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Topic: "Essential Expenses"
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How Much Each Country Pays for Gas in 2025
This map tracks the retail price of gas in 169 countries and territories around the world. Data is sourced from Global Petrol Prices, as of Feb 3rd, 2025. Gas, more commonly known as petrol, is priced per liter in many places. The table in the next section includes the equivalent cost.
How does Canada compare to the rest of the world? →Budgeting
Whether you’ve experienced a job loss or an unexpected expense, or you’re simply finding it hard to keep up with rising costs, the bottom line is you need your money to go further. Here are tips to stretch your cash when times are tough.
Emergency Budgeting Tips for Canadians – Stretching Your Dollar in Tough Times By Diane Amato →Saving
Our consumer culture pressures many of us to live above our means. The good news is that making a personal and household commitment to a more frugal lifestyle can be a fulfilling, healthy choice and can save you a lot of money.
65 Tips to Save Money Through Self-Reliance By Kale Roberts →Saving
Trying to build your savings, pay off debt and make the most of your money? You might want to try living like a billionaire — but only if that billionaire is Warren Buffett
11 Frugal Habits of Warren Buffett by Amanda Garcia →Word of the week
Essential Expenses
These are expenses that are necessary. Another way to identify these expenses is to determine if they are 'needs' rather than 'wants'. Essential expenses might include: - Rent/Mortgage - Groceries - Utilities - Medical Expenses Unlike, restaurants, and entertainment, that are 'wants' or non-essential expenses and do not need to be made.
Follow every dollar - Track and analyze your non-essential expenses →Did you know?
Asking rents in Canada increased 9.7% annually to an average of $1,984 in February. The annual rate of rent inflation has been moderating since reaching a high of 12.4% in November 2022.
Learn how much rent inflation has grown in your neighbourhood →Infographic of the week
How much more are groceries costing you this year?
Mapped: Which Countries Have the Highest Inflation?
See how Canada compares to the rest of the world →← Curating the web to find the most interesting and helpful information about your money.