Family budget for Montréal
Family budget calculator prefilled with cited Montréal cost bands. Scale cited city living midpoints by household size with transparent planning multipliers.
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Family / Household Budget Scaler is a free SetTern planning tool. Scale cited city living midpoints by household size with transparent planning multipliers. OECD-modified equivalence on catalog midpoints — not survey microdata or visa funds. Sources are cited on the page — confirm details on the official portals linked.
Cited Montréal cost context
These planning bands come from the SetTern city catalog for Montréal, Canada. The calculator below is prefilled from them — edit any line to match your own quote.
| Rent 1br (catalog) | $1,100/mo Source |
|---|---|
| Groceries (catalog band) | $200–$320/mo Source |
| Transport (catalog band) | $90–$100/mo Source |
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$4,680/mo
Montréal × OECD 1.8 (base $2,600)
- Rent (1br catalog): $1,980/mo (base $1,100)
- Utilities: $207/mo (base $115)
- Groceries: $468/mo (base $260)
- Transport: $171/mo (base $95)
- Dining out: $414/mo (base $230)
- Other / residual to living mid: $1,440/mo (base $800)
Scale cited city line items (rent, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) with the OECD-modified equivalence scale.
Line items from cited city catalog (rent1br, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) × OECD scale — not household survey microdata and not visa funds proof.
OECD Income Distribution Database — equivalence scales · CMHC Montréal Housing Market Outlook 2025 · Methodology
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Verified official sources
- SetTern methodologysettern.io — How we cite costs, visas, and tool limits — not legal advice.
- SetTern editorial policysettern.io — E-E-A-T, fact verification, and update cadence.
- SetTern cost comparisonsettern.io — City living midpoints scaled by household factors.
Common questions
- Is Family / Household Budget Scaler legal or immigration advice?
- No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.
- How is household size applied?
- Transparent planning multipliers on the cited city midpoint (shown in the result).
- Is this surveyed family spend data?
- No — it scales catalog midpoints so you can compare hubs for a household of N.