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 



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 may 

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

 Great Britain. 



Rents, Rates, Taxes, &c. 



In towns, many houses are built largely of timber with a brick 

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

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

 the present time would not be much less than the cost of building 

 a solid brick house of the same size in Scotland. 



Rent is usiially payable by the month, and tenancies run for a 



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