| Category | 1988-1992 | 1993-1997 | 1998-2002 | 2003-2007 | 2008-2012 |
| Accommodation services | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Air transport | 5.0 | 8.7 | -0.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Alcoholic beverage services | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 2.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 2.9 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | 6.1 | -1.0 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Audio-visual and photographic equipment | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 4.2 | -4.1 |
| Books | 5.6 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| Cable, satellite and other program distribution services | 12.1 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 7.0 |
| Carpets and other floor coverings | -1.3 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 6.1 | -1.2 |
| Child care services in the home | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | -2.8 | 3.8 |
| Child care services outside the home | 8.1 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Cinemas | 2.1 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| Cleaning of clothing | 5.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Clothing and footwear | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Clothing materials, other articles of clothing and clothing accessories | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| Communications | 6.5 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| Education | 10.7 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Electrical appliances for personal care | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| Electricity | 9.8 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| Equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation | 3.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Expenditure by Canadians abroad | 12.9 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 6.2 |
| Expenditure by non-residents in Canada | -5.9 | -9.8 | -6.8 | 0.4 | -1.7 |
| Food | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverage services | 6.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Food, beverage and accommodation services | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Footwear | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| Fuels and lubricants | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 6.9 |
| Furnishings, household equipment and other goods and services related to the dwelling and property | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 1.1 |
| Furniture and furnishings | 1.1 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Games of chance | 6.5 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Games, toys and hobbies | 6.1 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Garden products, plants and flowers | 8.0 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Garments | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| Gas | 5.2 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | -4.2 |
| Health | 6.6 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 4.9 |
| Health insurance | 9.5 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 2.7 |
| Hospital services | 7.4 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Household textiles | 4.0 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | 8.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| Implicit deposit charges | 6.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Implicit loan charges | 7.6 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| Imputed rental fees for housing | 8.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Information processing equipment | 12.9 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Insurance and financial services | 6.2 | 8.9 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 2.2 |
| Insurance related to transport | 9.4 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| Interurban bus | 3.5 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 1.5 |
| Jewellery, clocks and watches | 0.5 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| Legal and other services | 9.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| Life insurance | 3.6 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Maintenance and repair of vehicles | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| Major durables for outdoor recreation | 1.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Major household appliances | 1.6 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Major tools and equipment | -0.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| Materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling | 2.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 6.2 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| Miscellaneous printed matter and stationery and drawing materials | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 |
| Musical instruments and major durables for indoor recreation | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | -0.2 |
| Mutual funds | 22.2 | 34.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 1.4 |
| Net expenditure abroad | 38.8 | -22.4 | -49.0 | 98.7 | 13.4 |
| New passenger cars | -1.8 | 3.9 | 8.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| New trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles | 8.0 | 18.0 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
| Newspapers and periodicals | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
| Non-alcoholic beverages | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Other actual financial charges | 10.6 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 2.8 |
| Other appliances, articles and products for personal care | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
| Other cultural services | 9.9 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.4 |
| Other education | 9.7 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Other fuels | 4.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 5.3 |
| Other non-durable household goods | 4.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Other personal effects | 6.9 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 2.5 |
| Other semi-durable household goods | 3.7 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 1.9 |
| Other services related to the dwelling and property | 8.5 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 4.8 |
| Other services related to the operation of transport equipment | 10.4 | 1.7 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 6.0 |
| Other social services | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| Other transport services | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| Other vehicles | 6.2 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 4.7 | -0.8 |
| Out-patient services | 3.5 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 |
| Paid rental fees for housing | 8.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Parking | 12.2 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Passenger vehicle renting | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| Personal grooming services | 8.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 |
| Pets and pet food | 7.4 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
| Pharmaceutical products and other medical products | 10.5 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
| Photographic services | 5.8 | 1.3 | 3.5 | -1.5 | 1.3 |
| Postal services | 6.8 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Property insurance | 2.3 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 5.5 |
| Railway transport | -5.9 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Recording media | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | -5.0 |
| Recreation and culture | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| Recreational and sporting services | 10.1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| Renting and leasing of personal and household goods except passenger vehicles | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Repair of personal and household goods except vehicles | 2.9 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 1.8 |
| Services for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling | 14.1 | 4.7 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| Small electric household appliances | 0.7 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| Small tools and miscellaneous accessories | 3.4 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Spare parts and accessories for vehicles | 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 |
| Stock and bond commissions | -11.1 | 21.6 | -0.8 | 15.8 | 0.4 |
| Taxi and limousine | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| Telecommunication equipment | 17.2 | 4.6 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| Telecommunication services | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| Therapeutic appliances and equipment | 5.8 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 3.4 |
| Tobacco | 9.9 | -3.7 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Transport | 3.2 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| Trusteed pension funds | 18.3 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 8.4 |
| Undertaking and other funeral services | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| University education | 12.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| Urban transit | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| Used motor vehicles | 6.2 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 1.0 |
| Veterinary and other services for pets | 13.6 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 5.8 |
| Water supply and sanitation services | 8.9 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| Water transport | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
