GTA (suburbs)

Rent: $500 per person (shared ), $ 1350 (2 bedroom apartment, North York)
Car: $400.00 lease, 200 $ insurance, $150 Fuel
Transportation: $ 100 subway monthly pass

Utilities: $ 125 incl. water, gas & electricity, internet, phone.

Food: $250 per person (in house cooking)

Entertainment - $700 (eating out twice a week, drinking once a week, movies, etc)

Health Insurance - $1000 a year ( A must!)

beer - $1.5 (beer Store, LCBO), $ 3 in pubs

Home ownership, 4 bedroom, 4,000 square feet

Utilities include cable, telephone, cell phone, electricity, water and gas and approximates $500 per month

transportation includes two cars and parking and approximates $2,000 per month

Food includes groceries and nights out and approximates $1,500 per month

Clothing is for a family of 5 and approximates $750 per month

food 800 month
rent 1200 month
heat and gas 400 month
tv internet phone 150 month
insurance car 200
insurance life 140
clothes 100 monrh
medical 100 month
recreation 200 month
house tax average 350 month
car loan 300 month
gas 400 month
misc. 200 month
total monthly expence 4440 month

Rent: $960 for a 1 bedroom walk-up style building mid-town, util included. I happen to have a real steal right now as my apartment building was redone...thanks to laws im protected from severe rent increases...a new renter takes the same 1-bedroom for around $1100/mth

Heathcare: OHIP - free

Transportation: $109 a month for a TTC monthly transit pass

Food: I eat in a lot because eating out is expensive and unhealthy (lifestyle choice) - so about $500 a month.

Entertainment: Expensive. There are some free festivals in the city throughout the year, but for teh most part it costs a lot in TO - especially for theatre.

1150.00 / month rent for 2 people for a three-bed, single-dwelling home about a 45 minute commute from downtown. this is a lower than average rent b/c we rent from our neighboring church -- average rents for a 2BR home in this neighborhood range from 1300-1500 / month

Monthly utilities
110.00 Cell phone for a very limited plan for 2 people; Canada has the highest cell phone rates in the world
48.00 Internet
35.00 Vonage phone
40.00 electric
100.00 gas: can be highly variable due to seasonal differences from 35-50 in the summer to 250 in the winter

Food inc Alcoholic Bev and eating out
500-800 month for two people eating well but not eating out more than 1x a week and rarely eating out somewhere fancy (> 25$pp)

Transport
200-300$ gas for vehicle for one person (work not accessible by public transit)
75$ public transit for one person

Banking fees: 13 / month for basic -- free checking virtually nonexistent in Canada

Medical / Dental: basic health care costs covered under ontario health plan. supplemental health insurance is 50$ / month.

Insurance on vehicle approximate 300$/ month