How did expenditures per capita for property taxes and/or municipal
government; and per capita for restaurant meals and/or other
entertainment categories compare between Ottawa, and Toronto in 2000
and/or 2001?

Hi

I located a table with a comparison of *household* expenditures for
Ottawa and Toronto for the year 2001.

This table includes expenditures in the following categories:

Food
Shelter
Household operation
Household furnishings and equipment
Clothing
Transportation
Health care
Personal care
Recreation
Reading materials and other printed matter
Education
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages
Games of chance (net amount)
Miscellaneous
Personal income taxes
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions
Gifts of money and contributions

Would you be interested in the above information?

Thanks
--Bobbie7-ga

Thanks.  I am familiar with this table from Statistics Canada.  It
gives only an indication of what the answer should be.  But I do
appreciate your suggestion because the table is indeed suggestive.

You are actually quite close -- if one used the category of
"recreation" as a proxy for restaurant meals, and looked up municipal
budgets to find out total property taxes as a revenue source -- that
would give an indication of the answer I seek.  I was looking for a
per capita figure, but per household would probably do.  Stats Can
probably has both household and total population figures to divide
into the property tax collected.  To be comparable one should only use
residential property taxes, not business or commercial.