Sales tax in Ontario is 13%, sales tax in Cali is 7%. Property tax in Toronto is 0.61%, property tax in San Francisco is 1.18% [1]. The net burden of these non-payroll taxes is pretty similar.

[1] Assuming you're one of those suckers that isn't laughing all the way to the bank, thanks to the mindboggling piece of legislature called 'Proposition 13'.