Table 3
Social indicators
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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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| Average household total spending1 (current dollars) | 60,088 | 62,464 | 65,575 | 67,736 | 69,946 | .. |
| Average household spending on water and sewage (current dollars) | 202 | 204 | 211 | 221 | 253 | .. |
| Average household spending on electricity (current dollars) | 1,026 | 1,040 | 1,070 | 1,111 | 1,147 | .. |
| Average household spending on food (current dollars) | 6,618 | 6,772 | 6,978 | 7,046 | 7,305 | .. |
| Average household spending on gasoline and other motor fuels (current dollars) | 1,665 | 1,854 | 2,024 | 2,079 | 2,223 | .. |
| Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services (million chained 2002 dollars) | 675,443 | 697,566 | 723,181 | 754,179 | 788,224 | 811,690 |
| Residential waste production per capita (kilograms) | .. | 386 | .. | 399 | .. | .. |
| Residential waste disposal (tonnes) | .. | 8,961,583 | .. | 9,238,376 | .. | .. |
| Residential waste disposal per capita (kilograms) | .. | 281 | .. | 284 | .. | .. |
| Residential waste diversion (tonnes) | .. | 3,363,803 | .. | 3,744,843 | .. | .. |
| Residential waste diversion per capita (kilograms) | .. | 105 | .. | 115 | .. | .. |
| Residential waste diversion rate (percent of waste production) | .. | 27 | .. | 29 | .. | .. |
| Distance driven by light vehicles2 (million kilometres) | 286,803 | 285,164 | 289,717 | 296,871 | 300,203 | .. |
| Asthma (percent of population age 12 and over) | 8.4 | .. | 8.3 | .. | .. | .. |
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1. Data on average household spending is based on the Survey of Household Spending (SHS). For information on the difference between the SHS and personal expenditure data please see: Statistics Canada, 2008, Guide to the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Catalogue no. 13-017-X. 2. Distance driven for vehicles weighing less than 4.5 tonnes, excluding the territories. Source(s): Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 203-0001, 203-0003, 203-0002, 203-0007, 380-0017, 153-0041, 153-0042, 051-0001, 405-0063 and 105-0400, accessed May 13, 2009. |
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