Table 4-10
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Alberta

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Alberta
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  dollars
Total expenditure 74,196 85,236 85,912 86,911 84,976
Food 7,252 7,449 7,491 7,713 7,778
Shelter 12,912 14,690 14,955 16,525 16,153
Principal accommodation 11,961 13,455 13,748 15,098 14,938
Rented living quarters 2,162 2,236 2,655 2,881 3,057
Owned living quarters 7,182 8,506 8,266 9,213 9,041
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,617 2,712 2,827 3,004 2,839
Other accommodation 951 1,236 1,207 1,427 1,216
Household operation 3,501 3,984 3,768 3,977 4,001
Communications 1,653 1,902 1,853 1,901 1,865
Child care expenses 321 411 371 397 493
Pet expenses 451 505 462 548 537
Other 1,076 1,166 1,082 1,131 1,106
Household furnishings and equipment 2,430 3,036 2,608 2,328 2,251
Clothing 2,838 3,588 3,548 3,301 3,395
Transportation 10,253 12,162 12,678 12,182 11,912
Private transportation 9,315 10,904 11,418 10,859 10,750
Public transportation 938 1,258 1,260 1,323 1,162
Health care 2,085 2,435 2,259 2,492 2,149
Personal care 1,217 1,374 1,288 1,380 1,397
Recreation 5,031 5,890 5,387 5,522 4,976
Reading materials and other printed matter 298 323 291 290 289
Education 1,336 1,341 1,176 1,300 1,351
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,727 1,837 2,124 1,867 1,963
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 800 839 945 894 959
Alcoholic beverages 927 999 1,179 973 1,004
Games of chance (net) 292 280 340 305 383
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,111 1,347 1,374 1,462 1,239
Total current consumption 52,284 59,736 59,288 60,643 59,238
Personal taxes 15,789 18,616 19,766 19,052 18,830
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,973 4,851 4,331 4,579 4,697
Gifts of money and contributions 2,150 2,032 2,527 2,636 2,212
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.