Survey of Household Spending (SHS), average household spending, Canada, regions and provinces.

The Ministry of Education (MEQ) annually calculates two deprivation indices for the 69 school service centers and linguistic school boards: • the Socio-economic Environment Index (IMSE), which consists of the proportion of families with children whose mothers do not have a diploma, certificate or degree (which represents two thirds of the weight of the index) and the proportion of households whose parents were not employed during the week of reference of the Canadian census (which represents a third of the weight of the index). • The Low Income Threshold Index (LFS) corresponds to the proportion of families with children whose income is close to or below the low income threshold. The low-income cut-off is defined as the income level at which families are estimated to spend 20% more than the overall average on food, housing, and clothing. It provides information that is used to estimate the proportion of families whose incomes can be considered low, taking into account the size of the family and the environment of residence (rural region, small urban area, large agglomeration, etc.). For the 2023-2024 school year, the socio-economic data used are extracted from the 2016 Canadian census and relate to the situation of Quebec families with at least one child aged 0 to 18. Depending on their geographical position, these families are grouped together in one of the 3,680 settlement units established by the Ministry. The annual school indices are grouped in decimal rank in order to locate the relative position of the school among all public schools, for primary and secondary education. Note that schools may include more than one school building, that no index is calculated for school boards with special status (Cree, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and Littoral) and that only schools with 30 students or more are selected (without an MEQ-MSSS agreement). For the school year 2023-2024, 695 primary schools and 197 secondary schools are considered disadvantaged (decile ranks 8, 9 or 10) according to the IMSE index. These schools have 15,7109 and 113,781 students respectively, representing 30% of the public network for each of these two levels of education.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Full-service restaurants in Canada thrived from the pandemic low, driven mainly by rising levels of consumer spending. However, the unwelcome high inflationary pressure following the pandemic has reduced customers' propensity to dine out as menu inflation surpassed food inflation. As a result, soaring operational costs and lower consumer interest in dining out have suppressed the industry's overall growth. Nonetheless, industry revenue has expanded an annualized 10.8% to $49.5 billion over the past five years, including 2.7% growth in 2025 alone. Likewise, industry profit has improved, accounting for 4.4% of industry revenue. This industry primarily consists of many small, independent, single-location restaurants, making the market quite fragmented. The notable players are franchises that mainly acquire revenue through royalty fees. Over the past five years, full-service restaurants have grappled with soaring costs, especially regarding wages and ingredients. Minimum wages and a restriction on temporary foreign worker supply have driven labor expenses for restaurants, which have already endured staff shortages. In 2025, the US-Canada tariff war is expected to worsen the situation. The tariffs on US-imported produce will force restaurants to work on their current supply chains, such as shifting to source locally and other countries like Mexico. In the outlook period, industry revenue is expected to continue growing, albeit at a slower pace. A decline in household income levels and continued tariff threats will likely drive customers from frequenting full-service restaurants. Consequently, industry revenue is projected to increase at an annualized rate of 1.5%, resulting in $53.5 billion over the five years to 2030.

Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by MBM region and base year. Total thresholds as well as thresholds for the food, clothing, transportation, shelter and other expenses components are presented, in current and constant dollars, annual.