Average weekly food expenditure per household, Canada and selected regions (2001)

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Average weekly food expenditure per household, Canada and selected regions (2001)
(Atlantic region, Quebec, Ontario)
	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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