Heat or no heat

We are moving to Kitchener, Ontario to be closer to family. Mind you we moved already twice within Edmonton in less than 2 years and I am getting fed up with stupid landlords, noisy neighbours, all kinds of critters and the heating. We don't know if Kitchener will be any better but at least we are not taking chances again in Edmonton. My husband who's already in Kitchener looking for apartments has a long list with him what to check for. He looks at high rise buildings since those are made of concrete and we therefore should not hear our neighbours so well. We have to take chances with the bugs since I doubt landlords would give us an honest answer about when they had bedbugs or cockroaches last in the building. Our current management just could not be bothered to deal with it and we had to chase our landlord a while to bring the pest control in before having to throw out our stuff. The bed frame is gone though. A friend was surprised we have not had more pest issues! What? I have not ever had any in any other country I lived, apart from mice on farms but that's expected. 
Top of the list is the heating still. It got switched back on where I still live and all my windows are open because it's unbearable. I don't need 30 C inside. Especially not when temperatures outside are still high. Even in deepest winter it's not acceptable. But of course in Kitchener plenty of apartments have one temperature for all, too. Again a friend commented that might just be the way it is! What? Have not had this before either, not even in cheap student accommodation. Fine, in Southern Spain and Caribbean Mexico there was no heating at all but those are hot countries. Canada is cold for at least half of the year.
So one place had heat regulation but heat was not included in the rent as it usually is the case. Left me with two questions: 1) Is it metered per unit or does every unit pay the same share no matter how much they heat? I don't know the answer yet. 2) How much will the electric heating cost us per month? Obviously we have no idea if the building is insulated or not (unlikely though). We might end up having to run the heating 24/7 to keep the place ice-free. Not too sure about that, especially if we are not home, say because we both work and our baby is in childcare. 
I am looking forward to getting out of our Edmonton apartment but I am very sceptical too about what we will get in Kitchener. Oh, and the thought of getting something better in Kitchener for the same price (rent) as in Edmonton seems to be an illusion too, sigh.