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Index numbers of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting and rent, in Canada, by provinces, 1920 to 1927

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Index numbers of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting and rent, in Canada, by provinces, 1920 to 1927
  1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
  %
Staple foods                
Nova Scotia 221.0 169.3 143.6 148.8 144.1 149.5 154.8 148.8
Prince Edward Island 193.4 152.2 129.5 130.0 128.9 134.8 142.3 136.6
New Brunswick 214.1 167.1 142.5 146.6 144.7 147.7 155.9 150.1
Quebec 206.7 158.0 135.2 137.0 132.2 139.3 144.9 139.4
Ontario 225.2 170.4 140.4 142.7 139.5 145.0 154.2 150.8
Manitoba 220.2 162.6 137.3 136.4 133.1 141.7 142.2 141.6
Saskatchewan 215.6 164.7 138.6 141.1 137.7 148.2 148.6 150.7
Alberta 218.0 163.6 137.4 138.2 139.4 149.9 147.5 148.2
British Columbia 232.0 180.2 157.6 155.5 154.1 164.6 163.1 163.2
Fuel and lighting                
Nova Scotia 170.6 194.0 161.7 163.8 160.9 157.1 155.5 150.8
Prince Edward Island 181.8 193.9 174.6 196.6 179.1 174.3 167.0 162.8
New Brunswick 185.3 198.1 173.1 174.8 169.5 164.9 168.1 164.4
Quebec 195.0 197.6 183.1 183.8 175.4 172.8 177.5 175.4
Ontario 198.5 203.1 190.2 194.1 183.0 179.6 182.2 179.1
Manitoba 206.3 221.4 194.5 203.9 195.3 188.5 184.8 183.2
Saskatchewan 210.3 216.5 205.8 201.7 195.2 186.4 181.2 182.7
Alberta 161.6 140.4 129.7 134.8 122.5 128.3 126.2 122.0
British Columbia 182.6 184.5 166.0 156.1 152.4 147.1 147.6 147.1
Rent                
Nova Scotia 107.7 122.9 123.3 117.7 118.5 117.5 117.9 117.9
Prince Edward Island 84.5 95.3 117.4 121.7 123.8 122.5 118.5 118.5
New Brunswick 119.8 128.1 131.1 138.7 142.1 142.1 142.1 142.1
Quebec 93.0 106.2 113.4 118.0 121.1 120.8 120.8 121.7
Ontario 154.8 147.2 152.6 151.7 154.4 152.8 151.8 151.2
Manitoba 159.6 181.2 181.2 181.2 184.2 184.2 184.2 184.2
Saskatchewan 178.1 180.8 182.5 184.5 187.6 184.2 184.2 184.2
Alberta 154.7 158.5 161.2 157.7 150.8 148.0 151.8 152.4
British Columbia 119.3 132.0 132.1 132.1 134.3 135.4 135.8 136.6
Grand total                
Nova Scotia 175.3 154.7 139.1 140.1 137.4 139.4 142.1 138.4
Prince Edward Island 154.5 138.3 131.5 136.2 133.7 135.6 137.3 134.0
New Brunswick 177.8 157.9 143.0 147.7 146.9 147.9 152.7 149.1
Quebec 166.0 145.6 134.3 136.7 134.1 137.4 141.0 138.1
Ontario 187.1 163.5 151.4 152.5 150.2 152.2 156.8 154.6
Manitoba 197.4 176.8 160.1 160.7 158.6 162.2 161.9 161.5
Saskatchewan 202.1 177.2 162.8 163.9 162.1 165.3 164.8 166.2
Alberta 188.6 158.7 144.5 144.1 140.6 146.0 145.8 145.9
British Columbia 186.6 164.1 150.0 147.2 146.9 152.0 151.5 151.5
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.