Survey of Household Spending Modelled Annual Statistics, 2010 to 2017
Table C
Modelled annual proportion of households reporting expenditures, 2010 to 2017

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Table C
Modelled annual proportion of households reporting expenditures, 2010 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Modelled annual proportion of households reporting expenditures. The information is grouped by Expenditure category (appearing as row headers), Estimates are modelled (Yes/No) and Annual proportion of households reporting expenditures (percentage) (appearing as column headers).
Expenditure category Estimates are modelled (Yes/No) Annual proportion of households reporting expenditures (percentage)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total expenditureTable C Note 1 Yes 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total current consumptionTable C Note 1 Yes 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Food expenditures Yes 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Food purchased from stores Yes 100.0 99.4 98.7 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.5
Food purchased from restaurants Yes 97.3 97.6 96.4 95.6 94.9 99.2 99.9 98.3
ShelterTable C Note 2 Table C Note 3 No 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.9
Principal accommodation No 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.9
Rented living quarters No 32.3 32.7 34.0 31.9 33.1 32.5 33.4 33.2
Rent No 31.9 32.3 33.3 31.3 32.4 31.9 32.9 32.6
Tenants' repairs and improvements No 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.8
Tenants' insurance premiums No 14.4 14.6 15.6 14.1 15.7 16.3 16.8 16.8
Parking at rented living quarters (excluding amounts reported with rent) No 1.8 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.5 1.9 2.3
Owned living quarters No 67.6 67.5 66.2 68.0 66.9 67.6 66.7 66.8
Mortgage paid No 35.4 35.5 34.5 38.0 36.2 36.5 37.2 36.3
Repairs and maintenance No 38.4 36.1 37.5 39.9 38.2 38.0 36.0 37.0
Condominium fees No 6.6 6.6 6.7 7.3 7.5 8.3 8.0 9.0
Property and school taxes No 66.5 66.2 64.8 67.1 65.8 66.3 65.2 65.8
Homeowners' insurance premiums No 65.4 64.8 63.8 65.8 64.5 64.8 64.4 64.4
Other expenditures for owned living quarters No 24.6 24.1 23.6 24.7 23.6 23.4 22.4 22.1
Commissions for sale of real estate No 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.0
Legal fees related to owned living quarters No 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.5 5.6
Mortgage insurance premiums No 18.8 18.1 17.9 19.6 18.1 17.8 16.1 16.2
Transfer taxes and land registration fees No 4.1 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0
Registration fees, renewal fees and early renewal or closing penalties and all other expenses related to owned living quarters (excluding repairs and maintenance) No 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.5 5.2 4.8 5.4 5.2
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation No 85.8 86.8 86.0 86.7 88.1 87.8 88.3 88.4
Water and sewage No 41.2 40.8 42.5 44.0 42.2 44.1 42.6 43.2
Electricity No 84.5 85.8 84.8 85.9 86.8 86.2 87.0 86.9
Natural gas No 40.9 41.3 40.5 43.0 41.5 42.7 41.7 42.7
Other fuel No 26.1 25.3 27.9 25.1 35.8 35.7 35.9 35.5
Other accommodationTable C Note 2 Table C Note 3 No 45.5 47.3 50.5 50.9 50.9 52.0 51.5 51.8
Owned secondary residencesTable C Note 2 No 7.8 7.5 8.5 8.2 7.9 8.8 7.7 7.8
Other owned propertiesTable C Note 3 No 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.6
Accommodation away from home Yes 46.0 46.3 46.1 46.7 47.0 47.9 47.2 47.8
Hotels and motels No 36.3 37.7 38.8 39.4 40.2 40.2 40.5 40.1
Other accommodation away from home Yes 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.3 18.1 19.3 18.3 18.9
Household operations No 99.7 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7
Communications No 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.5 98.1 99.0 99.0 99.1
Telephone No 98.9 99.1 98.4 98.4 97.5 97.3 97.4 96.7
Landline telephone services No 87.9 85.9 82.2 78.2 73.4 69.7 64.9 60.9
Cell phone and pager services No 73.9 76.3 77.7 81.3 80.6 81.3 83.5 85.0
Telephones and equipment Yes 30.6 32.1 31.7 26.9 28.3 28.1 26.0 23.6
Internet access services No 75.0 78.6 78.9 80.9 80.3 83.0 82.9 84.7
On-line services Yes 6.4 12.2 16.9 21.6 26.4 31.4 34.5 40.8
Postal, courier and other communication services Yes 81.0 77.1 70.6 72.4 71.8 66.2 59.1 57.3
Domestic and other custodial services (excluding child care) Yes 11.9 11.5 12.3 11.6 11.9 11.5 11.9 11.8
Pet expenses Yes 50.7 53.2 46.6 47.7 48.0 46.8 48.2 46.8
Pet food Yes 49.0 51.7 42.2 45.3 46.8 43.2 44.5 42.6
Purchase of pets and pet-related goods Yes 28.2 26.8 23.1 22.7 23.7 21.7 26.8 21.1
Veterinarian and other services Yes 29.3 29.9 28.6 28.6 27.9 28.7 27.8 29.1
Household cleaning supplies and equipment Yes 99.6 99.8 94.6 94.0 87.4 93.4 93.6 91.7
Paper, plastic and foil supplies Yes 97.1 98.7 94.7 95.0 93.4 91.8 93.1 87.2
Garden supplies and services Yes 62.7 61.5 62.3 63.7 59.8 61.8 58.6 61.7
Other household supplies Yes 88.8 86.2 83.5 89.6 98.1 82.6 95.2 88.4
Child care Yes 12.4 12.1 12.6 12.6 12.1 12.1 12.7 12.8
Child care outside the home Yes 11.2 11.1 11.7 11.6 11.0 11.2 11.5 11.9
Child care in the home (regular and occasional) Yes 4.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.8
Household furnishings and equipmentTable C Note 4 Table C Note 5 Yes 92.8 94.4 97.8 92.8 93.8 94.2 95.5 95.3
Household furnishingsTable C Note 4 Yes 65.5 66.3 71.9 66.3 68.9 68.3 67.5 68.4
Household equipmentTable C Note 5 Yes 88.4 90.1 89.7 87.0 86.8 88.6 91.7 89.4
Household appliances Yes 70.1 71.4 72.4 69.7 69.7 67.5 70.3 70.8
Other household equipment Yes 83.4 87.4 84.7 82.6 81.8 86.1 88.0 83.3
Maintenance and repairs of household furnishings and equipmentTable C Note 6 - - - - - - - - -
Services related to household furnishings and equipment No 24.1 25.4 25.2 27.0 25.3 25.2 25.6 25.7
Rental of heating equipment No 15.6 16.5 16.2 17.9 16.4 16.0 16.9 16.9
Home security services No 10.7 11.2 11.8 11.8 11.5 11.9 11.0 11.2
Clothing and accessoriesTable C Note 7 Yes 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.1 99.5 100.0
Women's and girls' wear (4 years and over) Yes 85.2 83.9 85.1 87.9 85.6 83.8 83.8 84.4
Men's and boys' wear (4 years and over) Yes 80.1 78.5 80.7 78.9 79.0 76.8 77.5 80.1
Children's wear (under 4 years) Yes 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.3 7.9 8.1 8.7 7.9
Clothing fabric, yarn, thread, and other notions Yes 16.7 15.2 13.5 17.9 19.8 16.3 14.6 16.4
Clothing services Yes 53.8 52.7 50.5 47.3 49.9 46.0 44.0 43.1
Transportation No 98.5 98.5 98.1 98.4 98.7 98.6 98.0 97.9
Private transportation No 91.2 91.9 90.3 90.5 90.9 92.7 90.3 90.2
Private use automobiles, vans and trucks Yes 36.4 36.6 36.8 38.0 36.6 37.4 37.7 38.0
Purchase of automobiles, vans and trucks No 23.2 21.5 20.3 22.2 20.2 19.9 19.0 20.3
Automobiles (purchase) No 14.6 12.6 12.3 13.3 11.4 11.6 10.0 10.6
Vans (including mini-vans, purchase) and trucks (including sport utility vehicles, purchase) No 10.1 10.0 9.2 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.8 10.9
Accessories for automobiles, vans and trucks Yes 13.7 13.5 13.6 12.7 13.5 13.2 12.5 12.9
Fees for leased automobiles, vans and trucks No 8.4 7.7 5.2 5.2 6.5 6.9 7.5 7.7
Regular fees for leased automobiles, vans and trucks No 8.4 7.6 5.2 5.2 6.5 6.9 7.5 7.7
Other costs for leased automobiles, vans and trucks (including down payment and closing costs)Table C Note 6 - - - - - - - - -
Rented automobiles, vans and trucks No 11.1 10.9 11.3 10.9 11.9 12.2 11.0 12.0
Automobile, van and truck operations No 90.3 91.1 89.8 89.9 89.1 92.0 89.7 89.7
Registration fees (including insurance if part of registration) No 76.7 77.1 75.8 77.4 77.1 75.6 74.8 75.9
Private and public vehicle insurance premiums Yes 76.2 75.4 75.1 73.1 70.7 70.6 69.6 69.3
Tires, batteries, and other parts and supplies for vehicles Yes 47.3 45.8 44.6 42.8 42.0 40.3 38.9 38.3
Maintenance and repairs of vehicles Yes 75.2 75.2 75.3 73.5 76.5 76.2 74.6 74.4
Vehicle security and communication services No 2.8 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.6
Gas and other fuels (all vehicles and tools) Yes 82.8 84.3 79.5 82.6 81.0 81.7 81.5 80.9
Parking (excluding parking fees included in rent and traffic and parking tickets) Yes 28.8 31.3 31.5 33.8 36.6 37.5 39.5 43.0
Other automobile, van and truck operation services Yes 27.7 31.6 26.6 38.4 34.3 27.9 30.6 31.1
Drivers' licences and tests, and driving lessons No 44.5 46.2 46.5 45.3 44.3 43.3 41.9 42.9
Public transportation Yes 72.5 70.8 71.6 73.6 71.9 72.9 72.4 71.3
City or commuter bus, subway, streetcar and commuter train Yes 39.4 39.6 39.4 40.8 39.8 39.3 40.0 40.3
Taxi (including tips) Yes 32.9 32.3 32.3 33.7 35.3 35.5 37.1 37.3
Other local passenger transportation Yes 6.9 7.5 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.8 12.5 12.9
Airplane No 30.3 28.4 30.6 30.6 30.6 31.0 30.9 31.6
Inter-city bus No 5.2 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.0
Other inter-city passenger transportation services No 8.4 8.8 10.7 11.0 10.7 11.5 11.1 10.8
Household moving, storage and delivery services No 9.9 10.2 10.3 10.2 9.8 9.5 9.4 10.0
Health care Yes 98.6 96.3 96.0 98.5 96.7 97.4 99.9 98.0
Direct costs to household Yes 97.9 94.9 94.5 98.3 92.5 94.1 98.2 96.8
Prescribed medicines and pharmaceutical products Yes 66.2 65.9 66.4 66.0 63.1 63.7 66.5 66.0
Non-prescribed medicines, pharmaceutical products, health care supplies and equipmentTable C Note 6 - - - - - - - - -
Health care services No 29.8 32.6 35.3 35.7 34.3 34.1 34.8 35.5
Health care practitioners (excluding general practitioners and specialists) No 18.8 20.8 24.3 24.7 24.4 24.3 24.4 26.0
Health care by general practitioners and specialists No 6.9 7.0 7.4 7.2 7.8 7.8 8.0 7.8
Weight control programs, smoking cessation programs and other medical services No 7.9 9.9 9.6 9.4 8.3 8.2 7.9 7.4
Hospital care, nursing homes and other residential care facilities No 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.1
Eye-care goods and services No 46.9 45.1 46.0 47.8 43.3 43.7 44.4 46.0
Prescription eye wear No 35.6 34.4 34.8 35.4 32.1 32.5 32.5 33.7
Non-prescription eye wear and other eye-care goods Yes 22.8 22.4 22.6 30.9 24.3 22.4 25.3 32.1
Eye-care services (e.g. surgery, exams) No 23.4 22.3 24.9 24.9 22.6 23.2 23.1 23.9
Dental services No 48.6 47.7 50.4 50.8 47.5 48.8 49.6 50.4
Private health insurance plan premiums No 36.7 38.4 41.2 40.9 50.6 52.0 51.8 50.4
Private health care plan premiums No 27.4 28.9 31.3 30.8 43.2 44.4 45.5 44.5
Dental plan premiums No 7.8 9.4 10.0 9.4 10.8 10.6 11.2 10.5
Accident or disability insurance premiums No 16.6 18.8 19.5 19.2 21.3 21.5 21.0 20.4
Personal careTable C Note 8 Yes 100.0 99.7 98.9 99.6 97.8 100.0 98.8 96.8
Personal care products Yes 94.3 95.5 91.0 92.1 89.1 95.1 93.5 91.0
Personal care servicesTable C Note 8 Yes 91.1 90.6 89.4 90.0 90.3 89.5 88.2 87.9
RecreationTable C Note 9 Table C Note 10 Yes 96.2 96.6 96.7 98.5 96.9 98.2 97.1 96.4
Recreation equipment and related servicesTable C Note 9 Yes 75.6 73.3 71.9 72.8 64.2 68.3 65.9 68.5
Home entertainment equipment and servicesTable C Note 10 Yes 68.2 61.4 54.7 50.6 45.1 43.6 35.8 33.9
Recreation services Yes 91.7 92.8 93.1 94.6 95.3 94.8 92.2 90.6
Entertainment Yes 88.5 89.8 88.5 90.4 85.4 84.6 83.9 78.1
Movie theatres Yes 52.3 54.2 58.7 68.6 59.2 58.2 55.5 53.2
Live sporting and performing arts events Yes 41.9 47.3 42.3 49.3 46.6 49.1 53.0 41.8
Admission fees to museums, zoos and other sites Yes 27.6 26.9 28.2 29.7 21.0 25.9 28.1 24.5
Television and satellite radio services (including installation, service and pay TV charges) No 80.8 81.7 80.9 79.5 78.0 75.0 73.1 71.1
Use of recreation facilities No 36.5 36.6 38.5 40.1 41.3 43.0 43.9 43.5
Dues and fees for sports and recreation facilities No 33.1 33.1 35.8 37.2 39.2 41.1 41.7 41.3
Children's camps No 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.5 7.5 8.4 7.9
Package trips No 14.5 16.1 17.2 16.8 19.9 19.9 18.6 18.2
Other recreational activities and servicesTable C Note 6 - - - - - - - - -
Recreational vehicles and associated servicesTable C Note 11 No 26.6 28.3 29.0 28.2 27.3 28.8 27.2 27.3
Purchase of recreational vehiclesTable C Note 11 No 16.6 16.6 17.4 16.9 17.1 17.9 17.0 16.3
Operation of recreational vehicles Yes 19.2 20.4 23.8 20.6 19.6 19.9 23.6 20.4
Education Yes 34.8 38.3 40.9 42.8 42.6 43.2 45.3 46.6
Tuition fees No 32.8 35.9 37.0 38.2 34.7 36.4 38.1 36.0
Tuition fees for kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools No 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.1
Tuition fees for university and for other post-secondary education (college, trade and professional courses) No 16.3 17.2 18.9 18.9 18.8 19.5 19.5 18.2
Other educational services No 2.4 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.8
Other courses and lessons (excluding driving lessons) No 11.8 16.9 16.9 18.3 13.0 15.7 18.0 17.0
Textbooks and school supplies Yes 25.8 28.8 27.8 26.8 26.9 24.1 23.8 24.4
Reading materials and other printed matter Yes 67.9 68.0 68.3 68.5 66.9 72.1 68.7 69.0
Tobacco products and alcoholic beveragesTable C Note 12 Yes 83.5 82.8 84.5 86.9 81.1 83.3 84.4 86.2
Tobacco products and smokers' suppliesTable C Note 12 Yes 31.5 31.8 34.5 33.5 29.1 28.0 27.8 27.3
Cigarettes Yes 28.6 29.0 32.0 30.8 27.1 26.7 26.5 25.9
Other tobacco products and smokers' supplies Yes 15.7 15.8 14.0 15.7 12.0 8.8 9.3 9.9
Alcoholic beverages Yes 79.4 77.8 76.6 80.1 76.9 80.5 81.7 84.2
Alcoholic beverages served on licensed premises and in restaurants Yes 49.0 49.2 50.8 53.3 53.9 55.1 55.8 66.7
Alcoholic beverages purchased from stores Yes 78.8 77.6 75.3 78.8 74.2 74.9 74.4 72.8
Self-made alcoholic beveragesTable C Note 6 - - - - - - - - -
Games of chance Yes 66.2 69.3 75.0 66.3 63.9 67.7 73.4 69.3
Government-run lotteries Yes 57.4 57.7 65.5 58.6 53.7 59.7 62.4 59.6
Other games of chance Yes 37.2 45.1 41.6 35.2 41.0 37.1 45.9 42.1
Miscellaneous expendituresTable C Note 13 No 93.4 90.7 88.6 89.6 88.4 89.5 88.2 89.5
Financial services Yes 84.1 89.6 80.4 79.1 82.3 85.9 84.8 82.9
Other miscellaneous goods and servicesTable C Note 13 No 75.7 68.8 65.8 68.2 66.1 67.3 64.9 67.3
Income taxes No 76.8 77.4 78.3 83.0 82.5 83.7 83.0 83.5
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions No 81.9 80.6 80.8 81.8 82.1 81.5 81.2 80.7
Gifts of money, support payments and charitable contributions No 78.0 76.7 79.2 80.5 82.5 80.6 79.6 78.8
Note 1

The definitions of 'Total expenditure' and 'Total current consumption' differ from those used for official SHS estimates due to the exclusion of certain expenditure subcategories (as indicated below).

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Note 2

Excludes expenditures for 'Communication and home security services, satellite radio and Internet for owned secondary residences'.

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Note 3

Excludes expenditures for 'Commissions for sale of real estate'.

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Note 4

Excludes expenditures for 'Other household furnishings'.

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Note 5

Excludes expenditures for 'Hardware' and 'Parts and accessories for garden tools'.

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Note 6

Modelled estimates for this subcategory are suppressed due to data quality.

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Note 7

Excludes expenditures for 'Gifts of clothing for non-household members'.

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Note 8

Excludes expenditures for 'Spas and massages'.

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Note 9

Excludes expenditures for 'Sports, athletic and recreation equipment and related services', 'Tablet computers', 'E-Book readers' and 'Wearable electronic devices'.

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Note 10

Excludes expenditures for 'Blu-ray players', 'DVD players', 'Televisions and other video equipment and accessories' and 'Home theatre systems'.

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Note 11

In order to ensure consistency with estimates prior to 2010, expenditures for 'Purchase of recreational vehicles' are not net of the sale of recreational vehicles.

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Note 12

Excludes expenditures for 'Electronic cigarettes and supplies for electronic cigarettes'.

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Note 13

Excludes expenditures for 'Discounts and refunds', 'Recycling fees and other environmental fees' and 'Other general expenditures'.

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The Survey of Household Spending modelled annual statistics are an analytic product and not derived directly from the survey. They should therefore be interpreted with caution.
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