NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title 2002 Survey of Household Spending Provider Statistics Canada (StatCan)Microdata access: Request Geography Canada (CAN) Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 01/2003 - 03/2003 Series or system Canada Survey of Household Spending Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdInterviewSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary Beginning in 1998, the Survey of Household Spending, or SHS, replaced both the Family Expenditure Survey and the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey. For this year data was collected in the beginning of 2003 for the reference period of 2002 and the sample was 20,861 households. Institutional populations, residents of Indian reservations, and official representatives of foreign countries were excluded from the survey. Residents of the territories were also excluded in this year. Statistics Canada provides a public use microdata file. Keywords Assets, Cooking fuels, Education expenditures, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Health insurance, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household heat, Housing conditions, Income, Internet, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Personal health expenditures, Public social assistance, Taxes, Telephones, Transportation Citation Contributors Statistics Canada (StatCan) Publisher Statistics Canada (StatCan) Suggested citation Statistics Canada (StatCan). Canada Survey of Household Spending 2003. Ottawa, Canada: Statistics Canada (StatCan). GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021