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Survey of Household Spending
The main purpose of the survey is to obtain detailed information about household spending as well as limited information on dwelling characteristics and household equipment.
Major topics and subtopics
Housing and shelter costs
- Yearly household spending (food, shelter, clothing, transportation, health, etc.)
- Income
- Dwelling characteristics and household equipment
Secondary topics
Income and earnings
Mobility and migration
Limited topics
Activity limitations
Education
Labour
Type
Cross-sectional
Sample size
21,000 households until 2009; 17,500 households since 2010
Frequency
Annual (since 1997)
Lowest levels of geography
Selected census metropolitan areas, population centres and rural areas until 2009; provinces only since 2010
Products and services
- Basic standard products
- CANSIM
- Public use microdata file
- Customized tabulations
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