Make it a trip · Vancouver, Canada
What Vancouver costs
once you land
Real prices, from the airport ride to a room for the night, each with where we found it. Checked October 2026, around Downtown Vancouver.
Prices as the source quoted them.
Dorm bed, three cheap meals, getting around, a coffee, two beers and water.
Arriving
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Canada Line from YVR to downtown Range
Tap a bank card. Includes the $6.50 YVR AddFare. Lower price evenings and weekends. About 25 minutes.
Sources: Vancouver Tourism, transportation guide (2026-10), TransLink, pricing and fare zones (2026-07)
C$10 to C$11.60 Book an airport pickup -
eTA travel authorisation Fixed
For AU, NZ, GB, IE, NL, DE, FR, SG passports.
Needed when flying in. Valid up to five years or until the passport expires. Apply on the official Canada.ca site.
Sources: Canada.ca, eTA (2026), Canada.ca, eTA facts (2026)
C$7 -
No visa or eTA needed Fixed
For US passports.
US citizens are exempt. Carry a valid US passport.
Source: Canada.ca, eTA facts (2026)
Free -
Home country Fixed
For CA passports.
Canadian citizens enter with a Canadian passport.
Source: Canada.ca, eTA (2026)
Free
Getting around
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SkyTrain or bus ride, one zone Fixed
Adult fare tapping a bank card. A Compass card costs $2.85 per ride.
Source: TransLink, pricing and fare zones (2026-07)
C$3.50 -
TransLink DayPass Fixed
All zones. Exempt from the YVR AddFare.
Source: TransLink, pricing and fare zones (2026-07)
C$12.60
Eating and drinking
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Lunch menu at a cheap restaurant Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$19 -
US$10.90
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Dinner for two at a restaurant Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$75 -
Cappuccino Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$4.40 -
Beer at a pub, half a litre Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$5.80
At the supermarket
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Water, 1 litre Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$1.30 -
Coca-Cola at a restaurant, half a litre Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$2.20 -
Beer from a shop, half a litre Many reports
Source: LivingCost, Vancouver (2026-06)
US$3.30
Doing
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Capilano Suspension Bridge Park Many reports
Adult, 17 and over, tax included.
Source: Vancouver Tourism, Capilano Suspension Bridge (2026-10)
C$80 Get tickets
Sleeping, per night
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Hostel dorm bed Range
Middle half of 6 central hostels on Hostelworld, 30 Oct 2026. The cheapest bed was 27 CAD. Weekends and peak season cost more.
Source: Hostelworld, Vancouver hostels (2026-10)
C$32 to C$64 Find a hostel
Prices change. Fixed fees come from official or widely reported figures; ranges are what travellers and operators report for 2026. Some links are affiliate links: they never change what you pay. How we make money.
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