Table 4-4
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Nova Scotia

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Nova Scotia
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  dollars
Total expenditure 54,800 56,319 59,987 60,328 60,867
Food 6,243 6,210 6,640 6,827 6,682
Shelter 9,901 10,234 10,815 11,200 11,524
Principal accommodation 9,290 9,523 10,119 10,534 10,649
Rented living quarters 1,803 2,096 1,920 2,027 2,589
Owned living quarters 5,130 5,099 5,649 5,834 5,600
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,357 2,328 2,549 2,673 2,459
Other accommodation 611 711 697 665 876
Household operation 3,001 3,206 3,304 3,341 3,448
Communications 1,269 1,389 1,455 1,530 1,541
Child care expenses 336 301 293 272 304
Pet expenses 436 471 494 491 572
Other 960 1,045 1,062 1,048 1,031
Household furnishings and equipment 1,573 1,876 1,784 1,712 1,708
Clothing 2,043 2,323 2,412 2,213 2,170
Transportation 7,710 7,951 8,820 8,848 8,870
Private transportation 7,161 7,359 8,127 8,172 8,205
Public transportation 549 592 692 676 665
Health care 1,646 1,695 1,868 1,795 1,800
Personal care 941 1,040 1,048 1,021 1,031
Recreation 3,144 3,066 3,329 3,512 3,378
Reading materials and other printed matter 256 246 249 222 228
Education 1,044 1,064 1,055 914 964
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,448 1,567 1,628 1,422 1,671
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 816 858 854 683 881
Alcoholic beverages 631 709 774 740 790
Games of chance (net) 310 251 253 230 281
Miscellaneous expenditures 883 885 939 1,080 881
Total current consumption 40,145 41,613 44,145 44,336 44,634
Personal taxes 9,922 10,074 10,585 10,814 11,090
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,304 3,325 3,550 3,558 3,681
Gifts of money and contributions 1,429 1,308 1,708 1,620 1,462
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.