Cost of Living in Vaughan

This page summarises typical cost of living in Vaughan, Canada, expressed in CAD. A single person can expect to budget around 2,380 CAD per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 54/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Vaughan is relatively expensive 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.

Vaughan has an affordability score of 54/100, which places it in the relatively expensive 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 Vaughan a single-person monthly budget is around 2,380 CAD and a one-bedroom rent around 1,260 CAD. Use the affordability score (54/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Toronto — affordability 55/100
• Cost of living in Hamilton — affordability 50/100
• Cost of living in Ottawa — affordability 72/100