Table 9
Social indicators
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average household spending 1 | ||||||
| Total (current dollars) | 65,575 | 67,736 | 69,946 | 71,364 | 71,117 | .. |
| Water and sewage (current dollars) | 211 | 221 | 253 | 251 | 259 | .. |
| Electricity (current dollars) | 1,070 | 1,111 | 1,147 | 1,162 | 1,183 | .. |
| Food (current dollars) | 6,978 | 7,046 | 7,305 | 7,435 | 7,262 | .. |
| Gasoline and other motor fuels (current dollars) | 2,024 | 2,079 | 2,223 | 2,233 | 2,218 | .. |
| Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services (millions of chained 2002 dollars) | 723,146 | 753,263 | 787,765 | 811,157 | 814,215 | 841,466 |
| Residential waste | ||||||
| Production 2 (tonnes) | .. | 12,616,337 | .. | 12,897,396 | .. | .. |
| Production per capita (kilograms) | .. | 387 | .. | 387 | .. | .. |
| Disposal (tonnes) | .. | 8,893,494 | .. | 8,536,891 | .. | .. |
| Disposal per capita (kilograms) | .. | 273 | .. | 256 | .. | .. |
| Diversion (tonnes) | .. | 3,722,843 | .. | 4,360,505 | .. | .. |
| Diversion per capita (kilograms) | .. | 114 | .. | 131 | .. | .. |
| Diversion rate (percent of waste production) | .. | 30 | .. | 34 | .. | .. |
| Distance driven by light vehicles 3(millions of kilometres) | 289,717 | 296,871 | 300,203 | 294,361 | 303,576 | .. |
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.
The estimates presented in this table refer
only to material entering the waste stream and do not cover any waste that
may be managed on-site by a household. In addition, these data do not include
materials that were processed for reuse and resale, (for example, whole sale
of scrap metal or used clothing), nor those materials that are collected through
deposit-return systems and therefore not processed at a material recovery
facility.
Distance driven for vehicles weighing less
than 4.5 tonnes, excluding the territories.
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