Moving from Toronto to Dallas
Big-city jobs, sports and steakhouses with no state income tax. Here's how life in Dallas compares with Toronto, and what changes when you cross the border.
Dallas is roughly 13°C warmer than Toronto in January (about -5°C → 8°C), with about 117 cm less snow a year and around 32 more sunny days. A typical home costs roughly 44% less in Dallas (about C$1,050,000 vs US$430,000, compared at a sample exchange rate), and everyday costs in Dallas are close to the US average. Texas has no state income tax, compared with a medium provincial income tax in Ontario. For lifestyle, you gain golf and lake life and leave behind live music. (Approximate figures.)
- January average
- -5°C → 8°C (+13°)
- July average
- 22°C → 30°C (+8°)
- Sunny days a year
- 200 → 232
- Snow a year
- 120 → 3 cm
- Cost of living index
- 125 → 103
- Typical home
- C$1,050,000 → US$430,000
- Property tax rate
- 0.7% → 1.9%
- Provincial or state income tax
- Medium → None
- Health care in Dallas
- Private, ~US$520/mo (approx.)
- Airport
- 25 min
- Ski hill
- 3h+
- Beach or lake
- 25 min
- Main industries
- Finance, tech, energy, logistics
Moving from Canada to the USA
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Climate, cost and risk figures are approximate and for comparison only. Prices are in each place's local currency.