Squamish
CanadaBC
- Population
- 24,000
- Coordinates
- 49.70ยฐ N, 123.16ยฐ W
- Time zone
- America/Vancouver
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,525 a month in Squamish, rent included: 57% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,134 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Squamish; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%69
- Safetycountry20%52
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%60
- Connectivitycountry10%61
- Cost10%19
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Worldwide, among high-confidence cities
- #812
- Livability rank in Canada
- #126
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,959
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Squamish | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $15.01 | $25.00 | โ40% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.20 | $140 | โ59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.36 | $14.00 | โ26% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.72 | $8.00 | โ29% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.72 | $10.00 | โ43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.98 | $6.37 | โ38% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.84 | $3.80 | โ52% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.52 | $2.89 | โ47% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.74 | $1.36 | +28% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.18 | $4.68 | โ53% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.57 | $6.97 | โ49% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.17 | $5.73 | โ45% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $12.63 | $17.38 | โ27% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $15.30 | $15.11 | +1% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $19.66 | $17.77 | +11% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $5.51 | $6.11 | โ10% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.21 | $2.20 | โ45% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.70 | $5.77 | โ36% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.64 | $6.25 | โ42% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $4.14 | $3.47 | +19% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.58 | $4.17 | โ38% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.58 | $2.72 | โ5% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.88 | $2.50 | โ25% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.72 | $20.00 | โ46% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.86 | $3.21 | โ11% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.57 | $3.96 | โ10% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $15.73 | $19.00 | โ17% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.43 | $3.00 | โ52% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $30.74 | $140 | โ78% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.57 | $3.00 | +19% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.43 | $2.18 | โ34% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $25.02 | $42.00 | โ40% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.15 | $1.10 | +5% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $26,297 | $35,458 | โ26% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $19,049 | $25,309 | โ25% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $43.79 | $73.50 | โ40% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $65.06 | $71.93 | โ10% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $51.30 | $126 | โ59% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $0.00 | $62.38 | โ100% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.30 | $23.00 | โ51% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $368 | $3,366 | โ89% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,865 | $60,589 | โ87% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $52.91 | $72.80 | โ27% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $34.86 | $53.22 | โ34% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $80.79 | $118 | โ31% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $102 | $125 | โ19% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,627 | $4,417 | โ63% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,519 | $3,033 | โ50% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $3,217 | $9,242 | โ65% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,831 | $5,461 | โ48% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $5,964 | $18,759 | โ68% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | โ | $6,523 | โ |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,134 | $5,178 | โ39% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 4.72% | 6.49% | โ1.8 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $1,627 | $3,134 |
| Jun 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| May 2026 | 50.8 | $1,675 | $3,226 |
| Mar 2026 | 50.2 | $1,647 | $3,173 |
| Dec 2025 | 49.5 | $1,648 | $3,188 |
| Nov 2025 | 48.8 | $1,625 | $3,951 |
| May 2025 | 49.8 | $1,634 | $3,845 |
| Apr 2025 | 50.5 | $1,663 | $3,918 |
| Mar 2025 | 48.8 | $1,606 | $3,786 |
| Feb 2025 | 48.7 | $1,593 | $3,753 |
| Jan 2025 | 49.2 | $1,594 | $3,756 |
| Dec 2024 | 49.3 | $1,620 | $3,845 |
| Nov 2024 | 51.2 | $1,689 | $3,932 |
| Oct 2024 | 52.5 | $1,742 | $3,951 |
| Sep 2024 | 59.5 | $1,796 | $4,074 |
| Aug 2024 | 53.3 | $1,752 | $3,973 |
| Jul 2024 | 54.0 | $1,788 | $4,038 |
| Jun 2024 | 52.5 | $1,777 | $4,017 |
| May 2024 | 52.5 | $1,777 | $4,016 |
| Apr 2024 | โ | $1,785 | $4,035 |
| Mar 2024 | 57.6 | $1,795 | $4,057 |
| Feb 2024 | 53.3 | $907 | $2,051 |
| Jan 2024 | 55.0 | $1,797 | $4,117 |
| Dec 2023 | 53.0 | $1,512 | $2,222 |
| Nov 2023 | 44.4 | $1,414 | $2,166 |
| Oct 2023 | 47.6 | $1,441 | $2,208 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Canada's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Squamish yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Squamish. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Squamish on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Squamish yet.
- Annual mean
- โ
- Warmest month
- โ
- Coldest month
- โ
- Rain a year
- โ
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- โ
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- โ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- โ
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- โ
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Squamish.
Internet
Canada median; city not listed- Upload
- 95Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 10ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 86Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 25ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- โYears of income, 90 mยฒ flat
- Price to rent
- 16.1Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 6.2%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 5.80%20-year fixed
- 80 mยฒ in the centre
- 12.7Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Squamish
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 26Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 96%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026