Table 4 Household expenditures on gambling activities

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Table 4
Household expenditures on gambling activities
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of household expenditures on gambling activities. This information is grouped by at least one gambling activity, government lotteries, other lotteries/raffles, etc., casinos, slot machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs) and bingos (appearing as column headers), calculated using dollar and percentage as a unit of measure.
  At least one gambling activity Government lotteries Other lotteries/raffles, etc. Casinos, slot machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs) Bingos
$ % $ % $ % $ % $ %
All households
2000 490 74 245 64 85 31 545 21 745 9
2001 515 72 255 62 100 30 555 20 815 9
2002 570 73 265 63 130 30 680 21 905 8
2003 505 74 245 66 95 29 670 19 800 8
2004 515 71 265 61 100 28 665 19 805 6
2005 550 69 255 61 140 27 720 18 965 6
2006 495 73 255 64 110 28 685 19 520 6
20071 645 52 280 48 125 17 850 17 790 4
2008 480 70 250 62 110 25 695 18 655 5
2009 495 67 265 58 110 26 710 17 530 6
One-person households2 460 57 210 49 80 17 890 13 515 6
Men 615 59 270 53 100 16 1,430 14 315 3
18 to 44 740 52 160 44 55 13 1,915 16 F F
45 to 64 525 68 295 62 135 20 915 16 F F
65 and over 570 57 375 55 110 14 1,165 7 F F
Women 335 56 160 46 65 19 440 13 570 8
18 to 44 160 46 95 37 50 19 175 13 F F
45 to 64 270 64 155 56 80 26 355 12 295 8
65 and over 475 57 200 45 50 14 670 13 715 12
All households
Newfoundland and Labrador 425 68 290 55 95 36 310 6 575 13
Prince Edward Island 530 67 290 49 110 39 485 14 1,160 9
Nova Scotia 495 75 250 65 95 41 660 13 895 9
New Brunswick 440 70 260 60 95 35 535 9 780 9
Quebec 375 67 250 61 70 16 425 12 495 7
Ontario 490 66 280 59 115 24 595 19 370 5
Manitoba 540 75 255 61 95 41 610 25 735 8
Saskatchewan 735 76 250 62 135 51 1,315 23 720 5
Alberta 785 67 285 53 145 36 1,535 19 705 4
British Columbia 450 63 240 54 110 23 660 17 445 3
Income after tax
Less than $20,000 390 46 170 39 65 10 845 8 625 7
$20,000 to $39,999 415 62 255 54 80 17 435 14 600 7
$40,000 to $59,999 495 70 295 60 90 26 655 17 515 6
$60,000 to $79,999 465 76 265 69 120 32 535 21 465 4
$80,000 and over 620 75 280 65 135 38 1,025 21 340 4
1. New screening questions were added in 2007 to reduce the response burden, but for some categories, including games of chance, the response rate was lower than expected. These screening questions were modified for 2008. See catalogue no. 62F0026M, no. 1 for more details.
2. Using one-person households allows examination of individual characteristics. Persons 18 and over were selected as this is the legal age for gambling in most provinces.
F too unreliable to be published.
Note: Expenditures are per spending household. Unless otherwise indicated, figures are for 2009.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending.