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Average expenditures by household type, 2006
	Canada	Couples with children	Lone parent female	One person	Senior couples, both 65+	Home owners	Renters	Urban households	Rural households
	$
Total expenditure	67,736	97,911	50,026	36,270	48,450	81,361	41,313	69,028	58,580
Total current consumption	48,765	68,087	41,574	27,240	37,150	56,898	32,554	49,430	44,055
Food	7,046	9,862	6,445	3,825	6,424	7,971	5,346	7,112	6,579
Shelter	12,986	16,994	11,170	8,703	9,543	14,899	8,805	13,448	9,706
Household operation	3,251	4,755	3,247	1,829	2,322	3,815	2,192	3,246	3,281
Household furnishings and equipment	2,131	2,952	1,684	1,104	1,379	2,509	1,155	2,143	2,045
Clothing	2,870	4,290	2,700	1,281	1,822	3,349	1,966	2,953	2,282
Transportation	9,240	13,538	6,512	4,313	7,168	11,249	5,416	9,137	9,969
Health care	1,867	2,304	1,396	1,116	2,738	2,251	1,184	1,855	1,959
Personal care	1,158	1,634	1,230	599	933	1,323	833	1,187	949
Recreation	3,975	6,124	2,969	1,969	2,338	4,869	2,235	4,026	3,614
Reading materials and other printed matter	264	321	204	190	294	315	168	273	201
Education	1,157	2,179	1,747	329	139	1,287	938	1,226	667
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages	1,475	1,630	947	1,103	870	1,482	1,434	1,463	1,560
Games of chance (net)	258	247	109	197	347	278	227	257	266
Miscellaneous expenditures	1,087	1,259	1,213	682	833	1,300	656	1,103	977
Personal taxes	13,634	22,126	5,617	6,096	7,588	17,846	5,756	14,148	9,993
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	3,832	6,334	2,242	1,577	1,039	4,788	2,040	3,914	3,254
Gifts of money and contributions	1,505	1,364	592	1,357	2,673	1,829	962	1,537	1,278

Budget share of major spending categories by income quintile, 2006
	Lowest quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Highest quintile
	$
Average household expenditures	23,778	38,510	57,353	81,227	137,815
Budget share for major spending categories	%
Food	15.6	13.9	11.8	10.2	8.0
Shelter	29.8	23.7	20.9	18.7	15.6
Clothing	4.2	4.4	4.1	4.2	4.2
Transportation	12.9	14.4	14.9	14.3	12.6
Personal taxes	3.3	9.2	14.9	19.4	28.7