What is the average cost of living in Canada?

[Sanjeev Sukumar]

I'm a bachelor and would like to come to Canada to earn some money. would like to know the cost os living per month if I'm going to rent a house and cook myself.

What will be the tax if my monthly earnings are about 5K canadian dollars.

[Lori]

You need to be more specific. Canada is a big country. The cost of living will depend on what part of the country you are living in.

[bw022]

You can't just move to and work in Canada. It has immigration and visitation rules and it enforces them.

Indian citizens require a visa in order to even visit Canada. Visitors are not permitted to attend school, work, or look for work in Canada nor can visitors obtain driver's licenses, get a social insurance number, apply for health insurance, enroll children in schools, open a bank account, etc. It's social, taxation, and health care systems makes trying to live or work in Canada illegally next to impossible.

In order to live and work in Canada temporarily, you could need to have a work permit. In order to apply for a work permit you must have a job offer from a Canadian company which has permission to hire foreign workers. That company must obtain a labour market opinion (LMO) reports which shows a shortage of Canadians in that profession along with proof that the company advertised for the job in Canada and no one applied for it. Positive LMOs are only issued for highly skilled professions (doctors, engineers, nurses, specialized trades, etc.) or certain highly temporary jobs (seasonal farm workers, off season hotel workers, some ski resorts, etc.). That company must send you a job offer letter and the original LMO and you must submit both with your work permit application. You must pass background, medical, and financial checks. Work permits are temporary, lasting a few years or until your job offer ends.

In order to stay in Canada permanently, one would need to be able to meet the requirements to apply for permanent residency, which are even more strict than obtaining a work permit and which Canada limits the number of skilled workers which may apply each year. The process takes three to five years.

Cost of living varies massively by city and by lifestyle. Income tax rates are on the Canada Revenue Agency web site or you can lookup various Canadian payroll deduction calculators. This is moot of you don't have a work permit or permanent residency.

[Rona Lachat]

You really expect to get TOP wage your first day in Canada?

Most starting salaries are closer to $400 per week (21k /year) before taxes.
To rent a House expect about $1- 2000 a month or more. Food is extra.
A small apartment $500-1000 a month depending on where in Canada.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/app/ctcvac/english/index

Try this site to compare the costs of things to where you live.
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp

[The Shadow™ ®]

assuming you have already applied for the job , been hired and gone through the process of legally applying for a work permit in Canada and getting approved which you must do to work in canada , and you have been applied to immigrate to canada and been approved ( which you must to to move to and work in canada ) what does it matter ? you have to pay what it costs to live in the city you work in .
you can't just come to canada to live and work , that would be illegal

every city , province and area in that province has its own cost of living , its cheaper to live in a small town than a big city usually but also more expensive to live in the far north than the south , there is no average cost of living
rent in a city live vancouver is some of the highest in the country , buying a house in north vancouver would cost 750,000 or more , rents in manitoba are some of the cheapest and buying a house in newfoundland can cost 20% of the cost in vancouver
taxes also vary greatly based on province and city