Canada has 100x Iceland's population, and population centres are heavily concentrated near the border with the US. The delivery logistics are there.
Now change that to Hawaii or remote First Nation communities and those costs go up dramatically.
Now change that to Hawaii or remote First Nation communities and those costs go up dramatically.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2015/04/living-hawaii-how-much-doe...
Since this is HN I will add that I am ok with both of those. Wages for unskilled labour should be high enough to live on, and taxes pay for our social infrastructure.