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

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Ontario
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  dollars
Total expenditure 74,155 73,318 76,654 77,311 76,577
Food 7,240 7,331 7,383 7,523 7,284
Shelter 14,785 15,163 16,341 16,410 15,560
Principal accommodation 13,636 13,936 15,186 14,967 14,426
Rented living quarters 2,687 3,034 2,856 3,222 3,333
Owned living quarters 8,595 8,510 9,835 9,240 8,586
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,354 2,392 2,496 2,505 2,506
Other accommodation 1,149 1,227 1,155 1,443 1,135
Household operation 3,370 3,529 3,666 3,670 3,824
Communications 1,496 1,557 1,625 1,607 1,766
Child care expenses 339 382 375 435 490
Pet expenses 412 440 505 497 455
Other 1,123 1,150 1,161 1,131 1,113
Household furnishings and equipment 2,134 2,234 2,136 2,127 1,930
Clothing 2,865 3,185 3,420 3,227 3,164
Transportation 10,091 9,645 9,600 10,148 10,300
Private transportation 9,056 8,525 8,476 8,981 9,197
Public transportation 1,035 1,119 1,124 1,167 1,102
Health care 1,540 1,609 1,721 1,847 1,718
Personal care 1,137 1,233 1,239 1,276 1,294
Recreation 4,001 4,232 4,133 4,098 3,742
Reading materials and other printed matter 317 268 281 268 250
Education 1,593 1,402 1,220 1,614 1,551
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,261 1,391 1,459 1,454 1,406
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 542 537 535 529 493
Alcoholic beverages 719 853 924 925 913
Games of chance (net) 291 262 283 272 252
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,071 1,180 1,055 1,068 1,296
Total current consumption 51,696 52,664 53,938 55,002 53,572
Personal taxes 15,819 14,869 16,403 16,378 16,133
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 4,271 3,977 4,177 4,127 4,807
Gifts of money and contributions 2,370 1,808 2,137 1,804 2,065
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.