Vital Statistics 2006
| Vital Statistics |
2006 |
2005 |
| a Canadian dollar is worth |
$ 0.86 US |
$ 0.86 US |
| a domestic postage stamp costs |
$ 0.51 |
$ 0.50 |
| a liter of Pepsi costs |
$ 1.79 |
$ 1.79 |
| a liter of water costs |
$ 1.39 |
$ 1.52 |
| a liter of milk costs |
$ 1.25 |
$ 1.00 |
| a liter of gasoline costs |
$ 0.87 |
$ 0.85 |
| a loaf of bread costs |
$ 2.29 |
$ 1.99 |
| a paperback novel costs |
$11.99 |
$10.99 |
| a weekly (Time) magazine costs |
$ 5.95 |
$ 4.95 |
| a comic book costs |
$ 3.99 |
$ 3.99 |
| a daily newspaper costs |
$ 0.93 |
$ 0.93 |
| a collectable card (Yu-Gi-Oh!) pkg. costs |
$ 4.99 |
$ 4.99 |
| a regular bus ride costs |
$ 1.90 |
$ 1.80 |
| a medium cup of coffee costs |
$ 1.17 |
$ 1.14 |
| a basic cable television package |
$25.99 |
$28.74 |
| a first run movie rental costs |
$ 5.39 |
$ 5.20 |
| an adult movie theatre ticket costs |
$ 9.95 |
$ 9.95 |
| a children’s movie theatre ticket costs |
$ 7.95 |
$ 7.95 |
| a babysitter (for Things 1 & 2) costs |
$ 8.00/hr |
$ 7.00/hr |
| a boy’s haircut |
$ 9.95 |
$ 9.50 |
| a adult man’s haircut |
$12.95 |
|
| a medium combination pizza |
$16.35 |
$15.70 |
| a new home computer (3.4GHz/160 GByte hard drive/) |
$1387.00 |
$1499.00 |
