Average Monthly Household Grocery Bill

Ryan A. Smith — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:41:05 +0000

About three months ago, I posted an article on Average Monthly Grocery Bill. I was hoping people would comment on that article, sharing how much they spend on grocery with me and the readers. Sadly, people in Canada don’t like to share their thoughts, I suppose. I know a lot of people come to my site for this info, but are unwilling to share.

So, I decided to find this information on my own, and certainly I found it. So should I share it here???

The data include average annual household expenses for all provinces & territories in Canada: Yukon (YT), British Columbia (BC), Alberta (AB), Saskatchewan (SK), Manitoba (MB), Northwest Territories (NWT), Nunavut (NU), Ontario (ON), Québec (QC), Nova Scotia (NS), Prince Edward Island (PEI), New Brunswick (NB), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).

The average annual food expesne for family in Canada ranges $6000 to $7000 (monthly $500 to $600). The statistics does not indicate how many people in each household, but my guess would be for a family of 4. So, you can calculate the expense for families of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, so on. My monthly grocery bill for me alone (I’m single still) is around $200; however, I include personal care and some health care as part of my grocery expesnes. So I guess I’m doing alright.

National Average Annual Household Expenses Year 2007

	NL	PEI	NS	NB	QC	ON	NU
Total expenditures	55,007	55,574	59,987	58,205	57,308	76,654	73,747
Total current consumption	40,332	40,922	44,145	42,285	41,100	53,938	54,400
Food	6,463	6,629	6,640	6,602	7,321	7,383	14,057
Shelter	8,985	10,137	10,815	10,031	10,167	16,341	11,547
Household operation	2,968	3,097	3,304	2,945	2,601	3,666	3,445
Household furnishings & equipment	1,719	1,424	1,784	1,567	1,543	2,136	2,082
Clothing	2,588	2,112	2,412	2,312	2,368	3,420	3,345
Transportation	8,392	8,039	8,820	9,137	7,542	9,600	5,456
Health care	1,582	1,994	1,868	1,817	2,067	1,721	874
Personal care	1,008	1,027	1,048	1,000	1,089	1,239	1,123
Recreation	3,305	3,019	3,329	3,215	3,055	4,133	6,855
Reading materials & printed matter	179	250	249	234	245	281	201
Education	579	797	1,055	1,005	633	1,220	N/A
Tobacco & alcoholic beverages	1,636	1,474	1,628	1,426	1,354	1,459	3,506
Games of chance (net amount)	247	195	253	191	178	283	465
Miscellaneous	681	727	939	804	936	1,055	1,144
Personal income taxes	10,466	9,504	10,585	10,610	11,739	16,403	13,312
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	3,171	3,694	3,550	3,811	3,595	4,177	4,742
Gifts of money and contributions	1,038	1,454	1,708	1,499	874	2,137	1,293

	MB	SK	AB	BC	YT	NWT	Canada
Total expenditures	63,303	63,944	85,912	72,621	76,997	89,075	69,946
Total current consumption	44,701	46,089	59,288	53,394	53,929	63,369	49,766
Food	6,518	6,073	7,491	7,745	7,078	9,096	7,305
Shelter	10,852	10,711	14,955	15,056	14,058	18,249	13,643
Household operation	3,063	3,161	3,768	3,357	3,831	4,110	3,287
Household furnishings & equipment	1,715	1,873	2,608	2,036	2,707	2,466	1,964
Clothing	2,482	2,434	3,548	2,818	2,915	3,844	2,948
Transportation	9,651	10,412	12,678	9,896	10,775	11,439	9,395
Health care	1,786	1,738	2,259	2,177	1,603	1,306	1,932
Personal care	1,102	1,082	1,288	1,135	1,193	1,351	1,167
Recreation	3,607	4,387	5,387	4,577	4,860	6,132	3,976
Reading materials & printed matter	267	218	291	233	415	312	260
Education	869	804	1,176	1,215	739	503	1,017
Tobacco & alcoholic beverages	1,441	1,615	2,124	1,624	2,236	2,792	1,536
Games of chance (net amount)	311	286	340	223	308	653	251
Miscellaneous	1,037	1,293	1,374	1,303	1,212	1,116	1,081
Personal income taxes	12,411	12,215	19,766	13,297	16,437	17,751	14,447
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	4,003	3,923	4,331	3,850	4,961	6,228	3,946
Gifts of money and contributions	2,188	1,716	2,527	2,080	1,670	1,727	1,788

Reference: Statistics Canada

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