Vancouver and the GTA for sure, Ottawa had been relatively affordable - prices i...

		arcticbull on Jan 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? Vancouver and the GTA for sure, Ottawa had been relatively affordable - prices in town went up before COVID, but down during. Montreal remains quite affordable. Edmonton and Calgary aren't bad, and Kitchener/Waterloo's pretty reasonable still. I mean, it's clear a lot of that is mainland Chinese money parking, which cities are actively pushing back on.

The problem I see is that everywhere in Canada but Lower Mainland in BC you freeze 6 months out of a year.