NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title 2003 Survey of Household Spending Provider Statistics Canada (StatCan)Microdata access: Request Geography Canada (CAN) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2004 - 03/2004 Series or system Canada Survey of Household Spending Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally 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 2004 for the reference period of 2003 and the sample was 23,869 households. In addition, a supplementary sample of 2,200 Quebec households was included to provide data to the Quebec Ministry of Finance. Institutional and group populations, residents of Indian reservations, and official representatives of foreign countries were excluded from the survey. Statistics Canada provides a public use microdata file. Keywords Assets, Cooking fuels, Disability, Education, 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) Funders Ministry of Finance (Quebec) Publisher Statistics Canada (StatCan) Suggested citation Statistics Canada (StatCan). Canada Survey of Household Spending 2004. Ottawa, Canada: Statistics Canada (StatCan). GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 14, 2022