Yeah, have to remember everything there is 1/3 off with the currency exchange.
Yeah, tax is crazy high. But if you see the cycling infrastucture...
That meal was in the old Quebec City in the super fancy area. ~$14CAD meal was eggs/meat pie/potatoes/toast/coffee. So roughly $10.50 which isn't bad. It does seem like living as a Canadian would be expensive. Going into the MEC (Canadian REI) everything is priced more or less at what it sells for in the US.
I also figured out that at a lot of restaurants the receipt has suggested tip on the receipt based on the pre-tax amount, but then when you use a credit card and select % tip on the keypad it does it based on post-tax amount. Whatever.
Had some awesome Brisket yesterday in Morristown, VT...