Québec City a great place to live

Aqui estudando, procurando dados sobre as vantagens de morar no Quebec achei uma materia bem interessante sobre a Cidade do Quebec - Ville de Quebec. Voce pode ler a materia na integra no site Quebec City.
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 Cost of Living

A competitive cost of living, affordable tuition fees, and public healthcare make Québec City a great place to live. Read on for information that may come in handy when planning your budget.

Housing

Ideally, housing costs should not exceed 30% of your net monthly income. If they are higher, your budget situation is considered precarious.

Average Cost of a Single-Family Home in Québec City (2007)

Average Sales Price (Detached, semi-detached, and row houses)

Location	$ CAN
Source: Canadian Real Estate Association, October 2009
Québec City	219,719
Montréal	284,024
Toronto	423,507
Vancouver	638,948
Province-wide	235,079

Average Monthly Rent (apartments)* (Metropolitan Québec City, April 2008)

Apartment Type	$ CAN
*Excluding heating, electricity, telephone, Internet, and cable televisions fees. Source: Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation
Studio	444
1 bedroom	553
2 bedrooms	641
3 bedrooms	773

Working in Québec City

In Québec, the legal minimum wage is $9.50/hour.
A 40-hour work week at this wage earns $380. A minimum wage salary produces an annual income of $19,760 before income taxes.
If you are already familiar with the average income in your field in Québec, or if you have secured a job here before leaving your country, the following information will help you roughly estimate your future standard of living in Québec.  
Please note that this information does not in any way guarantee your income.

Median Annual Income* (2005) Couples (with or without children) and single-parent families

Location	$ CAN
Canada	60,600
Québec City	64,900
Sherbrooke	56,100
Montréal	58,600
* Median income is the amount which divides the population’s income distribution into two equal groups, half having incomes above the median, half having incomes below the median. Source: Statistics Canada

Average Annual Income per Type of Household (2006)

Type of Household	Gross Income	Net Income*
* Net income is the amount available after income taxes. Source: Statistics Canada
Singles	$30,276	$25,143
Families	$72,153	$59,124
Couple without children (dual income)	$63,601	$51,833
Couple with children (dual income)	$86,854	$70,143
Single parent, mother	$38,946	$35,056
Single parent, father	$69,627	$54,408

Québec Low Income Cutoff (2005)

Type of Household	$ CAN
Source: Statistics Canada
Singles	13,123
Couple without children	18,372
Couple with two children under age 16	26,246
Couple with three children under age 16	30,183
Couple with four children under age 16	34,119

Living in Québec City

The following chart lists basic expenses that should be taken into account when planning a budget, followed by the percentage of your income that should be assigned to each category.

Per Category Budget Allocation (%) of Québec Households’ Gross Income (2006)

Category	Singles	Couples without children	Couples with Children	Single-parent Families
																									Source : Institut de la statistique du Québec
Food	12.1	12.2	12.1	12.8
Housing	23.9	17.1	15.6	17.0
Home maintenance	4.9	4.0	4.8	4.9
Household furnishings and accessories	3.5	3.6	2.8	3.1
Clothing	3.6	4.1	4.3	4.9
Transportation	10.5	14.1	14.1	13.8
Healthcare	3.8	4.1	3.0	3.3
Personal care	1.9	1.9	1.8	2.0
Entertainment	5.1	6.0	5.8	5.4
Reading material	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3
Education	0.6	0.4	1.7	1.9
Alcohol and tobacco	3.4	2.5	2.0	3.1
Miscellaneous	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.5
Gambling	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.5
Staple items	76.1	72.4	69.9	74.6
Income tax	17.1	20.0	22.2	17.9
Insurance and retirement savings	4.6	5.8	7.4	6.4
Charitable donations	2.1	1.7	0.5	1.2

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Bonne Chance!

Paola