Rent price madness: Student regularly commutes 687 kilometers by plane - and saves a lot in the process. Student Tim Chen regularly travels from Calgary to Vancouver.
He makes the trip eight times in four weeks and spends 1,200 dollars a month on the flights. Vancouver is considered the most expensive city in Canada and has a very low vacancy rate of 1.9 percent. In the 2023 global ranking, Vancouver was among the ten most livable cities. The good thing about his art studies: no daily attendance requirement, many online courses.