Table 5-1
Average expenditure per household, Canada and selected metropolitan areas, recent years — Canada

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Canada
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  dollars
Total expenditure 65,575 67,736 69,946 71,364 71,117
Food 6,978 7,046 7,305 7,435 7,262
Shelter 12,376 12,986 13,643 14,183 14,095
Household operation 3,027 3,251 3,287 3,345 3,428
Household furnishings and equipment 1,954 2,131 1,964 1,967 1,896
Clothing 2,538 2,870 2,948 2,856 2,841
Transportation 8,914 9,240 9,395 9,722 9,753
Health care 1,755 1,867 1,932 2,044 2,004
Personal care 1,071 1,158 1,167 1,189 1,200
Recreation 3,850 3,975 3,976 4,066 3,843
Reading materials and other printed matter 278 264 260 253 232
Education 1,214 1,157 1,017 1,179 1,238
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages 1,398 1,475 1,536 1,495 1,506
Games of chance (net) 271 258 251 260 255
Miscellaneous expenditures 987 1,087 1,081 1,075 1,180
Total current consumption 46,610 48,765 49,766 51,068 50,734
Personal taxes 13,350 13,634 14,447 14,599 14,399
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions 3,831 3,832 3,946 4,023 4,269
Gifts of money and contributions 1,784 1,505 1,788 1,674 1,715
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.