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Average household expenditures, by province and territory
Related tables: Household spending and savings.
| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.C. | Y.T.1 | |||
| Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | Average expenditure per household | Households reporting expenditures | |
| $ | % | $ | % | |
| Total expenditures | 73,571 | 100.0 | 69,856 | 100.0 |
| Total current consumption | 55,010 | 100.0 | 50,649 | 100.0 |
| Food | 7,570 | 100.0 | 7,496 | 100.0 |
| Shelter | 16,336 | 99.7 | 13,897 | 99.5 |
| Household operation | 3,483 | 100.0 | 3,831 | 100.0 |
| Household furnishings and equipment | 2,017 | 91.6 | 1,940 | 93.7 |
| Clothing | 2,878 | 98.5 | 2,586 | 99.7 |
| Transportation | 9,318 | 98.4 | 8,958 | 96.1 |
| Health care | 2,455 | 98.4 | 1,522 | 94.5 |
| Personal care | 1,160 | 99.6 | 1,018 | 99.2 |
| Recreation | 4,561 | 97.9 | 4,579 | 96.8 |
| Reading materials and other printed matter | 214 | 66.5 | 352 | 79.2 |
| Education | 1,760 | 34.8 | 683 | 29.6 |
| Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages | 1,630 | 78.7 | 2,285 | 89.6 |
| Games of chance (net amount) | 200 | 63.1 | 211 | 68.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,426 | 90.6 | 1,291 | 92.3 |
| Personal income taxes | 13,157 | 90.9 | 12,905 | 88.6 |
| Personal insurance payments and pension contributions | 3,482 | 81.9 | 4,539 | 81.8 |
| Gifts of money and contributions | 1,922 | 69.8 | 1,762 | 74.7 |
| 1. Data for the territories were collected every second year starting with 2001. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 203-0001. Last modified: 2010-12-17. | ||||
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