Comparing things like groceries, housing, drugs and appliances, Straight Goods found in reality Canadians fared a bit better on some things and worse on others, but pretty well overall. This year we're looking at The Cost of Raising Children . And families come in many shapes and sizes, each with different ideas of what's essential.
Children don' t come off the rack either.
Then we talked to the real experts, parents. Using an email survey, we polled 27 parents, from both sides of the boarder, on their experiences. That's before any consideration of currency exchange. One of the main benefits of living in Canada noted by both Canadian and US respondents, was universal health care. Childcare was the one category which gave us some trouble.