Canada: third quintile average annual household expenditure 2017, by type of expense

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 11, 2024

This statistic shows the average expenditure of households in the third income quintile in Canada in 2017, by type of expense. In 2017, households in the third quintile in Canada spent an average of 8,455 Canadian dollars on food.

Average expenditure of households in the third income quintile* in Canada in 2017, by type of expense (in Canadian dollars)

Characteristic	Expenditure in Canadian dollars
Shelter	16,991
Transportation	12,239
Food expenditures	8,455
Income taxes	8,180
Household operations	4,662
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	3,987
Recreation	3,382
Clothing and accessories	3,044
Health care	2,743
Household furnishings and equipment	2,168
Gifts of money, support payments and charitable contributions	1,666
Miscellaneous expenditures	1,579
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages	1,362
Education	1,238
Personal care	1,216
Games of chance	213
Reading materials and other printed matter	149

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December 2018

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Canada

Survey time period

2017

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* According to the source, all households in Canada are ranked from lowest to highest according to the value of their before-tax income. The ranked population is then divided into five groups of equal numbers of units called quintiles, with five being the highest income group. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2017. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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