🇨🇦 2 cities in Canada, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 VancouverBig city | $283 | $6,022 | C$20 | C$5.5 |
| 🇨🇦 TorontoBig city | $340 | $6,502 | C$22 | C$6 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $283 and $340 a day depending on the city — about $311 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $6,022–$6,502 by city, about $6,262 on average.
By daily budget, Vancouver ($283/day) is the cheapest and Toronto ($340/day) the most expensive.