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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
Related tables: Household spending and savings.
| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatoon | Calgary | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditure | 77,404 | 100.0 | 95,187 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 55,187 | 100.0 | 62,839 | 100.0 |
| Food | 6,830 | 100.0 | 8,554 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 15,238 | 99.3 | 17,364 | 100.0 |
| Household operation | 3,529 | 100.0 | 4,101 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 2,239 | 95.5 | 2,187 | 95.3 |
| Clothing | 3,064 | 98.1 | 3,997 | 99.7 |
| Transportation | 11,432 | 99.0 | 11,967 | 100.0 |
| Health care | 1,649 | 99.6 | 2,261 | 96.5 |
| Personal care | 1,394 | 100.0 | 1,521 | 100.0 |
| Recreation | 4,456 | 98.5 | 4,980 | 99.2 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 294 | 85.8 | 306 | 77.3 |
| Education | 2,001 | 48.0 | 1,783 | 42.5 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,401 | 81.4 | 2,065 | 86.7 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 361 | 71.8 | 514 | 58.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,302 | 96.5 | 1,237 | 93.8 |
| Personal income taxes | 15,217 | 93.7 | 24,779 | 96.4 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 4,831 | 85.1 | 4,868 | 94.6 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 2,170 | 87.3 | 2,702 | 78.1 |
| 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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