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Although Vancouver is still sizeably more expensive than Vancouver {although that gap is certainly narrowing} the real difference is between Ontario and BC.

There are huge swaths of Southern Ontario that are very affordable bordering on cheap and within commuting distance of Toronto suburbs. In BC the entire province is grossly over valued. What is considered "affordable" in areas outside the Lower Mainland would be jaw dropping almost anywhere else in the country. In short, you can't get away from high prices in BC even in fairly remote areas unless you want to live in the middle of absolutely no where and even then the prices are still inflated.

Toronto is overpriced but it's a province wide problem in BC.