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  • 1. Purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds, by type of dwelling
    Table: 38-10-0011-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that made purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds, by type of dwelling. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-06-09
  • 2. Purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds
    Table: 38-10-0015-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that made purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-06-09
  • 3. Purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds, by household income
    Table: 38-10-0016-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: Percentage of households that made purchases to feed, shelter or watch birds, by household income. The data is from the Households and the environment survey.
    Release date: 2025-06-09
  • 4. Household final consumption expenditure, quarterly, Canada
    Table: 36-10-0107-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Quarterly household final consumption expenditure components in chained (2017) and current dollars.
    Release date: 2025-05-30
  • 5. Current and capital accounts - Households, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0112-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Quarterly current and capital accounts for the household sector, including property income, disposable income, net saving and net lending, Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-30
  • 6. Detailed household final consumption expenditure, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0124-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Quarterly final consumption expenditure for the household sector, in current and constant 2017 prices, Canada.
    Release date: 2025-05-30
  • 7. Contributions to annual percent change in real household final consumption expenditure, Canada, annual
    Table: 36-10-0131-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Contributions to annual percent change in real household final consumption expenditure.
    Release date: 2025-05-30
  • 8. Household Expenditures Research Paper Series
    Journals and periodicals: 62F0026M
    Description: This series provides detailed documentation on the issues, concepts, methodology, data quality and other relevant research related to household expenditures from the Survey of Household Spending, the Homeowner Repair and Renovation Survey and the Food Expenditure Survey.
    Release date: 2025-05-21
  • 9. How Canadian households spent their money in 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025026
    Description: This infographic highlights some results from the 2023 Survey of Household Spending, such as how much Canadian households spent on various categories of goods and services and how it differed from 2021 and 2019.
    Release date: 2025-05-21
  • 10. Household spending, Canada, regions and provinces
    Table: 11-10-0222-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Survey of Household Spending (SHS), average household spending, Canada, regions and provinces.

    Release date: 2025-05-21
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  • 1. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2023
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2025001
    Description: This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). It includes descriptions of the survey terms and variables definitions as well as of the survey methodology and data quality. The guide also includes a section describing various examples of estimates that can be drawn from the survey data.
    Release date: 2025-05-21
  • 2. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2023001
    Description: This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). It includes descriptions of the survey terms and variables definitions as well as of the survey methodology and data quality. The guide also includes a section describing various examples of estimates that can be drawn from the survey data.
    Release date: 2023-10-18
  • 3. Key household indicators, 2021 Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021023
    Description: Data collected by the Census of Population are used to create different household indicators to help governments and organizations assess housing needs in Canada. This video focuses on six key household indicators that help governments and organizations manage the state of housing in Canada, namely, shelter costs, shelter-cost-to-income ratio, housing adequacy, housing suitability, housing affordability and core housing need.
    Release date: 2022-10-26
  • 4. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2019
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2021001
    Description: This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). It includes descriptions of the survey terms and variables definitions as well as of the survey methodology and data quality. The guide also includes a section describing various examples of estimates that can be drawn from the survey data.
    Release date: 2021-01-22
  • 5. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2017 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2018001
    Description:

    This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). It includes descriptions of the survey terms and variables definitions as well as of the survey methodology and data quality. The guide also includes a section describing various examples of estimates that can be drawn from the survey data.

    Release date: 2018-12-12
  • 6. Survey of Household Spending Technical Note, 2017 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2018002
    Description:

    The Survey of Household Spending (SHS) conducted by Statistics Canada collects detailed spending information as well as selected information on dwelling characteristics and household equipment. This technical note provides additional information on the quality of the SHS data and their fitness for use.

    Release date: 2018-12-12
  • 7. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2016 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2017002
    Description:

    This guide presents information of interest to users of data from the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). It includes descriptions of the survey terms and variables definitions as well as of the survey methodology and data quality. The guide also includes a section describing various examples of estimates that can be drawn from the survey data.

    Release date: 2017-12-13
  • 8. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2015 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2017001
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2015 Survey of Household Spending. These quality indicators, such as coefficients of variation, nonresponse rates, slippage rates and imputation rates, help users interpret the survey data.

    Release date: 2017-01-27
  • 9. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2014 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2016001
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2014 Survey of Household Spending. These quality indicators, such as coefficients of variation, nonresponse rates, slippage rates and imputation rates, help users interpret the survey data.

    Release date: 2016-02-12
  • 10. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2013 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2015001
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2013 Survey of Household Spending. These quality indicators, such as coefficients of variation, nonresponse rates, slippage rates and imputation rates, help users interpret the survey data.

    Release date: 2015-01-22
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