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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
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| 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | Charlottetown-Summerside | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditure | 70,318 | 100.0 | 62,965 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 50,257 | 100.0 | 46,166 | 100.0 |
| Food | 7,087 | 100.0 | 6,957 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 12,029 | 100.0 | 12,491 | 100.0 |
| Household operation | 3,499 | 100.0 | 3,714 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 2,318 | 95.8 | 1,648 | 93.7 |
| Clothing | 3,127 | 99.8 | 2,362 | 99.8 |
| Transportation | 10,430 | 98.6 | 8,672 | 99.6 |
| Health care | 1,789 | 98.2 | 1,990 | 100.0 |
| Personal care | 1,247 | 100.0 | 1,044 | 100.0 |
| Recreation | 4,523 | 97.9 | 3,384 | 97.7 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 269 | 71.8 | 269 | 75.4 |
| Education | 1,124 | 34.7 | 1,150 | 34.3 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,612 | 88.0 | 1,488 | 84.0 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 283 | 80.5 | 213 | 74.5 |
| Miscellaneous | 919 | 91.3 | 784 | 86.0 |
| Personal income taxes | 14,235 | 91.3 | 10,941 | 94.2 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 4,742 | 84.3 | 3,884 | 84.9 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 1,085 | 85.6 | 1,974 | 88.2 |
| 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 (for fee) 203-0001 and Catalogue no. 62F0026MIE. Last modified: 2009-12-21. | ||||
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