{"id":947382,"date":"2026-10-26T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947382\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:46:11","slug":"winnipeg-families-prepare-for-halloween-and-the-costs-that-come-with-the-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947382\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg families prepare for Halloween and the costs that come with the holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again, Halloween is right around the corner, but what\u2019s traditionally been a fun and spooky holiday has turned into an increasingly expensive one for parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just hope it gets better over time and hope the cost of inflation doesn\u2019t prevent a lot of families from cutting back on the holiday cause you know, we\u2019re trying to have a good time and hope to keep doing that,\u201d said Jordan Cochrane, a consumer.<\/p>\n

According to a new survey from Nextdoor Canada, 88 per cent of Canadians expect to keep Halloween spending below $100. But Winnipeg families CityNews spoke to have gone way beyond that.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably $150, probably more\u2026.\u201d said Talia Gross, a consumer. \u201cI was actually surprised, yeah. Well, this is my first kid, so I\u2019ve never bought Halloween costumes before. And so I bought for my niece and nephew as well and was a little shocked at the total.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laci Dingwall, another consumer said, \u201cLike $300 plus probably. I love Halloween though. They have Halloween costumes for school and they have Halloween for Halloween, so that\u2019s probably too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cochrane has five kids. He says on average he pays over $450 a year on Halloween costumes alone, and after an afternoon of shopping, he\u2019s already nearing that total.<\/p>\n

\u201c$354 dollars. I got myself a cyborg mask, I got my daughter a Woody costume, and a Scream knife and my son a t-rex costume and whatever that guy is,\u201d said Cochrane.<\/p>\n

But Halloween isn\u2019t just keeping up with the trends and getting your kid their new signature \u2018triple t\u2019 costume, it\u2019s all about the candy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell our subdivision gets hit hard. We probably get around 300 kids so between 150-250 [dollars] probably,\u201d said Dingwall.<\/p>\n

But for Gross, it\u2019s her sons first Halloween, and like so many other families, she\u2019s decided to go a different direction this year when it comes to trick-or treaters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually bought last year and we decided not to because, we didn\u2019t get too many kids in the area. And we did spend quite a bit on candy last year as well,\u201d said Gross.<\/p>\n

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