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  • 71. Entertainment services: a growing consumer market Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X19980034327
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canada's consumer market for entertainment services grew almost 50% in real terms from 1986 to 1996. Canadians are spending more on renting cablevision, video games videotapes and satellite services, and they still attend live sports events, movies and theatre. As a result, spending on entertainment services comprises a growing proportion of the average household's budget. This article explores the shares of Canada's consumer market for entertainment services that are accounted for by various household types and income groups.

    Release date: 1999-01-15
  • 72. "Can I help you?": The rise in household spending on services Archived
    Articles and reports: 63-016-X19980023999
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Consumer expenditures by households are increasingly a driving force behind economic growth - not only for many individual industries, but also for the overall economy. In 1996, personal expenditures amounted to 58.3% of Canada's nominal gross domestic product (GDP), up from 56.6% in 1986. Aggregate consumer spending patterns are affected by several factors. Consumer tastes can shift over time, as new commodities are introduced and others become outdated. As well, changes in the demographic, economic and social characteristics of consumers can affect consumer decisions, as can shifts in the relative prices, utilities and quality levels of different goods and services.

    Release date: 1998-10-15
  • 73. The RRSP Home Buyers' Plan Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980023827
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article looks at the RRSP Home Buyers' Plan in terms of the amounts withdrawn and the number of participants by age, sex and income. In addition, it considers the number of taxfilers who defaulted on their 1995 repayments and the amounts involved.

    Release date: 1998-06-25
  • 74. Tapping unused RRSP room Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980013597
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Relatively few eligible taxfilers take advantage of their unused RRSP contribution room in a given year, and they use only a fraction of it. This article looks at how much room has accumulated since 1991. It also examines which taxfilers are using their RRSP room.

    Release date: 1998-03-25
  • 75. Who's saving for retirement? Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19950042455
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Current projections estimate that almost a quarter of the population will be 65 years or older by 2031. Ensuring that this group will have an adequate income has become an important concern. A look at the programs that now exist to help Canadians save for retirement, as well as who participates in them and how much is being saved.

    Release date: 1995-12-05
  • 76. Spending patterns of couples without children Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X199400233
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    A look at how the 1992 expenditure of couples without children varied according to the age of the partners.

    Release date: 1994-06-01
  • 77. RRSP withdrawals Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X19940015
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Many Canadians with RRSP savings are dipping into these funds before the "normal" retirement age. Who are they, and can their actions be linked to job losses resulting from the recession?

    Release date: 1994-03-02
  • 78. Alimony and child support Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1992002115
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    A study of alimony and child support payments in Canada, according to selected characteristics of both recipients and payers.

    Release date: 1992-06-03
  • 79. Tracking down discretionary income Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X199100142
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    After paying all the monthly bills, some people actually have money left over. This article reviews some of the problems in identifying discretionary income and then provides a profile of families with "extra cash".

    Release date: 1991-03-05
  • 80. Where the money goes: Spending patterns in Canada and the U.S. Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X1990003145
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Does a Canadian household spend its money differently than its American counterpart? This article examines the breakdowns in personal consumption, future security and income taxes by family type in the two countries.

    Release date: 1990-08-24
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  • 41. Shifts in spending patterns of older Canadians Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X20051128982
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    As households age and labour market attachment diminishes, income, savings and wealth generally become less. Households also become smaller as adult children leave or a spouse dies. And spending patterns change. Using 'similar' households, this study looks at changes in spending patterns for households headed by persons aged 55 or older in 1982 and 2003.

    Release date: 2005-12-20
  • 42. Christmas Shopping: A Provincial Perspective Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005034
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This article analyses Holiday retail sales in 2004 by commodity as well as by province and territory using data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and the Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey. Western Canadians led the country last Christmas in December 2004, with Albertans spending more per capita in retail stores than consumers in any other province. For Canada as a whole, the pace of growth in sales in stores doubled in December 2004 compared with the same month in 2003. What did shoppers buy besides toys and clothing? Jewellery, cameras and small electrical appliances were very popular gift items for the season.

    Release date: 2005-12-07
  • 43. 2001 Food Expenditure Survey, Data Quality Indicators Archived
    Articles and reports: 62F0026M2005003
    Description:

    The Food Expenditure Survey (FES) is a periodic survey collecting data from households on food spending habits. Data are collected mainly using weekly diaries of purchases that the respondents must fill in daily during two consecutive weeks.

    The FES, like all surveys, is subject to error despite all the precautions taken at the various stages of the survey to control them. Although there is no exhaustive measure of a survey's data quality, certain quality measures taken at various stages of the survey can provide the user with relevant information to ensure sound data interpretation.

    This paper presents, for the 2001 FES, the following quality indicators the coefficients of variation, the non-response rates, the vacancy rates, the slippage rates, the imputation rates as well the impacts of imputation on the estimates.

    Release date: 2005-07-08
  • 44. Spenders and savers Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200510313138
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The national savings rate has been oscillating around historic lows for several years, prompting concerns about the resilience of a macro-level economy increasingly reliant on debt-financed consumer spending. Many are also troubled by the balance sheets of households, where ever-expanding debt has rapidly outpaced earnings growth. The resulting record-high, debt-to-income ratios leave households more vulnerable to interruptions in income. This article examines changes in saving and spending patterns over 20 years, and differences in the characteristics and spending patterns of saving versus spending households.

    Release date: 2005-06-20
  • 45. Electronic commerce and Internet use increasing Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20050017766
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 2003 more Canadian households were paying for their goods and services online. Access is critical and households with a high-speed connection were more likely to be electronic commerce households. This article presents data from the Household Internet Use Survey 2003.

    Release date: 2005-02-09
  • 46. Shifts in consumer spending Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200410613122
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper examines the effects of changes in consumer spending and asset holdings over the last 20 years on the economic landscape.

    Release date: 2004-09-21
  • 47. Saving for postsecondary education Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200410713123
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at the decision of parents to save, and amounts saved, for the future education of children aged under 19 years in 2002. A model is used to estimate cumulative parental savings, taking into consideration characteristics of the family and the child, aspirations and involvement of parents, awareness of saving incentive programs, and expectations about grant programs.

    Release date: 2004-09-21
  • 48. On the Move with Homebuyers: Shopping for Furniture Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004012
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines retail sales and household expenditures data from 1997 to 2002 to show the impact of homebuyers on furniture and appliance spending.

    Release date: 2004-05-13
  • 49. The economy: Year-end review 2003 Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-010-X20040046849
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This summary of Canada's economic growth in 2003 also examines economic data from the last decade.

    Release date: 2004-04-22
  • 50. Fighting the odds Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X20031126700
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This document examines the effects of gambling in today's society.

    Release date: 2004-03-19
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  • 1. 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
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