How much is a 1-2 bedroom apartment in Toronto, ON, Canada?

Question

I'm from Indiana, my boyfriend and I where thinking about moving to Canada in the future. Please help us out!!! We read online that Canada is home to one of the happiest and healthiest people. How much does a 1-2 bedroom apartment cost in Toronto? Where are some good places to live in Canada? I know it doesn't get Very warm, but what cities are the warmest? Can you give me some tips on good areas, best schools, best public transportation, things like that. Thank-you so very much!!

Answer 1

Toronto REALLY varies in price as it is a very large city and there are parts of toronto considered highly desireable to live and parts that aren't as much. the absolute lowest you'll find will be around 800 dollars a month and that probably wont be the greatest area..... you can spend thousands upon thousands a month on a "desireable" place and location. My friend just got a pretty good apartment in downtown toronto for 1300 dollars so it really varies. Canada is huge and has tons to offer. Are you looking for mountains?? head to british columbia or southern alberta.... you looking for ocean?? british columbia and nova scotia, pei etc have that! looking for a french community... anywhere in quebec offers you that! manitoba and saskatchewan have lots of flat lands and are on the cheaper side to live in, in comparison to the rest of the country. all the larger cities have buses, subway systems, taxis etc. if your set on Toronto area you can live in a surrounding city such as burlington or oakville that wouldnt be as expensive as living in toronto and the subway system passes through both of them so its just a short cheap right into toronoto for fabulous nightlife, food and shopping!:)

Answer 2

Toronto's a pretty nice place. As are other cities like Calgary, Vancouver, and Montreal.



Toronto, and southern Ontario in general, have some of the warmer summers in Canada (and, other than Vancouver, which resembles Seattle climatically) is one of the mildest places in winter. Looking at the climate data, Indianapolis is only slightly warmer than Toronto all year. (Indianapolis: January normals +2/-8 C, July +29/+18. Toronto, -2/-10 and +26/+16. Very similar).



Rentwise, you can expect to pay around $ 800-1000/month in the suburbs and between 1200 and 1500 downtown for a 1 bedroom. Rent often includes utilities but almost never parking (runs from $30 or so in the burbs and between $100 and $200/month downtown). 1+den is about $200 more expensive, and 2 bed is around $300 more expensive. I live just outside downtown and pay a hair over a grand a month.



The public transportation downtown is very good and a car is not really necessary, though if you reverse-commute to a job in the burbs it can be (but often isn't) difficult to get there via transit. Vancouver and Montreal are similar wrt transit downtown; Vancouver's more expensive to live and Montreal is cheaper.



School boards don't vary nearly as much in Canada as they do in the States. For one thing, they're much larger so you don't have the problem of school boards being poor. Toronto's board has hundreds of schools and half a million students; school "quality" depends mostly on the local neighbourhood. You wouldn't want to live in the areas where the bad schools are anyways. As the teachers circulate freely within that board it does act as a levelling agent. Racial segregation is significantly lower in Canada, though it exists particularly in immigrant-rich areas.



the reality is you kind of have to visit and get a feel for the area. In Toronto Downtown is pretty good, the inner suburbs alternate between quite wealthy and pretty rough (nothing like an American Rust-Belt city though. The worst parts of Toronto see maybe 5 murders a year.) and the outer burbs (called the "905" - the area code) are pretty middle class.

Answer 3

$1500 - $2000 in the suburbs



$3 000+++ down town.



It's difficult to give area advice, as a lot depends where you can find a job. It will take 2-3 years to get the visa if you are accepted.