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<blockquote data-quote="Canucks" data-source="post: 448847" data-attributes="member: 43938">Ahh it&#039;s from some survey that compared average earnings of households in cities above 500,000 people in 2009Canada&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 68,410QuÃ©bec (Que.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 75,160MontrÃ©al (Que.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 65,960Ottawa–Gatineau (Que. part, Ont.–Que.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 80,110Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont. part, Ont.–Que.) 93,070Toronto (Ont.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 66,790Hamilton (Ont.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 74,660Winnipeg (Man.)&nbsp; &nbsp; 71,470Calgary (Alta.) 88,410Edmonton (Alta.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 86,250Vancouver (B.C.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 67,550Unedited version available below:<a href="http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil107a-eng.htm" target="_blank">http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil107a-eng.htm</a>Ottawa is kinda of inflated as the number of high paying government jobs there (specifically in the Ontario part.)Calgary/Edmonton&nbsp; has the biggest job market and highest earnings in Canada mainly due to&nbsp; Alberta having the lowest taxes that attract a lot of businesses and&nbsp; that people seldom want to live there due to the winters. Not slagging&nbsp; Calgary or Edmonton off, although Chris Pronger&#039;s wife might have a&nbsp; thing or two to say. Alberta in general also has one of the lowest cost of living in Canada whereas Montreal and Vancouver has the highest.&nbsp;Compared to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver (Canada&#039;s 3 biggest cities in that order)&nbsp; where the wages are low because they are generally considered world&nbsp; class cities and have much nicer weather and scenery thus they attract a&nbsp; lot of people who immigrate (all 3 cities have hugh population growth&nbsp; and Vancouver has 52% of it&#039;s population that doesn&#039;t speak English as a&nbsp; first language.) Average home in Vancouver costs 750,000 Canadian&nbsp; compared to 350,000 in Edmonton.I&#039;m far too lazy to source all this.Not even rugby related aahahhha.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Canucks, post: 448847, member: 43938"] Ahh it's from some survey that compared average earnings of households in cities above 500,000 people in 2009 Canada 68,410 QuÃ©bec (Que.) 75,160 MontrÃ©al (Que.) 65,960 Ottawa–Gatineau (Que. part, Ont.–Que.) 80,110 Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont. part, Ont.–Que.) 93,070 Toronto (Ont.) 66,790 Hamilton (Ont.) 74,660 Winnipeg (Man.) 71,470 Calgary (Alta.) 88,410 Edmonton (Alta.) 86,250 Vancouver (B.C.) 67,550 Unedited version available below: [URL]http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil107a-eng.htm[/URL] Ottawa is kinda of inflated as the number of high paying government jobs there (specifically in the Ontario part.) Calgary/Edmonton has the biggest job market and highest earnings in Canada mainly due to Alberta having the lowest taxes that attract a lot of businesses and that people seldom want to live there due to the winters. Not slagging Calgary or Edmonton off, although Chris Pronger's wife might have a thing or two to say. Alberta in general also has one of the lowest cost of living in Canada whereas Montreal and Vancouver has the highest. Compared to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver (Canada's 3 biggest cities in that order) where the wages are low because they are generally considered world class cities and have much nicer weather and scenery thus they attract a lot of people who immigrate (all 3 cities have hugh population growth and Vancouver has 52% of it's population that doesn't speak English as a first language.) Average home in Vancouver costs 750,000 Canadian compared to 350,000 in Edmonton. I'm far too lazy to source all this. Not even rugby related aahahhha. [/QUOTE]

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