Description of chart 7 
Comparison of total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales; all scenarios

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The title of the graph is "Chart 7 Comparison of total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales; all scenarios."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 28 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 3 with ticks every 0.5 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 0.6 and ends at 1.05 with ticks every 0.05 points.
There are 5 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "Quarter."
The title of series 1 is "Low expenditure."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The vertical axis is "total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales."
The minimum value is 0.9 and it corresponds to "Q1 2006, Q2 2006, Q3 2006, Q4 2006, Q1 2007 and Q2 2007."
The maximum value is 1.5 and it corresponds to "Q4 2007."
The title of series 2 is "Medium expenditure."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The vertical axis is "total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales."
The minimum value is 1.1 and it corresponds to "Q3 2006."
The maximum value is 1.9 and it corresponds to "Q4 2007."
The title of series 3 is "High expenditure."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The vertical axis is "total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales."
The minimum value is 1.5 and it corresponds to "Q3 2006."
The maximum value is 2.4 and it corresponds to "Q4 2007 and Q2 2012."
The title of series 4 is "Exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
This series is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
The minimum value is 0.803 and it corresponds to "Q1 2009."
The maximum value is 1.033 and it corresponds to "Q2 2011."
The title of series 5 is "Parity."
This series is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "exchange rate (USD/CAD)."
The minimum value is 1 and it corresponds to "Q1 2006, Q2 2006, Q3 2006, Q4 2006, Q1 2007, Q2 2007, Q3 2007, Q4 2007, Q1 2008, Q2 2008, Q3 2008, Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, Q3 2009, Q4 2009, Q1 2010, Q2 2010, Q3 2010, Q4 2010, Q1 2011, Q2 2011, Q3 2011, Q4 2011, Q1 2012, Q2 2012, Q3 2012 and Q4 2012."
The maximum value is 1 and it corresponds to "Q1 2006, Q2 2006, Q3 2006, Q4 2006, Q1 2007, Q2 2007, Q3 2007, Q4 2007, Q1 2008, Q2 2008, Q3 2008, Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009, Q3 2009, Q4 2009, Q1 2010, Q2 2010, Q3 2010, Q4 2010, Q1 2011, Q2 2011, Q3 2011, Q4 2011, Q1 2012, Q2 2012, Q3 2012 and Q4 2012."

Data table for chart 7
  Low expenditure Medium expenditure High expenditure Exchange rate (USD/CAD) Parity
  total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales total cross-border spending as a ratio of retail trade sales exchange rate (USD/CAD) exchange rate (USD/CAD)
Q1 2006 0.9 1.2 1.6 0.866 1.00
Q2 2006 0.9 1.2 1.7 0.891 1.00
Q3 2006 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.892 1.00
Q4 2006 0.9 1.3 1.7 0.878 1.00
Q1 2007 0.9 1.3 1.7 0.854 1.00
Q2 2007 0.9 1.2 1.7 0.911 1.00
Q3 2007 1.1 1.4 1.9 0.957 1.00
Q4 2007 1.5 1.9 2.4 1.019 1.00
Q1 2008 1.3 1.7 2.1 0.996 1.00
Q2 2008 1.2 1.5 2.0 0.990 1.00
Q3 2008 1.1 1.4 1.9 0.960 1.00
Q4 2008 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.825 1.00
Q1 2009 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.803 1.00
Q2 2009 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.857 1.00
Q3 2009 1.0 1.4 1.8 0.911 1.00
Q4 2009 1.1 1.4 1.9 0.947 1.00
Q1 2010 1.1 1.5 2.0 0.961 1.00
Q2 2010 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.973 1.00
Q3 2010 1.1 1.5 2.0 0.962 1.00
Q4 2010 1.1 1.5 2.1 0.987 1.00
Q1 2011 1.2 1.6 2.1 1.014 1.00
Q2 2011 1.2 1.6 2.2 1.033 1.00
Q3 2011 1.2 1.7 2.2 1.020 1.00
Q4 2011 1.2 1.6 2.2 0.977 1.00
Q1 2012 1.2 1.7 2.3 0.999 1.00
Q2 2012 1.3 1.8 2.4 0.990 1.00
Q3 2012 1.2 1.7 2.3 1.005 1.00
Q4 2012 1.3 1.7 2.3 1.009 1.00
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 176-0064.
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