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Table 4-7
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Ontario

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Ontario
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  dollars
Total expenditure 70,143 74,155 73,318 76,654 77,311
Food 6,966 7,240 7,331 7,383 7,523
Shelter 14,419 14,785 15,163 16,341 16,410
Principal accommodation 13,458 13,636 13,936 15,186 14,967
Rented living quarters 2,776 2,687 3,034 2,856 3,222
Owned living quarters 8,455 8,595 8,510 9,835 9,240
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,227 2,354 2,392 2,496 2,505
Other accommodation 961 1,149 1,227 1,155 1,443
Household operation 3,204 3,370 3,529 3,666 3,670
Communications 1,445 1,496 1,557 1,625 1,607
Child care expenses 323 339 382 375 435
Pet expenses 396 412 440 505 497
Other 1,040 1,123 1,150 1,161 1,131
Household furnishings and equipment 2,282 2,134 2,234 2,136 2,127
Clothing 2,788 2,865 3,185 3,420 3,227
Transportation 9,666 10,091 9,645 9,600 10,148
Private transportation 8,656 9,056 8,525 8,476 8,981
Public transportation 1,010 1,035 1,119 1,124 1,167
Health care 1,440 1,540 1,609 1,721 1,847
Personal care 944 1,137 1,233 1,239 1,276
Recreation 3,810 4,001 4,232 4,133 4,098
Reading materials and other printed matter 306 317 268 281 268
Education 1,355 1,593 1,402 1,220 1,614
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,512 1,261 1,391 1,459 1,454
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 668 542 537 535 529
Alcoholic beverages 844 719 853 924 925
Games of chance (net) 270 291 262 283 272
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,169 1,071 1,180 1,055 1,068
Total current consumption 50,130 51,696 52,664 53,938 55,002
Personal taxes 14,208 15,819 14,869 16,403 16,378
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,858 4,271 3,977 4,177 4,127
Gifts of money and contributions 1,946 2,370 1,808 2,137 1,804
Note(s):
Beginning with 2006, the distinction between full-year and part-year members and households has been removed. Spending data are collected for the reference year for all members of the household at the time of the interview. Since the data for the 1997-2005 were based on full-year members only, to maintain the comparability with prior years, the data for 1997-2005 have been revised to include both full-year and part-year households.