Cost of living in Ottawa

yassakiwi

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Member since 26 December 2011

Montreal

yassakiwi

26 December 2011 02:34:32

yassakiwi

26 December 2011 02:34:32

Montreal

Hey everyone! We are a young couple with a 5 year old and we are looking for a new place to live. My husband comes from Tunisia and we currently live in Montreal. We visited Ottawa twice last summer and really enjoyed it. We started looking for a place to rent to enventualy move there. I was just wondering why it is so expensive to rent an apartment in Ottawa? Even in Gatineau, its still pretty expensive to live compare to Montreal. How can some regular working people can afford a place there? Is it because people have better jobs and education?
Thanks for any information regarding that topic!

Harmonie

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Member since 13 June 2011

Mauritius/Ile Maurice

Harmonie

26 December 2011 08:18:03

19273

Harmonie

26 December 2011 08:18:03

19273

Mauritius/Ile Maurice

Hello yassakiwi and welcome to Expat.com!

Do not hesitate to browse through the forum.

Hope it helps,
Harmonie.

Abdel

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Member since 05 November 2009

Hull

Abdel

27 December 2011 04:24:14

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Abdel

27 December 2011 04:24:14

475

Hull

Hi yassakiwi,

Well it's better to not compare to the level of rent of other cities, but it will be better to compare the rent to the ''Household Income '' and ''Job Prospects''.

On other hand I think you will find cheaper rent in Gatineau comparing to ottawa.

Check kijiji.ca :

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/f-immobilier-ap … QQCatIdZ37

and

http://ottawa.en.craigslist.ca/apa/

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