Household Expenditure Survey 2021: Detailed Spending and Income Data for Canada

Statistics Canada's Household Expenditure Survey collects detailed information on household spending, annual income, and demographic characteristics. The survey is conducted biennially starting from the 2017 reference year and covers all 10 provinces and the capitals of the 3 territories. These data are used as inputs for calculating GDP and for determining consumer price index basket weights.

Use Cases

• Modeling consumer spending patterns based on detailed expenditure categories.
• Analyzing correlations between household income and spending based on tax data linkage.
• Studying demographic influences on housing characteristics and household equipment ownership.
• Informing social and economic policy development at federal and provincial government levels.

Strengths

• Data collection covers all 10 provinces and the 3 territorial capitals.
• Survey is conducted biennially, providing a time-series component starting from 2017.
• Links detailed expenditure data with annual income data from personal tax records.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Survey conducted in the 10 provinces and the capitals of the 3 territories.

Time Range

2021 (part of a biennial series starting from 2017)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 04:10:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (10 provinces and 3 territorial capitals)