Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area

Related tables: Consumer spending.

Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
(St. John's, Charlottetown-Summerside)
	2004
	St. John's		Charlottetown-Summerside
Estimated number of households reporting	65,730		27,900
	Average expenditure per household	Households reporting expenditures	Average expenditure per household	Households reporting expenditures
	$	%	$	%
Total expenditure	60,600	100.0	57,241	100.0
Total current consumption	43,252	100.0	41,761	100.0
Food	6,751	100.0	6,267	100.0
Shelter	10,778	99.7	10,489	100.0
Household operation	3,025	100.0	2,744	100.0
Household furnishings and equipment	1,837	92.1	1,602	93.4
Clothing	2,567	97.4	2,262	99.2
Transportation	8,015	95.9	8,097	98.0
Health care	1,657	96.8	1,783	98.0
Personal care	893	99.3	855	99.2
Recreation	3,757	98.4	3,674	99.2
Reading materials and other printed matter	267	82.1	292	89.9
Education	1,055	49.8	988	42.7
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages	1,565	87.4	1,354	80.3
Games of chance (net)	245	71.5	239	64.1
Miscellaneous expenditures	839	86.2	1,116	88.4
Personal income taxes	12,180	84.8	10,208	89.4
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	3,876	80.3	3,866	81.6
Gifts of money and contributions	1,291	78.4	1,406	84.1
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 (for fee) 203-0001 and Catalogue no. 62F0026MIE. Last modified: 2005-12-12.

Find information related to this table (CANSIM table(s); Definitions, data sources and methods; The Daily; publications; and related Canadian Statistics tables).

Navigation and search

Page navigation menu

Site navigation menu (primary)

Site utility menu: 1 of 2

Site utility menu: 2 of 2

Module search