Canadian living prices?

Question

Canada living prices?

What are the gas prices in canada and what is minimum wage?

A friend of mine lives in calgary and said minimum wage was 8.37 and gas was 1.29 a gallon!!

Why is it so cheap and minimum so high?

Compared to my 4.25 cents for gas here in ct us

and 7.75 for minimum wage.

It is crazy!

I am just curious i always though canada was rather expensive to live.

but it actually sounds che

Answer 1

Canada uses the metric system, so gas isn't sold by the gallon.  It is sold by the liter.  A liter is the size of a quart, just a bit smaller, so it takes 4 and a half of them to make a gallon.  Therefore, gas is $1.29 a liter, or times by 4.5 = $5.80 a gallon.  (actually in my area gas is more than $1.29 so your friend has it cheap).  Bear in mind that driving is the only option for most people because transit systems either don't exist or they suck.  And everyone drives bigger vehicles for winter driving, not the small cars you see in Europe.  So ya, it's expensive.