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Ottawa vs. Spring Hill Cost of Living Summary

Ottawa is 8.0% cheaper than Spring Hill.

Restaurants: pay 2.1% less in Ottawa
Groceries: pay 8.7% more in Ottawa
Transportation: pay 1.6% more in Ottawa
Housing: pay 26.6% less in Ottawa
Childcare: pay 35.4% less in Ottawa
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.0% more in Ottawa
Clothing: pay 12.5% less in Ottawa

The cost of entertainment and sports, groceries, and transportation in Ottawa are more expensive than in Spring Hill. Expenses including childcare, housing, clothing, and restaurants are lower in Ottawa.

Ottawa vs. Spring Hill Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ottawa instead of Spring Hill, you would:

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pay 2.1% less for restaurants

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.00	$17.99 CA$24.78	+28.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00	$11.01 CA$15.17	+10.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.57	$2.00 CA$2.76	-22.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.07	$1.56 CA$2.15	-24.8%
Average			-2.1%

Spring Hill vs. Ottawa - Cost of restaurants

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pay 8.7% more for groceries

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Bread 1 loaf	$3.42	$2.73 CA$3.76	-20.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.88	$5.85 CA$8.06	+19.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.99	$8.65 CA$11.92	+116.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.99	$3.52 CA$4.85	-11.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.97	$5.74 CA$7.91	+44.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.89	$1.91 CA$2.63	-34.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.63	$0.60 CA$0.83	-5.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.19	$1.63 CA$2.25	+36.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.39	$1.67 CA$2.30	-30.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.01	$1.11 CA$1.52	+10.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$2.11	$1.46 CA$2.01	-31.0%
Average			+8.7%

Spring Hill vs. Ottawa - Cost of groceries

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pay 1.6% more for transportation

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.69	$4.05 CA$5.58	+50.5%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$97.12 CA$133.83
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,261.00	$24,444.83 CA$33,683.76	-30.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.43	$14.82 CA$20.42	-15.0%
Average			+1.6%

Spring Hill vs. Ottawa - Cost of transportation

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pay 26.6% less for housing

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$56.23	$49.93 CA$68.80	-11.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,900.00	$1,452.55 CA$2,001.55	-23.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,800.00	$1,228.71 CA$1,693.10	-31.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$198.80	$118.93 CA$163.88	-40.2%
Average			-26.6%

Spring Hill vs. Ottawa - Cost of housing

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pay 35.4% less for childcare

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,225.00	$788.18 CA$1,086.07	-35.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$24,250.00	$15,753.32 CA$21,707.29	-35.0%
Average			-35.4%

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pay 10.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00	$5.76 CA$7.93	+43.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.00	$3.74 CA$5.16	-25.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.86	$12.95 CA$17.84	+31.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$44.60 CA$61.46
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.00	$10.79 CA$14.87	-10.1%
Average			+10.0%

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pay 12.5% less for clothing

	Spring Hill	Ottawa
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$50.00	$52.82 CA$72.79	+5.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.00	$38.91 CA$53.62	-35.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$85.00	$87.10 CA$120.02	+2.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$120.80	$92.91 CA$128.02	-23.1%
Average			-12.5%

Spring Hill vs. Ottawa - Cost of clothing

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