Table 4-1
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Canada1

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Canada
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  dollars
Total expenditure 65,575 67,736 69,946 71,364 71,117
Food 6,978 7,046 7,305 7,435 7,262
Shelter 12,376 12,986 13,643 14,183 14,095
Principal accommodation 11,527 11,998 12,670 13,026 13,120
Rented living quarters 2,483 2,736 2,668 2,968 3,146
Owned living quarters 6,961 7,148 7,799 7,803 7,770
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,083 2,114 2,203 2,256 2,204
Other accommodation 849 987 973 1,157 975
Household operation 3,027 3,251 3,287 3,345 3,428
Communications 1,368 1,457 1,488 1,507 1,583
Child care expenses 288 329 330 342 393
Pet expenses 370 395 432 439 420
Other 1,001 1,070 1,037 1,057 1,032
Household furnishings and equipment 1,954 2,131 1,964 1,967 1,896
Clothing 2,538 2,870 2,948 2,856 2,841
Transportation 8,914 9,240 9,395 9,722 9,753
Private transportation 8,088 8,273 8,426 8,702 8,797
Public transportation 826 967 969 1,020 956
Health care 1,755 1,867 1,932 2,044 2,004
Personal care 1,071 1,158 1,167 1,189 1,200
Recreation 3,850 3,975 3,976 4,066 3,843
Reading materials and other printed matter 278 264 260 253 232
Education 1,214 1,157 1,017 1,179 1,238
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,398 1,475 1,536 1,495 1,506
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 607 608 621 588 601
Alcoholic beverages 791 866 915 907 905
Games of chance (net) 271 258 251 260 255
Miscellaneous expenditures 987 1,087 1,081 1,075 1,180
Total current consumption 46,610 48,765 49,766 51,068 50,734
Personal taxes 13,350 13,634 14,447 14,599 14,399
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,831 3,832 3,946 4,023 4,269
Gifts of money and contributions 1,784 1,505 1,788 1,674 1,715
1.
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.