مراقبة ميزانيتك الغذاء? Don’t move to the Yukon
Is food more expensive in Canada than in the U.S.?
The answer is — it depends.
كما هو الØال ÙÙŠ الولايات المتØدة, there are significant variations in food costs in different regions across the country.
ÙÙŠ الواقع, الكندي القلب والسكتة الدماغية مؤسسة‘s annual تقرير عن الصØØ© الكنديين ' 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, “اعتمادا على المكان الذي تعيش Ùيه, بعض الكنديين ÙÙŠ كثير من الأØيان paying more than double to almost six times سعر لنÙس الغذاء الصØÙŠ الأساسية. ….مثلا, a package of whole-wheat pasta that cost $2.00 ÙÙŠ باري, Ùˆ, وكان $7.90 ÙÙŠ ريجينا, SK and $11.37 ÙÙŠ داوسون, Yukon.”
تورونتو, مونتريال, ادمونتون, وغيرها من 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’ الصØØ©.
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