alphopper,
What does a decent house cost in Vienna?How big the land and how many square feet for that price?
What does it cost you for groceries for let's say two people a month? etc...
For the 30,000$ or so difference between the 2 salaries I am willing to bet that it is the Canadian who has the most bang for his buck.
I have friends in Europe as well who earn more than me but I wouldn't want their quality of life for a million bucks....it's all relative.