Ottawa vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$3141
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	86
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.02M	2.79M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 16% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1701st and 861st ($2055 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 4th in Canada.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Ranked 9th vs 2nd best cities to live in Canada, and 162nd vs 59th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Toronto

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	Ottawa	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095