St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Cost Of Living

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Overall 16%

Goods & Services 12%

Housing 55%

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador	National
Cost of living	84	85	100
Goods & Services	88	88	100
Groceries	108	108	100
Health care	94	94	100
Housing	45	47	100
Transportation	100	100	100
Utilities	137	137	100

Key findings

The cost of living in St. John's is 1% lower than the Newfoundland and Labrador average
The cost of living in St. John's is 16% lower than the national average
St. John's housing is 55% lower than the national average
Newfoundland and Labrador sales tax is 67% higher than the national average
Newfoundland and Labrador income tax is 3% higher than the national average

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Newfoundland and Labrador Sales Tax

Province	Provincial Tax	Total Tax Rate
Newfoundland and Labrador	10%	15%

Newfoundland and Labrador Income Tax

Province	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Newfoundland and Labrador	8.7%	18.3%

Goods & Services

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
Personal Care	89	94	5.7%
Recreation	101	102	1.3%

Groceries

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
Meat, Poultry and Fish	97	102	5.1%
Dairy Products and Eggs	104	105	0.6%
Bakery and Cereal Products	106	112	5.1%
Fruit and Vegetables	115	113	1.4%
Alcoholic Beverages	112	106	5.9%

Health Care

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
Doctor	98	101	3.0%

Housing

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
Home Price ($)	286,777	663,503	56.8%
Apartment Rent ($)	889	1,274	30.2%

Transportation

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	102	102	0.1%

Utilities

Item	St. John's	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	99	99	0.4%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Wabana, NL	2,050	75	24.7%
Division No. 1, Subd. R, NL	315	78	22.1%
Division No. 1, Subd. D, NL	81	80	20.2%
Pouch Cove, NL	2,364	81	19.1%
Bauline, NL	498	81	18.9%
St. John's, NL	109,566	84	15.9%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Brandon, FL	109,784	n/a
Lowell, MA	109,871	n/a
Waterbury, CT	109,211	n/a
Gresham, OR	110,042	n/a
Billings, MT	109,089	n/a
St. John's, NL	109,566	84	15.9%

Source: The St. John's, NL data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada 2020.