in Canada, and 181st vs 162nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Ottawa

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	Edmonton	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$19030

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800