Please note: In Ontario, we have a 15% tax applied to almost everything you will purchase. This 15% is made up of an 8% provincial sales tax and a 7% goods and services tax. Please bear this in mind when planning and when making purchases. The sales tax will differ from province to province.
We have a local grocery store which is 4km from Camp BEL. The grocery store will accept American currency - but nothing larger than $20 bills. There is a bank located in the same plaza as the grocery store. The exchange rate at the stores is lower than the banks (you will not get as much for your money, so be sure to buy Canadian currency before you get here)
Here are a few food costs that may give you an idea of costs.
Case of 24 Coca Cola is $5.99 - $6.99
Juice - frozen $1.09
Apple Juice in can $1.09
Chips no name $0.99 - Hostess $1.99(190g)
Bread $0.89
Fresh Oranges $1.49
Ice cream 4 litre $4.99
Coffee 1kg $9.99
Milk 4 litre $3.49
The following costs are per pound:
Lean ground beef $1.99
Steak lovers T-Bone $5.99
Chicken with the bone in $2.99
If you like to buy fresh meat daily there also is a butcher in town which is only 4 km from Camp BEL. You can buy Chicken, Pork, Beef and lunch meat and fresh sausages.
If you are interested, there will be a food booth set up at the camp which will sell hot dogs, hamburgers, pop and chips all at a resonable cost. There will be red bins which you can put the empty pop cans into to be recycled.
Our gasoline prices are based per litre...
The gasoline price is approx 53.9 cents.
Propane is approx 39.9 cents.
Diesel is approx 49.9 cents.