What the same things cost the average worker in Canada, in hours of take-home pay.
iPhone 18 Pro C$1,749
53 hours of work
The first week of January, and the next until Tuesday 2 pm.
Joint third of 28. In Switzerland the same phone takes 30 hours; in Türkiye, 487.
* C$1,749 is before sales tax, as shops there show prices.
The Hours Index · Canada mist.huliwood.com
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The average full-time worker in Canada earns C$92,401 a year before tax and takes home C$68,738 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays C$33.05.
An iPhone 18 Pro: C$1,749 ÷ C$33.05 = 53 hours. The first week of January, and the next until Tuesday 2 pm.
A Tesla Model Y: C$50,090 ÷ C$33.05 = 1,516 hours. January to late September.
A Big Mac: C$8.17 ÷ C$33.05 = 0.25 hours, or 15 minutes.
The iPhone: before sales tax, as Canadian shops show prices. The Tesla: Tesla's C$49,990 plus the C$100 federal excise tax on a car's air conditioning. Before sales tax, as Tesla's Canadian site shows prices, before the C$2,500 freight and pre-delivery fee and C$46 of other fees (C$52,636 in all in Ontario, the site's default province), and before the C$5,000 EVAP incentive the site points to. Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Canada actually work. More in what the index leaves out.
Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).
Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).