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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
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| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | Charlottetown-Summerside | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditure | 71,715 | 100.0 | 58,522 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 51,200 | 100.0 | 42,872 | 100.0 |
| Food | 6,946 | 100.0 | 6,497 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 13,487 | 99.7 | 11,818 | 99.7 |
| Household operation | 3,663 | 100.0 | 3,257 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 2,323 | 93.3 | 1,473 | 93.6 |
| Clothing | 2,911 | 99.7 | 2,265 | 99.0 |
| Transportation | 10,870 | 97.7 | 7,669 | 96.9 |
| Health care | 2,004 | 97.3 | 1,903 | 98.2 |
| Personal care | 1,241 | 100.0 | 1,050 | 100.0 |
| Recreation | 3,870 | 98.7 | 2,980 | 96.6 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 221 | 70.0 | 253 | 80.0 |
| Education | 1,023 | 33.3 | 1,160 | 31.3 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,834 | 89.8 | 1,488 | 84.3 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 201 | 69.2 | 219 | 67.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 607 | 87.5 | 842 | 87.6 |
| Personal income taxes | 14,834 | 92.1 | 10,256 | 89.3 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 4,510 | 83.1 | 3,792 | 82.0 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 1,171 | 81.2 | 1,603 | 84.3 |
| Note: Metropolitan area: the overall concept for delineating metropolitan areas is one of a large urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with this urban area. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 203-0001 and Catalogue no. 62F0026MIE. Last modified: 2010-12-17. | ||||
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