Purchasing Power Parity · Canada
Cost of living in 🇨🇦 Canada vs the United States
Canada has a US-relative price level of 0.846 (US = 1.0) — about 15% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Canada
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $59,102 | $42,300 |
| $80,000 | $94,563 | $67,680 |
| $120,000 | $141,844 | $101,520 |
| $180,000 | $212,766 | $152,280 |
| $250,000 | $295,508 | $211,500 |
“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.
How the sources compare
Each provider measures Canada's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.846 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.840 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.852 2024
OECD 0.821 2025
Penn World Table 0.895 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.906 2024
Big Mac Index 0.906 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Canada is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇳🇴 Norway — price level 0.841
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — price level 0.829
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — price level 0.863
- 🇮🇪 Ireland — price level 0.821
- 🇸🇪 Sweden — price level 0.821
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Canada compared to the United States?
- Canada has a price level of 0.846 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 15% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Canada?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $118,203 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Canada; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $84,600.
- Where does the Canada cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median and refreshed at build time.