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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
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| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | Vancouver | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditure | 80,527 | 100.0 | 76,870 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 57,489 | 100.0 | 56,430 | 100.0 |
| Food | 7,398 | 100.0 | 7,920 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 16,620 | 99.7 | 17,449 | 99.4 |
| Household operation | 3,881 | 99.8 | 3,188 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 2,239 | 93.2 | 1,872 | 89.1 |
| Clothing | 3,313 | 99.3 | 3,167 | 98.2 |
| Transportation | 11,068 | 99.8 | 9,506 | 98.6 |
| Health care | 1,935 | 96.9 | 2,432 | 98.0 |
| Personal care | 1,441 | 100.0 | 1,165 | 99.6 |
| Recreation | 4,779 | 98.7 | 4,491 | 97.6 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 282 | 68.8 | 192 | 61.3 |
| Education | 1,354 | 36.1 | 2,389 | 37.7 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,776 | 84.3 | 1,393 | 74.4 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 325 | 67.5 | 196 | 56.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,079 | 90.5 | 1,071 | 87.6 |
| Personal income taxes | 16,661 | 93.2 | 15,700 | 90.5 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 4,744 | 92.4 | 3,499 | 85.0 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 1,633 | 76.7 | 1,240 | 65.5 |
| 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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