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Average weekly food expenditure per household, Canada and selected regions (2001)
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| 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Atlantic Region | Que. | Ont. | |
| Household characteristics | ||||
| Estimated number of households | 11,767,180 | 897,190 | 3,041,380 | 4,379,490 |
| Average number of persons per household | 2.57 | 2.58 | 2.39 | 2.68 |
| $ | ||||
| Weekly expenditure detail1 | ||||
| Total weekly food expenditure | 123.76 | 108.76 | 118.47 | 125.90 |
| Food purchased from restaurants | 37.52 | 27.40 | 33.76 | 38.93 |
| Food purchased from stores | 86.24 | 81.36 | 84.71 | 86.97 |
| While on trips overnight or longer | 2.56 | 2.25 | 2.24 | 1.93 |
| Locally and on day trips | 83.68 | 79.11 | 82.47 | 85.04 |
| Meat | 17.34 | 17.15 | 17.32 | 18.26 |
| Fish and other marine products | 2.81 | 2.52 | 2.70 | 3.11 |
| Dairy products and eggs | 12.68 | 11.86 | 13.28 | 12.55 |
| Bakery and other cereal products | 12.51 | 12.36 | 12.44 | 12.42 |
| Fruits and nuts | 9.82 | 7.81 | 9.11 | 10.46 |
| Vegetables | 8.67 | 7.28 | 8.81 | 8.88 |
| Condiments, spices and vinegar | 2.56 | 2.36 | 2.53 | 2.40 |
| Sugar and sugar preparations | 3.02 | 3.06 | 2.74 | 2.88 |
| Coffee and tea | 1.41 | 1.08 | 1.40 | 1.36 |
| Fats and oils | 1.03 | 1.35 | 0.97 | 0.92 |
| Other foods, materials and food preparations | 8.45 | 8.89 | 7.80 | 8.12 |
| Non-alcoholic beverages | 3.39 | 3.40 | 3.37 | 3.67 |
| Note: Excludes the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 1. Average weekly expenditure data refer to all households. Source: Statistics Canada, Income Statistics Division, Catalogue no. 62-554-XIE. Last modified: 2005-01-11. | ||||
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