The most expensive provinces in CanadaAccording to the report, B.C., Ontario, and Alberta experienced the highest costs of living in 2021. Provinces' household disposable incomeHousehold disposable income per capita is one of the two factors StatCan uses to measure income. In 2021, despite high prices in Alberta, the province was still in the top half of the distribution of household disposable income after adjusting income for prices. They dropped from fourth and fifth, respectively, to eighth and ninth in terms of household disposable income. Value of "social transfers"StatCan looked at household disposable income plus the value of "social transfers" as the second measure of income.