How COVID-19 is changing back-to-school shopping and budgets

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'This is extra stuff we haven't had to buy in the past but it's a small dollar to pay to make sure that that is just hers exclusively.' Parents will spend, on average, an extra $61 on home or health supplies ahead of their child's return to school.

Vonny Sweetland and his sister, who he is a guardian for, Josephine Price, 12, pose for a photograph at Wychwood Barns Park in Toronto, on Saturday, August 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana MartinTORONTO -- Vonny Sweetland has yet to decide if he will be sending his 12-year-old sister Josephine back to class in September, but just in case he does, he's been stocking up on supplies for months.

"In a COVID-era, all of these things we take for granted or think are minuscule are actually really important," said Sweetland, who is his sister's guardian. The survey, which was conducted between May and July, found those families will allocate $61 on a new category: home or health supplies. On top of masks and hand sanitizers, they bought a wide-mouth water bottle without a straw to make cleaning easy, plastic Duo-Tangs that can be wiped down and a set of art supplies that Avery has been reminded not to share.

If your child is doing virtual classes, he suggests ensuring you have a reliable laptop or tablet with a webcam.

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