COST PER WEEK OF A FAMILY BUDGET OF STAPLE FOODS, FUEL AND LIGHTING, AND RENT IN TERMS OF THE AVERAGE PRICES IN SIXTY CITIES IN CANADA*

Commodities Quan- (†) (+) 1910 1913 July July July July July July July July July July July July June July tity 1900 1905 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1926

2lbs. 27-2 30.4 37.6 44.4 49-4 49-2 52.6 63-6 79-6 79-8 84-0 70-2 64.2 59-6 59-4 60-4 60-4 62.0

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19.6 24.6 26.0 29-6 33.6 33-4 35.2 43.5 57-8 55-2 54-4 40.6 35.6 32.0 31.2 32.0 33.6 34.4 10-0 11-3 12-8 15-7 17-4 17-3 19-2 22.3 28-3 28-3 28-1 22-0 19-1 18-3 17-8 18-1 19-1 19-7 11.8 12.2 16.8 19-1 20-9 21-3 23.9 28.9 36.8 36-3 37-3 30.3 28.0 28.2 28.5 29-3 31-4 30-7

12.2 13.1 18.0 19.5 20-2 19.5 22.4 30.0 37.7 42-1 40-7 32.9 31.8 26-6 23-6 28-2 30-7 32-3 21.8 25.0 34.4 35.2 37.4 34.4 38.8 54.1 70-4 75.2 74-0 57-8 54-2 50.4 45-2 50.4 56.0 58.0

15.4 17.8 24.5 24-7 25-5 26-6 28-739-8 51-0 56-3 57.0 48.0 42.5 39-1 31-439-2 42-6 44-7 26-2 28.2 40.6 38-4 36-8 35.8 40.4 62.3 73.8 83.8 75.8 43.2 43.6 44.8 41-2 48-2 48-6 49-8 25-7 30-0 33.3 33.7 26.9 25-3 31-0 38-8 49-3 52-7 59-2 38-2 33.9 31-2 31-8 37-6 35-2 38-2 20.2 23.4 28-4 28-1 24-9 24-9 28-0 35.9 43.1 48.1 52-6 35.1 31-4 27-3 27-6 33.7 31-9 34-7 36.6 39.6 48.0 51-6 51-0 52-245-0 59-3 70-8 78-6 88-2 78-6 69-0 69-0 71-4 69-0 69-6 08-4 44.2 49.4 52.0 58.0 49.8 56-2 60-4 75.5 91.4 106-2118-8 63.0 70.2 68.4 68.8 71-4 74-8 74-4 25.5 27-7 31.9 33.9 30.0 32-6 34-5 42.5 51.7 60-4 66-3 37.2 42.0 39-3 39-3 40.9 41.3 42.0 16.1 17.6 18.5 20.5 21.1 24-b 25.6 33-4 33-4 40.3 40.6 34.8 30-0 $30-1 $28-4 $30-6 §31-6 §31-6 14.6 15.7 17.5 19.1 19-4 22-6 23-6 30-3 30-6 38.8 38.4 28-2 26-2 $30-1 §28-4 $30-6 §31-6 §31-6

55.5 58.5 66-0 61.5 63.0 73.5 70.5 110-4117-0120-0 144-0 121-5 105-0 100-5 100-5 118-5 114-0114-0 25.0 28.0 33-0 32-0 33-0 41.0 37.0 69-9 68-0 67.0 84.0 63.0 49-0 $44-0 $43-0 $58-0 $53-0 $53-0 18.0 19.5 21.0 22-0 21-5 20-0 24-0 31-4 40.5 37.0 44.0 30.0 28-0 27.5 27.0 31.0 28.5 29-0 10.4 10-6 10-4 11.4 11.6 12.0 13.4 16.8 23-2 24.6 34-2 19.8 19.8 $20-6 $20-8 $21.8 $21.8 $21.8 8-6 9.4 10.8 12.4 11-8 14.8 19.4 31.5 34.2 22.6 22.2 17.0 17.6 17.4 16.6 16-8 15-6 15-8 7.7 11.5 12-0 13-1 11.9 13-4 15-8 22.9 24.6 29.1 21.3 24.9 19.7 19.5 20.7 19.8 19.8

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9.6 9-9 11-9 12.4 13.0 13.1 15.5 18.0 22.0 27.2 18.4 19.8 18.6 15.9 15-5 15-8 15-8 21.6 22.0 24.0 23.6 22.0 32.0 38.4 39.5 43.6 47.2 93.6 44.4 33.6 50.0 40-8 33.6 31.6 31-6 10-0 9.8 10.8 11.0 10-2 14.6 17.6 18.3 20.4 22.2 43.4 21.0 15.8 23-8 19-6 16.0 15.0 15.0 8.3 8-7 8.9 9.1 9.9 11:6 14-6 15-4 16-4 13-7 13-9 §16-6 §17-4 $17.9 $18-0 $18-0 9-8 10-3 11.3 14.1 15.6 16-8 14.9 15-2 $16-6517-4 817-9 $18-0§18-0 8-6 8.8 8.9 9.4 9.4 9.9 10.0 10.1 11-2 13-4 15-4 13-7 13-4 13.5 13-6 15.1 15.3 15.4

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2 pks 24.1 28.0 30.3 36-0 50-3 29-3 58-6118-2 66-0 62-7 197-4 35.9 43.9 52.5 63.9 45-1100-7 85-9

-7 .7 -7 .8 .8 -8 .8 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 $ $ $ $ $ × $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 5.48 5.96 6.95 7.34 7.42 7-74 8-46 11.62 13.00 13-77 16-84 10-96 10-27 10-17 9-91 10-49 11-06 11-07

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3.3 4.0 4-7 4-6 5.0 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 Coal,anthracite is ton 39.5 45.2 48.1 55-0 53-2 52-1 54-7 63-2 73-8 71-9 105-0 110-9 105-8 107-8 104-6 103-2 106-6 106.2 Coal, bitumin

31.1 32-3 35.0 38.7 38.0 35.8 38.0 57-8 58-7 61-8 76.6 75.6 68.8 70-7 66.0 62.9 63.6 63-2 Wood, hard... "cd. 32-5 35-3 38.8 42.5 42.5 41.7 41.9 52.0 69-2 74-7 82-2 87-4 77-0 80-2 78-2 76-2 76-8 75-7 Wood, soft.. 22-6 25.5 29-4 30-6 31-8 30-0 30-2 39-7 50-8 57-8 63-3 62.5 58.5 59-0 57-5 55-3 55-9 55.9 1 gal. 24.0 24.5 24.4 23.7 23.5 23.7 22.8 25-6 27-8 28-9 37-2 33-7 31-3 30-2 30-8 30-3 30-7 30-8

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
$ $ $ $
1.50 1.63 1.76 1.91 1.89 1-84 1.88 2.38 2.80 2.95 3.64 3.70 3.41 3-48 3.37 3.28 3-34 3-32

3.41 3.48

$ ૐ $ $ $ $ $ $ હૈ $ $ $ $ ૐ $ $ $ 2-37 2.89 4.05 4.75 4.83 4.09 4.04 4.37 4.81 5.25 6.38 6.83 6.95 6.97 6.98 6.89 6.87 6-87

$ $ $ $ ૐ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 9-37 10-50 12-79 14-02 14-17 13-70 14-41 18-41 20-66 22-02 26-92 21-5320-67 20-65 20-30 20-70 21-31 21-30

$ $ $ $ ૐ $ $ $ $ 5.61 5.83 6.82 7-29 7-24 7.63 8.47 11-58 13-14 14-04 17.09 11-12 10-31 10-65 10-13 10-53 11-24 11-12 4.81 5-26 5.81 6.34 6-59 6.60 7-37 9.69 11-38 12-23 14-52 10-34 9-29 9.40 9-19 9.66 10-39 10-06 5-38 5-83 6.55 7.04 7.07 7.45 8.41 11-07 12-81 13-26 16-63 11-13 9-99 10-29 10-14 10-16 11-28 11-21 5.15 5-64 5-33 6-87 6-92 7-19 8-22 11-26 12-91 13-10 16-03 10-42 9-72 9-71 9-28 9-88 10-54 10-32 5-01 5-60 6-50 7-20 7.29 7.50 8.55 11-90 13-05 13-67 17-05 10-74 10-28 10-08 9.96 10-22 11-17 11-23 5.85 6.19 7.46 7.87 7.52 8.03 8.35 10-62 12-75 13-59 16-54 11-04 10-02 9-53 9-39 10-14 10-27 10-47 6.86 6.92 7.86 8.25 7.99 8-10 8-67 10-85 12.90 13-61 16-25 10-99 9-82 10-14 9-56 10-56 10-56 10-55 6-02 6.50 8.00 8.33 7-78 7.99 8-22 11-73 13.01 14-06 16-70 10-91 9-86 9-87 9-62 10-81 10-56 10-77 6.90 7-74 8-32 9-13 8.78 8-99 9-01 12-30 13-86 14-69 18-23 12-19 11-30 11-17 10-76 12-09 11-81 11-90

The budget is intended to show the changes in the cost of the items included, not to show the minimum cost for an average family. See Text. †December only. §Kind most sold. For Electric light see text.