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Prices of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting and rent, in sixty cities in Canada, 1913, 1920 to 1927

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Prices of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting and rent, in sixty cities in Canada, 1913, 1920 to 1927
	Quantity	1913	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927
		$
Foods
Beef, sirloin steak	1 lb.	0.222	0.380	0.332	0.292	0.283	0.280	0.285	0.294	0.308
Beef, chuck roast	1 lb.	0.118	0.251	0.197	0.162	0.152	0.148	0.152	0.100	0.172
Veal, roast	1 lb.	0.157	0.274	0.226	0.188	0.182	0.179	0.182	0.193	0.203
Mutton, roast	1 lb.	0.191	0.354	0.292	0.273	0.277	0.278	0.289	0.298	0.291
Pork, fresh, roast	1 lb.	0.195	0.397	0.328	0.295	0.264	0.240	0.275	0.302	0.282
Pork, salt mess	1 lb.	0.176	0.362	0.309	0.265	0.252	0.231	0.254	0.278	0.265
Bacon, breakfast	1 lb.	0.247	0.559	0.497	0.412	0.394	0.337	0.385	0.431	0.393
Lard, pure leaf	1 lb.	0.192	0.380	0.239	0.221	0.231	0.220	0.242	0.246	0.221
Eggs, fresh	1 dozen	0.337	0.709	0.529	0.447	0.442	0.439	0.486	0.466	0.487
Eggs, storage	1 dozen	0.281	0.608	0.479	0.390	0.370	0.368	0.417	0.396	0.424
Milk	l qt	0.086	0.151	0.139	0.121	0.117	0.121	0.119	0.118	0.119
Butter, dairy	l lb.	0.292	0.634	0.447	0.378	0.399	0.387	0.389	0.406	0.415
Butter, creamery	l lb.	0.339	0.696	0.519	0.440	0.451	0.435	0.439	0.448	0.463
Cheese, old	l lb.	0.205	0.406	0.369	0.303	0.326	0.301	0.312	0.318	0.310
Cheese, new	l lb.	0.191	0.383	0.335	0.279	0.326	0.301	0.312	0.318	0.310
Bread, plain white	l lb.	0.041	0.093	0.081	0.069	0.067	0.069	0.078	0.076	0.077
Flour, family	l lb.	0.032	0.079	0.052	0.047	0.044	0.045	0.057	0.053	0.053
Rolled oats	l lb.	0.044	0.084	0.063	0.056	0.055	0.560	0.061	0.058	0.061
Rice, good medium	l lb.	0.057	0.164	0.108	0.098	0.104	0.105	0.109	0.110	0.108
Beans, handpicked	l lb.	0.062	0.117	0.091	0.087	0.087	0.084	0.083	0.079	0.081
Apples, evaporated	l lb.	0.120	0.286	0.221	0.234	0.200	0.194	0.204	0.200	0.194
Prunes, medium	l lb.	0.119	0.270	0.198	0.193	0.185	0.160	0.156	0.016	0.015
Sugar, granulated	l lb.	0.059	0.197	0.114	0.087	0.117	0.109	0.085	0.079	0.083
Sugar, yellow	l lb.	0.055	0.185	0.109	0.082	0.112	0.104	0.081	0.075	0.079
Tea, black	l lb.	0.356	0.644	0.556	0.560	0.656	0.700	0.714	0.719	0.716
Tea, green	l lb.	0.372	0.672	0.608	0.692	0.656	0.700	0.714	0.719	0.716
Coffee	l lb.	0.376	0.608	0.560	0.535	0.589	0.550	0.604	0.612	0.612
Potatoes	1 pk	0.150	0.658	0.283	0.235	0.252	0.270	0.276	0.436	0.317
Vinegar, white wine	1 pt	0.064	0.080	0.080	0.078	0.075	0.080	0.080	0.080	0.080
All foods, weekly budget	$	7.337	15.990	12.100	10.394	10.525	10.313	10.813	11.211	11.001
Other
Starch, laundry	l lb.	0.10	0.144	0.138	0.122	0.122	0.122	0.124	0.124	0.123
Coal anthracite	1 ton	8.80	17.04	18.18	17.713	17.989	17.052	16.833	17.392	14.464
Coal, bituminous	1 ton	6.19	12.38	12.70	11.436	11.555	10.707	10.249	10.311	10.208
Wood, hard, best	1 cord	6.80	13.09	13.79	12.564	12.764	12.485	12.28	12.195	12.128
Wood, soft	1 cord	4.90	10.14	10.260	9.380	9.512	9.209	8.979	8.947	8.96
Coal oil	1 gallon	0.237	0.365	0.354	0.313	0.307	0.306	0.304	0.308	0.314
Rent, 1 month	$	19.00	24.80	27.08	27.74	27.86	27.79	27.54	27.48	27.44
Grand total, weekly budget	$	14.024	25.908	22.706	20.877	21.068	20.693	21.063	21.471	21.201
Notes: - Base year is 1913 (1913=100). - In the past, Canada used the British Imperial system of measurement (lb, inch, foot, etc.).
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.