dear
in canada each province have different laws. e.g. in alberta you have to pay for health care while in ontario it's free. i lives in free so let me give you some detail of expenses,
you may have to incurred in canada as per alberta's living style. i will suggest you to find shared accomudation either basement or appartment which may cost you anything between $250-$300.
While on food you may have to spend $100-$150
for transportation if you use public.transportation like buses and LRT ( train ) and pass cost about $60 but if you go for private car. a second good hand car may cost $3000 or above, plus gas (petrol), maintance and insurance ( which may may be very high geing new driver in canada ). so private car is out of question. but even if you chose public transportation you may have to spend on taxi etc. in case of emergency as winter is really hard here.
next one is health care i don't know if health care is free or not in provience you are moving to or not but if not this may cost around $100 ( not sure ).
as for medicines these are covered upto 80-100% by most of good companies only if you decide to work as part time or full time. also if you works here health care may also be covered by the company you works in. but not all the companied covers health care.
also even if you have covarage still you have to pay for over the counter drugs and about $20-$40 per month should keep as reserve for that or depends upon your health.
next one is telephone, if you don't make any long distance calls basic phone charges starts from about $30 plus you can use long distance cards for making calls to India.
and for other misc. expenses ( like shaving stuff, tooth paste, cloths, and other regular/irregular expenses ) you should keep $100 p/month on side.
i have no idea how much you need to spend on study, books etc
all i can say $800 my be good for Survival but not good enough you have to work either part time or full time, for better living.
if you have any further question don't hesitate to ask.
take care.
rohit
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sarju5 <no_reply@...> wrote:
Hi Sohit
$ 800 ... should be pretty alright if it is okay with you to live in
a shared accomodation and you do not plan to go to bars that
often ... lols ... by shared accomodation I mean that you will have
your own room but you will have to share the kitchen and washroom
with other people.
I can not say for sure what would be a better option for you,
staying on the campus might be a bit expensive, ... it is very
expensive in Ottawa I am not sure about Mtl .... i have heard that
Mtl is much cheaper than Ottawa though
Lots of university students go to field camps or their home towns in
the summers (May to August).... so I don't think that finding a
furnished accomodation could be a problem for the months that you
intend to stay ... (I think you should be able to get a very decent
shared accomodation for less than $400/month in mtl) ...
in case you do come ... try to take some french lessons
Quebec is all french ... In mtl you can survive on english though
I have quite a few friends in Mtl....
let me know once your programme finalizes ... i can ask them to send
me the links to find good shared accomodtions in Mtl
cheers man
Hope the info helps
sarju
PS: Regarding food ... i think you can get fairly good groceries in
200 dollors (including the booze)
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<sohit_unplugged@r...> wrote:
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> HEY GUYS....
> I belong to shimla and might be visiting montreal from June to
August, for an internship in McGill.Right now I'm enrolled in final
yr of mechanical engg. at NIT Jalandhar and which wud be completing
by May.
> Cud any anyone give me an idea abt. living costs, room rents, etc.
in Montreal........those guys wud be paying me 800 Ca $ pm.
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