Table 2
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories

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Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories: Part 1
  2009
Canada 1 Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  dollars
Total expenditure 71,117 57,605 56,896 60,867 61,212 60,125 76,577
Food 7,262 6,496 6,720 6,682 6,691 7,215 7,284
Shelter 14,095 9,534 11,107 11,524 10,627 11,316 15,560
Principal accommodation 13,120 8,822 10,494 10,649 9,835 10,702 14,426
Rented living quarters 3,146 1,380 2,073 2,589 1,647 3,106 3,333
Owned living quarters 7,770 4,813 5,501 5,600 5,460 6,035 8,586
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,204 2,629 2,920 2,459 2,727 1,561 2,506
Other accommodation 975 712 613 876 792 613 1,135
Household operation 3,428 3,245 3,358 3,448 3,448 2,647 3,824
Communications 1,583 1,658 1,567 1,541 1,478 1,172 1,766
Child care expenses 393 298 371 304 321 299 490
Pet expenses 420 346 407 572 435 270 455
Other 1,032 943 1,013 1,031 1,214 906 1,113
Household furnishings and equipment 1,896 1,933 1,518 1,708 1,635 1,668 1,930
Clothing 2,841 2,474 2,127 2,170 2,258 2,348 3,164
Transportation 9,753 9,202 7,964 8,870 9,681 8,380 10,300
Private transportation 8,797 8,533 7,480 8,205 9,190 7,735 9,197
Public transportation 956 668 483 665 491 645 1,102
Health care 2,004 1,777 1,929 1,800 2,246 2,183 1,718
Personal care 1,200 1,022 1,065 1,031 1,016 1,073 1,294
Recreation 3,843 3,531 2,727 3,378 3,853 3,165 3,742
Reading materials and other printed matter 232 165 226 228 214 196 250
Education 1,238 554 915 964 849 663 1,551
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,506 1,626 1,455 1,671 1,430 1,382 1,406
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 601 880 813 881 709 554 493
Alcoholic beverages 905 746 642 790 721 828 913
Games of chance (net) 255 234 238 281 253 207 252
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,180 622 888 881 1,179 920 1,296
Total current consumption 50,734 42,416 42,236 44,634 45,379 43,362 53,572
Personal taxes 14,399 10,677 9,564 11,090 10,720 11,985 16,133
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 4,269 3,381 3,581 3,681 3,671 3,904 4,807
Gifts of money and contributions 1,715 1,131 1,514 1,462 1,443 874 2,065
Average expenditure per household, Canada, provinces and territories: Part 2
  2009
Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
  dollars
Total expenditure 66,608 69,377 84,976 73,571 69,856 82,966 84,439
Food 6,520 6,344 7,778 7,570 7,496 9,509 14,815
Shelter 12,203 12,440 16,153 16,336 13,897 17,848 12,824
Principal accommodation 11,345 11,404 14,938 15,198 12,484 16,624 11,285
Rented living quarters 2,652 2,266 3,057 3,687 3,536 4,903 5,600
Owned living quarters 6,625 6,462 9,041 9,714 6,055 7,900 3,223
Water, fuel and electricity for principal accommodation 2,068 2,676 2,839 1,797 2,892 3,821 2,462
Other accommodation 858 1,036 1,216 1,138 1,413 1,224 1,539
Household operation 3,112 3,337 4,001 3,483 3,831 3,664 4,285
Communications 1,459 1,674 1,865 1,667 1,798 1,860 1,927
Child care expenses 258 301 493 327 525 F 551
Pet expenses 458 391 537 489 607 434 335
Other 937 971 1,106 1,000 901 F 1,472
Household furnishings and equipment 1,945 1,974 2,251 2,017 1,940 2,065 2,400
Clothing 2,577 2,648 3,395 2,878 2,586 3,198 4,257
Transportation 9,501 10,997 11,912 9,318 8,958 10,085 6,372
Private transportation 8,700 10,270 10,750 8,074 7,075 8,014 3,687
Public transportation 801 727 1,162 1,244 1,883 2,071 2,686
Health care 1,961 1,754 2,149 2,455 1,522 1,158 711
Personal care 1,094 1,168 1,397 1,160 1,018 1,176 1,220
Recreation 3,906 4,284 4,976 4,561 4,579 4,661 6,698
Reading materials and other printed matter 242 229 289 214 352 292 143
Education 871 945 1,351 1,760 683 505 F
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,372 1,542 1,963 1,630 2,285 2,713 4,806
Tobacco products and smokers' supplies 665 720 959 533 1,053 1,203 3,626
Alcoholic beverages 707 822 1,004 1,097 1,232 1,509 1,180
Games of chance (net) 287 431 383 200 211 714 452
Miscellaneous expenditures 1,177 1,265 1,239 1,426 1,291 911 1,354
Total current consumption 46,769 49,358 59,238 55,010 50,649 58,498 60,900
Personal taxes 13,484 13,481 18,830 13,157 12,905 17,668 15,781
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 4,171 4,454 4,697 3,482 4,539 5,174 5,198
Gifts of money and contributions 2,185 2,083 2,212 1,922 1,762 1,626 2,560
1.
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.