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Table 1
Expenditures per household, Canada
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Expenditures per household, Canada
  2007
Average expenditure Percent of households reporting Average expenditure per household reporting Percentage of total expenditure Median expenditure per household reporting
  dollars percent dollars percent dollars
Total expenditure 69,946 100.0 69,950 100.0 57,579
Food 7,305 100.0 7,300 10.4 6,500
Shelter 13,643 99.8 13,670 19.5 10,460
Principal accommodation 12,670 99.6 12,720 18.1 9,684
Rented living quarters 2,668 35.3 7,560 3.8 6,960
Owned living quarters 7,799 68.3 11,420 11.2 8,800
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,203 87.8 2,510 3.1 2,400
Other accommodation 973 53.0 1,840 1.4 800
Household operation 3,287 100.0 3,290 4.7 2,536
Communications 1,488 99.4 1,500 2.1 1,292
Child care expenses 330 10.8 3,060 0.5 1,800
Pet expenses 432 49.0 880 0.6 520
Other 1,037 ... ... 1.5 ...
Household furnishings and equipment 1,964 94.1 2,090 2.8 1,065
Clothing 2,948 99.2 2,970 4.2 1,990
Transportation 9,395 98.2 9,570 13.4 6,068
Private transportation 8,426 87.9 9,590 12.0 5,894
Public transportation 969 70.4 1,380 1.4 740
Health care 1,932 98.3 1,970 2.8 1,325
Personal care 1,167 99.8 1,170 1.7 890
Recreation 3,976 97.6 4,070 5.7 2,440
Reading materials and other printed matter 260 74.5 350 0.4 250
Education 1,017 34.5 2,950 1.5 1,000
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,536 85.2 1,800 2.2 1,000
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 621 34.7 1,790 0.9 1,210
Alcoholic beverages 915 80.0 1,140 1.3 600
Games of chance (net) 251 53.1 470 0.4 156
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,081 91.9 1,180 1.5 511
Total current consumption 49,766 100.0 49,770 71.1 42,362
Personal taxes 14,447 93.5 15,450 20.7 9,303
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,946 84.0 4,700 5.6 3,560
Gifts of money and contributions 1,788 75.5 2,370 2.6 600
In 1998, 1999, and every second year thereafter starting with 2001, statistics for Canada include the territories. For the other years, Canada-level statistics include the 10 provinces only.
Note(s):
Beginning with 2006, the distinction between full-year and part-year members and households has been removed. Spending data are collected for the reference year for all members of the household at the time of the interview. Since the data for the 1997-2005 were based on full-year members only, to maintain the comparability with prior years, the data for 1997-2005 have been revised to include both full-year and part-year households.