Table 10
Social indicators

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Social indicators


Table summary
This table displays the results of social indicators 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Average household spending  Note 1  
Total (current dollars) 65,575 67,736 69,946 71,364 71,117 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Water and sewage (current dollars) 211 221 253 251 259 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Electricity (current dollars) 1,070 1,111 1,147 1,162 1,183 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Food (current dollars) 6,978 7,046 7,305 7,435 7,262 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Gasoline and other motor fuels
(current dollars)		 2,024 2,079 2,223 2,233 2,218 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Personal expenditure on consumer
goods and services (millions of chained 2002 dollars)		 723,146 753,263 787,765 811,157 814,215 841,466
Residential waste  
Production  Note 2 (tonnes) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 12,616,337 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 12,897,396 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Production per capita (kilograms) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 387 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 387 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Disposal (tonnes) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 8,893,494 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 8,536,891 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Disposal per capita (kilograms) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 273 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 256 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Diversion (tonnes) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 3,722,843 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4,360,505 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Diversion per capita (kilograms) Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 114 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 131 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Diversion rate (percent of waste
production)		 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 30 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 34 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Distance driven by light vehicles  Note 3 (millions of kilometres) 289,717 296,871 300,203 294,361 303,576 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
1.
Data on average household spending is based on the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). For information on the difference between the SHS and personal expenditure data please see: Statistics Canada, 2008, Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Catalogue no. 13-017-X.
2.
The estimates presented in this table refer only to material entering the waste stream and do not cover any waste that may be managed on-site by a household. In addition, these data do not include materials that were processed for reuse and resale, (for example, whole sale of scrap metal or used clothing), nor those materials that are collected through deposit-return systems and therefore not processed at a material recovery facility.
3.
Distance driven for vehicles weighing less than 4.5 tonnes, excluding the territories.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 203-0001, 203-0003, 203-0002, 203-0007, 380-0017, 153-0041, 153-0042, 051-0001 and 405-0063 (accessed November 7, 2011).