Ottawa vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	99
😀 Quality of life	90	95
🏙️ Population	1.02M	2.15M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 9% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1701st and 1222nd ($2055 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and France, respectively. Check Canada vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 162nd and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Paris

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	Ottawa	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$16193

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293