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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
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| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | Saint John | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditure | 69,550 | 100.0 | 71,049 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 49,226 | 100.0 | 51,262 | 100.0 |
| Food | 7,157 | 100.0 | 6,893 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 13,567 | 100.0 | 11,405 | 100.0 |
| Household operation | 3,876 | 100.0 | 4,239 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 1,881 | 98.7 | 1,525 | 94.0 |
| Clothing | 2,595 | 99.7 | 2,422 | 98.0 |
| Transportation | 8,749 | 98.7 | 10,571 | 96.6 |
| Health care | 1,692 | 98.3 | 3,018 | 99.3 |
| Personal care | 1,143 | 99.6 | 947 | 100.0 |
| Recreation | 3,706 | 98.7 | 6,313 | 99.3 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 249 | 76.7 | 296 | 84.0 |
| Education | 1,463 | 39.5 | 956 | 26.6 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,865 | 89.0 | 1,363 | 77.1 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 287 | 77.7 | 216 | 60.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 996 | 93.9 | 1,098 | 88.3 |
| Personal income taxes | 14,109 | 94.4 | 14,355 | 87.9 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 4,452 | 86.1 | 3,771 | 81.4 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 1,763 | 86.2 | 1,661 | 88.3 |
| 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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