Average Costs
Canada is generally good value, a fact which becomes evident from the minute you wake up: cheap Canadian breakfasts are the stuff of legend, dishing up coffee, bacon, eggs and toast for around $8 or less, while healthier snacks like soups and salads cost from about $5. Bus fares are reasonable, the twelve-hour journey from Vancouver to Calgary, for instance, costing about $115 one-way. Trains cost a good deal more - around $200 for the 24-hour trip from Vancouver to Edmonton - but usually much less than internal flights, though charter companies like Canada 3000 are bringing prices of these flights down: Vancouver to Calgary, an hour's flight, will cost around $120 excluding tax on an early-morning or late-evening charter. Room rates start at around $15 for a hostel dorm, and about $35 for a double in the grottier hotels. In most parts of the country, you should find perfectly good motel rooms from around $45. Basic town campgrounds are never expensive, and provincial and national sites start from as little as $10; in fully serviced commercial places it's rare to pay more than $25. Accommodation prices are higher from June to early September, and throughout the more remote areas of the north, particularly the Yukon and NWT.
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