COST OF LIVING 



The prices of food in Canada are probably on the whole not 

 very different from those in Great Britain; but all manufactured 

 articles and articles into which the price of labour enters largely, 

 cost more in Canada than they do in Great Britain. 



Food and Clothing 



The following are the retail prices of some of the principal 



articles of food as paid at Ottawa in June 1907 ; Bread of ordinary 



quality, 12 cents per 3-lb. loaf ; flour, 3£ cents per lb. ; beef — sirloin, 



18 cents per lb. ; roast, 10-15 cents ; boiling, 8 cents ; veal. 8-15 



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HOUSE MOVED BY TWO TRACTION ENGINES AND EIGHT WAGGONS TWENTY MILES 

 ACROSS THE PRAIRIE FROM WARMAN TO SASKATOON 



cents per lb. ; mutton, 10-18 cents per lb. ; pork, 14 cents per lb. ; 

 bacon, 14-18 cents per lb. ; and hams, 16-18 cents per lb. ; milk, 

 6-8 cents per quart ; butter, fresh, 25-30 cents per lb. ; eggs, fresh, 

 18-25 cents per dozen ; cheese, 17-18 cents per lb. These prices are 

 not materially different from those which rule in other centres of 

 population in Eastern Canada. Living is dearer farther west. The 

 prices of all descriptions of clothing, save boots and shoes, are higher 

 than in Great Britain, and in winter heavier and warmer clothing is 

 necessary. Comparing quality for quality, the cost of clothing *»><•" 

 be estimated at from 35 to 50 per cent, more in Canada 

 Great Britain. 



Rents, Rates, Taxes, &c. 



In towns, many houses are built largely of timber witr- 

 veneer ; but owing to the higher cost of labour, and the ad 

 the prices of materials, the cost of building a brick veneer 

 the present time would not be much less than the ecct of 

 a solid brick house of the same size in Scotland. 



Rent is usually payable by the month, and tenancies r 



