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Holiday costs keep climbing across a century
Topic Started: Dec 15 2015, 01:48 AM (59 Views)
goldengal
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Prices from 1906 look cheap to us, but poor families were a big problem.



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The Star revisits the scene of a Toronto Christmas in a side-by-side comparison spaced more than 100 years apart.

1906: Work and wealth

In 1906, the average Toronto labourer earns only about 76 per cent of what his family needs to rise above a minimal standard of living.

The average monthly rental price of a house is $13.94.

Two-thirds of working-class families with children under 14 live below the poverty line.


http://www.thestar.com/initiatives/santa_claus_fund/2015/12/13/holiday-costs-keep-climbing-across-a-century.html

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