Is food more expensive in Canada than in the U.S.?

The answer is — it depends.

अमेरिका में, there are significant variations in food costs in different regions across the country.

वास्तव में, कैनेडियन दिल और स्ट्रोक फाउंडेशन‘s annual 'कनाडाई स्वास्थ्य पर रिपोर्ट 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, “तुम कहाँ रहते पर निर्भर करता है, कुछ कनाडाई अक्सर हैं paying more than double to almost six times एक ही बुनियादी स्वस्थ भोजन के लिए कीमत. ….उदाहरण के लिए, a package of whole-wheat pasta that cost $2.00 Barrie में, लो, था $7.90 रेजिना में, SK and $11.37 डावसन में, Yukon.”

टोरंटो, मॉन्ट्रियल, एडमॉन्टन, अन्य और 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 Report on Canadians’ स्वास्थ्य.

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