GROW in WINNIPEG

Cost of Living

Your Money Goes Further Here

Winnipeg's enviable lifestyle and low cost of living are major factors in employee satisfaction and community attractiveness. This is a place where the good things in life are well within the reach of the average citizen.

One key to Winnipeg's low business costs is a low cost of living that allows Winnipeggers to live better for less. Homes, auto insurance, electricity and university or college tuition - are all available in Winnipeg at the lowest prices in Canada. 

Those benefits are felt just as strongly at higher income levels in a province that boasts some of the least expensive executive homes, hobby farms, vacation homes and green fees at tournament-quality golf courses.

Winnipeg's enviable lifestyle and low cost of living are major factors in employee satisfaction and community attractiveness. This is a place where the good things in life are well within the reach of the average citizen.

One key to Winnipeg's low business costs is a low cost of living that allows Winnipeggers to live better for less. Homes, auto insurance, electricity and university or college tuition - are all available in Winnipeg at the lowest prices in Canada.

Those benefits are felt just as strongly at higher income levels in a province that boasts some of the least expensive executive homes, hobby farms, vacation homes and green fees at tournament-quality golf courses.

Cost of Living Information

Consumer Price Index - Shelter, Utilities


Consumer Price Index - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Consumer Price Index All-Items - CMA's & Canada


Family Expenditures by Metro Area


Interprovincial Annual Personal Costs and Taxes - Tables


Annual Personal Costs and Taxes - Manitoba


Personal & Disposable Income per Capita - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


Personal Income Per Capita - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


Interprovincial Tax Rate Comparison - Provinces


  • To discuss economic development in Winnipeg, please contact:

    Edward Suzuki,
    Senior Manager, Strategic Research

    T: 204.954.1986
    E: Edward Suzuki