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Let's take the average cost of school and residence in Ontario: $86k for a four year undergraduate.
Let's go with 8 months of part time work (8hr weeks), and 4 moths of summer work (40 hr/weeks).
That gives us 8 months x 4 weeks x 8 hours x 4 years: 1,024 hours part time. 4 months x 40 hours x 3 years: 480 hours summer work.
Total hours: 1,504.
Ontario minimum wage is $17.60, so that's $26,470 over the course of studies.
The average cost of an undergraduate degree is $86k, over three times that. In order to make that same 1504 hours be sufficient, you'd need an salary closer to $57/hour.
Let's look at it another way, let's take that $86,000 and see how many hours you'd need at a generous $30/hr: 2,850 hours.
Let's max out the summers at 70 hours, a very loaded schedule: that takes care of 840 hours. So you'd still need 2,010 over the 8 semesters. Or 16 hours a week. Fucking ridiculous workload, even at nearly double minimum wage.