[gruez]

>Canada here. The maximum possible CPP (Canada Pension Plan) monthly payout is half the average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment across the country.

1. For cities or rural areas? If you're retired you don't really need to live close to a city center for a job. That'll reduce costs significantly.

2. Why would a retired person need 2 bedrooms?

[inglor_cz]

The elderly probably need to live close(r) to healthcare facilities. The vast majority of chronic disease burden is concentrated into the last 10 years of life or so. Living in a rural area with few doctors in proximity means realistic risk of undetected cancer, or having a heart attack too far from an ICU etc., thus dying perhaps a decade earlier.

[Qem]

> Why would a retired person need 2 bedrooms?

To receive visiting relatives for a couple days. Also when they get sick or break a bone, and need 24/7 assistance for a couple weeks/months, having a second bedroom available is very helpful.

[dismalaf]

1. Country wide. In Toronto or Vancouver it's more like 3-4x.

2. Because 2 bedrooms are the most common type of unit so realistically that's the actual "average rent". Statistics that use single bedroom units are garbage because so few units exist.