Cost of Living in St. Catharines

This page summarises typical cost of living in St. Catharines, Canada, expressed in CAD. A single person can expect to budget around 2,160 CAD per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 69/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale St. Catharines is moderate relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: CAD. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

St. Catharines has an affordability score of 69/100, which places it in the moderate range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In St. Catharines a single-person monthly budget is around 2,160 CAD and a one-bedroom rent around 1,150 CAD. Use the affordability score (69/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

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