I assume you mean Toronto, not Vancouver, based on the parent comment. Median household income in Toronto is $65,829 CAD as of 2015 [0], which is about $52,500

I assume you mean Toronto, not Vancouver, based on the parent comment. Median household income in Toronto is $65,829 CAD as of 2015 [0], which is about $52,500 USD adjusted for purchasing power parity [1]. Chicago's median income from 2012 to 2016 was $50,434 [2]. I didn't take the time to find numbers that are perfectly apples-to-apples, but it definitely doesn't seem like Toronto's median income is materially lower than Chicago's. [0] https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/8f41-2016-Census-Backgrounder-Income.pdf https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/8f41-2016-... [1] https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-p... [2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chicagocityillinois/LND110210 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chicagocityilli...