Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area

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Average household expenditures, by selected metropolitan area
(St. John's, Charlottetown-Summerside)
	2005
	St. John's		Charlottetown-Summerside
	Average expenditure per household	Households reporting expenditures	Average expenditure per household	Households reporting expenditures
	$	%	$	%
Total expenditure	62,474	100.0	54,536	100.0
Total current consumption	43,455	100.0	39,235	100.0
Food	6,577	100.0	6,111	100.0
Shelter	10,876	99.6	10,591	100.0
Household operation	2,994	100.0	2,953	99.7
Household furnishings and equipment	2,256	94.6	1,592	96.2
Clothing	2,684	99.5	2,140	98.3
Transportation	7,798	97.5	6,357	97.0
Health care	1,676	97.9	1,767	97.9
Personal care	1,144	100.0	998	100.0
Recreation	3,466	98.4	2,916	98.0
Reading materials and other printed matter	294	85.6	280	86.9
Education	1,178	44.1	1,086	45.5
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages	1,515	88.9	1,432	85.1
Games of chance (net amount)	249	69.8	249	68.1
Miscellaneous	748	89.6	763	88.7
Personal income taxes	13,722	88.3	10,277	92.3
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	4,101	77.9	3,611	82.8
Gifts of money and contributions	1,195	84.3	1,413	79.7
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: 2007-08-01.

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