What will home care actually cost?
Every figure below comes from published rate cards on this site, weighted to Etobicoke, ON. Nothing is emailed to a provider, and there is no form.
Prices in CAD. Providers pay Seniorcarez a flat 149 dollars a month to list — we take no share of what you spend on care. How we make money
Tell us the schedule you think you need
Almost every agency bills a minimum. If you book one hour against a three-hour minimum, you pay for three.
An awake overnight is charged as a flat nightly rate, not by the hour.
At 4 providers’ published rates
$1,486
a month, typical
Range $1,251 – $1,799 a month, depending on the provider you choose.
- Per week
- $342
- Per year
- $17,832
- Billable hours a week
- 9 hrs
Compared with moving
Assisted living near you starts at $2,076 a month and runs to $5,850, with meals, housekeeping and staff awake overnight included.
At this schedule, home care is cheaper. You are about $2,414 a month below the median assisted living rate.
At 3 visits a week, the crossover is around 7.9 hours a visit. Past that, compare residences seriously.
How to think about the trade-off →What this figure leaves out
- Ontario Health atHome may fund one or two visits a day at no cost, which comes straight off this number.
- Statutory holidays are usually billed at 1.5×. Ontario has nine.
- Care invoices normally qualify for the medical expense tax credit.