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Where does our money go?


The average Canadian family spent just over $71,000 on expenditures in 2009.
Albertans paid the
most personal
What exactly are we spending the money on?
PRICE

tio pen ance


income tax in 2009,
Per com s

n
with an average of
DIFFERENCES

ns sio
/ r
nts nsu
$18,830
i
son e
n

Percentage change

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in expenditures compared
t 4,39
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to 2003
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b
20.2%

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for inflation
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$4 nt
ne s
sc

Ga o Food 13%
ell $1,

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me
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an 18

so Shelter 31%
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%
fc
ft ib
us

a ha
cco
/al $255 ce
n Gi ntr 5 Household operation 31%
$1 co co ,71 Furnishings/equipment 14%
,50 hol $1
Percentage
%

Edu 6 Clothing 18%

2.4
1.7

cati
Read $1,2 on Transportation 28%

%
%
2.1%

ing/p 38
0.4

of total household
rinte
d mate Health care 41%
ria
$23 l
1.7%

Recre
2 Personal care 25%

Food2
10.2%
a expenditures, 2009
0.3%

tio Recreation 11%


$3,84 n Reading/print material 17%
5.4%

3 $7,26 Education 38%


Tobacco/alcohol 15%
Average expenditure per household
Games of chance 6%

$71,117
Personal care
1.7%

$1,200 Miscellaneous 37%


2.8%

Income tax 18%


are
Health c 4
Insurance/pension 37%

$2,00 Average family income


Gifts/contributions 36%

$91,500 HAVE SOME FUN


Average amount of money
.8%
13

spent on recreation,
.7%

by province

S
19

$ h
B.C. $4,561

Albertans paid 4.0% 14 elt Alta.


Sask.
$4,976
$4,284
5 e
,0
4.8%
the most for 2.7%
r
transportation
9 Man. $3,906
on

in 2009, spending Ont. $3,742


3
,75

an average Que. $3,165


ati

$2, ing
841
$9

Residents of N.W.T. N.B. $3,853


$11,912
Household
ment
and equiphings
$1,896
$3,428
h
ort

operation

paid the most for N.S. $3,378


Clot

shelter expenses in
P.E.I. $2,727
ld furnis

2009, at an average
sp

Nfld. $3,531
$17,848
n

Yukon $4,579
Tra

Househo

N.W.T. $4,661
Nunavut $6,698
Sources: moneysense.ca; Statistics Canada MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY

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