This is how much it costs to live as a young person in Vancouver in 2019
The city’s cost of living — which consistently ranks as one of the country’s highest — has increased yet again. The figures below show how much it costs a single person on average to rent, eat, and otherwise live in Vancouver.
With temperatures dipping as low as -12C in February, it’s been an unusually cold winter in Vancouver. (For everyone rolling their eyes from just about anywhere else in the country: yes, the place where you live is colder. It’s not a contest, and it’s fine.) To add insult to injury, the city’s cost of living — which consistently ranks as one of the country’s highest — has increased yet again.
Welcome to the latest update to our cost of living series.
About the author
Jessica Mach is a freelance writer for LowestRates.ca. She's covered the documentary film industry at realscreen, and her work has also appeared in The Hairpin.
