The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-09, Page 164
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Ontario family spends more
on shelter and less on food
The average Ontario family de-
votes more of its resources to
shelter than any other province
but Saskatchewan and B.C., and
less to food than any except Al-
berta., according to advance in-
formation released this week by
the prices division of Statistics
Canada.
The division made public tabu-
lations based on a survey of fam-
ily expenditures, conducted in
1970 to discover how Canadian
families and unattached individ-
uals actually spent their money
during .the 1969 calen"dar year.
Results of the survey provide, for
the firsttime, a national spendidg
pattern, derived from a sample
of 15,140 families and representa-
tive of all persons living in pri-
vate households in the 10 provin-
ces, including both urban and
rural areas.
The report shows that Ontario
families had the highest level of
expenditure ($9,112) , the highest
percentage of wiyes employed
outside the home (12.6 percent)
and the highest average number
of earners per family (.87) .
Food, which was the largest
single expense item in all provin-
ces, absorbed a smaller portion
of total expenditures in Ontario
(17.3 percent, compared to 18.7
percent for Canada as a whole).
Housing, which absorbed 15.5
percent of the Ontario family
budget, was second on the list. In
actual dollars, of course, average
housing expenditure was the
highest in Canada at $1,410, sub-
stantially ahead of British Col-
umbia's $1,247 in second place
and well above the national aver-
age ($1,240).
These figures reflect costs such
as mortgage and taxes (or rent),
insurance, repairs, water, power
and fuel. Other aspects of housing
costs—household operation and
the purchase of furnishings—are
shown separately in the tabula-
tions, although they have been
brought together in the accom-
panying chart, to simplify the
visual presentation.. 07
Ontario, with the highest in-
cornelevel among the provinces,
also 'showed the highest propor-
tion taken by personal taxes (14.6
per cent as against a national
average of 13.5 -.per cent). Even .
so, the level of dollar expenditure
per family on current consump-
tion ($7,129) was more than
t'sn.I
4$5) .
Clothing took a smaller per-
centage of the Ontario family
budget (7.8 per cent) than irr any
other province but British
Columbia (7.1 per cent), in con-
trast to 10.6 per cent in New-
foundland and 8.1 per cent for the
ten provinces. Medical and
health care expenditures by On-
tario families wer, the highest in
the country, absorbing 3.6 per
cent of the family budget, com-
pared to the national average of
3.4 per cent.
The Family Expenditure Sur-
vey, which covered 15,140 famil-
ies and individuals across Can-
ada, or about 0.25 per cent of. the
estimated number, included 3,469
Ontario . families, representing
0.15 per cent of total families in
the province.
In 1816 there were 10 post of-
fices in Lower Canada and nine in
Upper Canada. Today there are
approximately 8,827 post offices
in Canada.
DREAMY DOLLS
..Why I chose my material"
was the roll call for the Wingham
II club, meeting in the town hall
on February 28. The 14 girls
showed their material and pat-
terns.
The minutes were read by
Cindy Beard, seconded by Ellen
Reid. It was decided to send re-
ports to the newspaper and Tinie
Jorritsma was chosen as the re-
porter. A design for the record
books was discussed.
Mrs. Lapp led in discussion on
getting ready to cut,•the pattern,
altering and cutting and mark-
ing. Mrs. Currie showed the
members a pattern which she ex-
plained in detail then de-
monstrated proper placing of the
pattern.on material and cutting.
Karen showed how to mark the
material.
A questionnaire on the topics of
,the meeting was filled in before
closing the meeting by singing
"The More We Get Together".
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WINNERS OF THE model contest sponsored by Stedman's Wingham store Monday were
Doug Taylor, 10, who placed second; David Penny, 11, the champion; and Joe Brophy, 11,
who was third. Each received a prize of a model set and David Penny also was awarded a
trophy. Judges were. E. C. Beard and Jim Ward. —Staff Photo.
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