Vous surveillez votre budget alimentaire? Ne pas passer au Yukon
Is food more expensive in Canada than in the U.S.?
The answer is — it depends.
Comme aux États-Unis, there are significant variations in food costs in different regions across the country.
En fait,, du Canada Fondation des maladiesAnnuel de l ' Rapport sur la santé des Canadiens found that there are “startling discrepancies between the cost and accessibility of basic healthy food within provinces and across the country.”
The report concluded that, "Selon l'endroit où vous vivez, certains Canadiens sont souvent paying more than double to almost six times Le prix de la même nourriture saine base. .…For example, a package of whole-wheat pasta that cost $2.00 à Barrie, Ont, a été $7.90 à Regina, SK et $11.37 à Dawson, Yukon. "
Toronto, Montréal, Edmonton, et d'autres larger cities fared better in this survey than many of the country’s more remote areas.
You can get the details about costs in different regions from the foundation’s 2009 Rapport sur la santé des Canadiens.
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