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Parliament rector of I cat n Canadian Rial Estate we lit Ion Tha value of statistics can often answer such questions as Where do I stand In relation to other Canadians Am I smaller Am I taller is my education above or below the average it my Income below average and if so how much catching up do I have do There Is also usually a set questions In every In dividual mind about housing Including Do most ether with my income own their spending about trio same percentage as other families Because statistics take a great deal of time to compile with any degree of accuracy they are often slightly of date by the lime they reach the consumer But mis need not necessarily reduce their value as the consumer s memory can easily strelch back a couple of years recall what conditions were then and measure gains or losses In meantime To reach a long way back tor example wehearalol ot comparlslons between unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1930s and today Unemployment then was per cent the labor force Today It Is only per cent So despite doom and gloom comments by com paring two figures we know employment wise we are more than twice as well off as we were during the depression Bui that Is only part of the story because welfare and benefits have Improved so the hardship endured by unemployed 1930s can hardly be compared lo the lifestyle of unemployed today The above example Illustrates that more than one statistic should be considered when a perspn asks himself or herself How am I doing Two studies prepared recently by the Canadian Estale Association of economics and research could give a accurate One Is entitled Patfersn of Family bexpendlluro In Canada other Characteristics of Canada s Housing and Its Ihabliants generally agreed that the living standard of Canadians has been steadily Improving and Income Is only a partial Indication of how well a family Is doing financially because of the erosion of the dollar through Increases In the prices of consumer goods It Is estimated that average family Income In was Sit 11 per cent higher than the previous year But when this Is converted Into cons dollars the real gain becomes per cent Today the purchasing power of a dollar Is cents Taking live years from entage of Income spent declined marginally per lottilng declined Irom to and food to However percentage I transportation rose from 111 percentage claimed by ncome 1974 the per heller actually to lj per cent to other characteristics Canadian ire are regional disparities In home highest percentage of home ownership In Newfoundland where more than per cent of dwelling units are owner occupied The lowest percentage Quebec where It is less than per cent in Nave Scotia New Brunswick nee Edward island ant the percentage Is per In Saskat cent and In Ontario i per In Canada in lived In Ontario Yours was one 750 1976 these approximately per cent in Quebec per cent II per cent in British Columbia Atlantic Provinces As staled earlier average family income Sl750lnly7o years or a generation earlier Rap rising wages account only In part lor change The large number of married women entering work force has also been Instrumental In Increasing ncome and bringing more than half families In Caned over Ihe 515 mark a gross Income In excess of SI billion an of which approximately billion is or shelter Ther v In home own in urban centre of the best hi between residential units arc owner occupied compared to per cent In centres w in a population of 100 or less In rural areas on other hand approximately per cent all The array statistics hopefUly will permit most Individuals determine where they f If Into the housing picture compared with other families living In their regions and at the same Income level No two families have exactly the same priorities or goals but averages do show what a largenumoerot people are doing and what they have accomplished There Is theoretically at least en average time It lakes people reach their goals But statistics don show that REDDOT REALTY LTD REALTOR THISHOMEWON TLAST Just llstod 4 bedroom home inside a huge lot and healed pool plus more Don I delay call Susan Carrier to day to view this IMMACULATE home loaded with extras and priced to sell mmmT COME IN OUT OF THE COLD This cosy bedroom bungalow has ill decorated home w TERRACOTTAAREA pond in up your Spacious finish loud NORTH OF COUNTRY It lor in FARMING WITHOUT TEARS acres close to Georgetown open oilers good at Cooper 077 JUST OUTSIDE GEORGETOWN parcel Build a dream farm here wit Ihe low land price and mortgage rate Call Reg Cooper Don Im this rare a country home do In living dining and only 5544 Call A HOME to c to Toronto SUPER LOT IN TOWN COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY y wi I lor Mart your own busness this storey in overhead living ac ad ilion Ampli Vendor may I old 1st at THYS500OOWN percent mortgage shopping and iil Trudy Simmons 5 BEDROOM ling backs onto schools shopping Harvey GETTING MARRIED This 3 bedroom priced lust right for first lime buyers clean and well cared for at You can 1 rent lor less Let got together and try your offer call Finn H Poulstrup Trudy Simmons Susan Carrier Tillie Harvey Manager 8777858 8779345 Put a smile on lawn R Bob Tim Harvey Michael Adams Reg Cooper