Ottawa vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$2280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$5399
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$2721
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$2766
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	80
😀 Quality of life	90	91
🏙️ Population	1.02M	568K

The cost of living in Ottawa is 10% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 1701st and 1194th ($2055 vs $2280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 11th in Canada.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. Ranked 9th vs 6th best cities to live in Canada, and 162nd vs 122nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Surrey

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	Ottawa	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$69.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$1196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$2952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$2383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	6.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$9496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$8417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$2.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$122
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$3.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$84
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$862
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$12026

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606