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  • 1. Detailed household final consumption expenditure, provincial and territorial, annual
    Table: 36-10-0225-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 384-0041)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    Annual final consumption expenditure for the household sector, in current and constant 2012 prices, by province and territory.

    Release date: 2018-11-08
  • 2. Detailed household final consumption expenditure- sales taxes and expenditure excluding sales taxes, provincial and territorial, annual
    Table: 36-10-0432-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 384-0045)
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description: Annual final consumption expenditure for the household sector excluding sales tax; provincial sales taxes, and; Goods and Services tax, by province and territory.
    Release date: 2018-11-08
  • 3. Consumer Price Index, monthly, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife — Shelter
    Table: 18-10-0004-04
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Description: Monthly indexes and percentage changes for selected sub-groups of the shelter component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.
    Release date: 2018-10-19
  • 4. Household final consumption expenditure, quarterly, Canada
    Table: 36-10-0107-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 380-0067)
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Quarterly household final consumption expenditure components in chained (2007) and current dollars.
    Release date: 2018-08-30
  • 5. Current and capital accounts - Households, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0112-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 380-0072)
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Quarterly current and capital accounts for the household sector, including property income, disposable income, net saving and net lending, Canada.
    Release date: 2018-08-30
  • 6. Detailed household final consumption expenditure, Canada, quarterly
    Table: 36-10-0124-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 380-0085)
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Quarterly final consumption expenditure for the household sector, in current and constant 2007 prices, Canada.
    Release date: 2018-08-30
  • 7. Household sector, selected indicators, Canada, quarterly, inactiveArchived
    Table: 36-10-0435-01
    (formerly: CANSIM 380-0073)
    Description:

    Quarterly household disposable income, debt service ratio and other statistics, Canada.

    Release date: 2018-08-30
  • 8. Digital economy July 2017 to June 2018
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201824118623
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2018-08-29
  • 9. Results from the Digital Economy Survey
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018028
    Description:

    This infographic details the use, purchases and spending on digital products by Canadians aged 18 and older between July 2017 and June 2018. It also highlights the most common payment methods used for total personal spending.

    Release date: 2018-08-29
  • 10. Food stats
    Table: 32-26-0001
    Description:

    Use this one-stop shop to access a wide variety of statistical information on food. It contains a listing of data tables, analytical articles and reference materials, which users can filter or sort by title, subject, date or keyword.

    Release date: 2018-08-03
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  • 1. Digital economy July 2017 to June 2018
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201824118623
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2018-08-29
  • 2. Results from the Digital Economy Survey
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018028
    Description:

    This infographic details the use, purchases and spending on digital products by Canadians aged 18 and older between July 2017 and June 2018. It also highlights the most common payment methods used for total personal spending.

    Release date: 2018-08-29
  • 3. Survey of Household Spending 2016
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X2017347232
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-12-13
  • 4. How Canadians spent their money in 2016
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2017040
    Description:

    This infographic highlights some of the information provided by the 2016 Survey of Household Spending. For example, it presents the annual average spending on public transportation across Canada, shelter costs for owners and renters, as well as the proportion of Canadian households’ food budget spent on restaurant meals. It also shows how Canadian households allocated their budgets to various goods and services.

    Release date: 2017-12-13
  • 5. 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: 2017-12-13
  • 6. Household contribution rates for selected registered savings accounts
    Stats in brief: 98-200-X2016013
    Description:

    This Census in Brief examines household contributions to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs), registered pension plans (RPPs), and tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) in 2015. Contribution patterns are analyzed by age, income, and region to provide some insight into the savings behaviour of Canadian households.

    Release date: 2017-09-13
  • 7. Investments in Registered Education Savings Plans and Postsecondary Attendance
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2017071
    Description:

    This Economic Insights article documents the characteristics of families with children under the age of 18 who hold registered education savings plan (RESP) investments. The article also examines the relationship between holding an RESP account at age 15 and postsecondary enrolment between the ages of 19 and 27. The data are drawn from the 1999 and 2012 Survey of Financial Security and from the Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A, linked to the T1 Family File. Postsecondary enrolment is derived from education deductions and tuition credits in the tax data.

    Release date: 2017-04-12
  • 8. Which Families Invest in Registered Education Savings Plans and Does It Matter for Postsecondary Enrolment?
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2017392
    Description:

    The registered education savings plan (RESP) savings vehicle is designed to encourage parents of school-age children to save for their children’s postsecondary education through tax sheltered earnings on contributions, as well as through additional contributions from the federal government. No recent evidence exists on the characteristics of RESP holders, and little exists on the association between having an RESP and enrolling in postsecondary education.

    This study makes three contributions to the literature. First, it documents differences in RESP holdings by family income and how these have evolved over time. Second, it decomposes these differences (particularly between the top and bottom quintiles of family income) into portions that are related to differences in key determinants of RESP participation (e.g., family wealth and parental education). And, third, it examines the relationship between having an RESP account and attending a postsecondary institution.

    Release date: 2017-04-12
  • 9. Study: Youth postsecondary attendance by parental income and province of residence 2001 to 2014
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201710015961
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-04-10
  • 10. The Effects of Education on Canadians’ Retirement Savings Behaviour
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2017391
    Description:

    This paper assesses the extent to which education affects how Canadians save and accumulate wealth for retirement. The paper makes three contributions. First, a descriptive analysis is presented of differences in savings and home values across individuals based on their levels of educational attainment. To this end, new datasets that link survey respondents from the 1991 and 2006 censuses of Canada to their administrative tax records are used. These data provide a unique opportunity to jointly observe education, savings, home values, and a plethora of other factors of relevance. Second, the causal effect of high school completion on savings rates in tax-preferred accounts is estimated, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in the identification. Third, building on a recent study by Messacar (2015), education is also found to affect how individuals re-optimize their savings rates in response to an automatic change in pension wealth accumulation. The implications of this study’s findings for the “nudge paradigm” in behavioural economics are discussed.

    Release date: 2017-03-27
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Reference (50) (0 to 10 of 50 results)

  • 1. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2016
    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
  • 2. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2015
    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
  • 3. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2014Archived
    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
  • 4. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2013Archived
    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
  • 5. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2012Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2014001
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2012 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: 2014-01-29
  • 6. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2011Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2013001
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2011 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: 2013-01-30
  • 7. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2010Archived
    Notices and consultations: 62F0026M2012001
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2010 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: 2012-04-25
  • 8. Note to Users of Data from the 2010 Survey of Household SpendingArchived
    Notices and consultations: 62F0026M2012002
    Description:

    Starting with the 2010 survey year, the Survey of Household Spending (SHS) has used a different collection methodology from previous surveys. The new methodology combines a questionnaire and a diary of expenses. Also, data collection is now continuous throughout the year. This note provides information to users and prospective users of data from the SHS about the methodological differences between the redesigned SHS and the former SHS.

    Release date: 2012-04-25
  • 9. Survey of Household Spending 2009: Data Quality IndicatorsArchived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2011001
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2009 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: 2011-06-16
  • 10. User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2009Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 62F0026M2010006
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes the quality indicators produced for the 2009 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: 2010-12-17
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