Table 1
Expenditures per household, Canada 1

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Expenditures per household, Canada
  2009
Average expenditure Percent of households reporting Average expenditure per household reporting Percentage of total expenditure Median expenditure per household reporting
  dollars percent dollars percent dollars
Total expenditure 71,117 100.0 71,120 100.0 58,324
Food 7,262 100.0 7,260 10.2 6,350
Shelter 14,095 99.8 14,120 19.8 11,211
Principal accommodation 13,120 99.7 13,160 18.4 10,250
Rented living quarters 3,146 37.0 8,500 4.4 7,800
Owned living quarters 7,770 66.0 11,770 10.9 9,250
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,204 85.8 2,570 3.1 2,424
Other accommodation 975 50.9 1,920 1.4 800
Household operation 3,428 100.0 3,430 4.8 2,625
Communications 1,583 99.5 1,590 2.2 1,340
Child care expenses 393 10.4 3,780 0.6 2,100
Pet expenses 420 48.5 870 0.6 547
Other 1,032 ... ... 1.5 ...
Household furnishings and equipment 1,896 92.2 2,060 2.7 1,100
Clothing 2,841 98.9 2,870 4.0 1,910
Transportation 9,753 98.1 9,940 13.7 6,152
Private transportation 8,797 88.1 9,990 12.4 5,910
Public transportation 956 68.4 1,400 1.3 780
Health care 2,004 97.2 2,060 2.8 1,377
Personal care 1,200 99.7 1,200 1.7 899
Recreation 3,843 97.4 3,950 5.4 2,395
Reading materials and other printed matter 232 68.7 340 0.3 240
Education 1,238 33.1 3,740 1.7 1,300
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,506 82.6 1,820 2.1 1,000
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 601 32.2 1,870 0.8 1,300
Alcoholic beverages 905 77.9 1,160 1.3 600
Games of chance (net) 255 67.2 380 0.4 130
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,180 91.5 1,290 1.7 520
Total current consumption 50,734 100.0 50,730 71.3 43,873
Personal taxes 14,399 93.4 15,420 20.2 8,500
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 4,269 83.7 5,100 6.0 3,460
Gifts of money and contributions 1,715 72.6 2,360 2.4 600
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In 1998, 1999, and every second year thereafter starting with 2001, statistics for Canada include the territories. For the other years, Canada-level statistics include the 10 provinces only.
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.