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| Proportion of households by type of phone service in December | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land-line | Land-line only | Cell phone | Cell phone only | Cable or VoIP with/without other services | |
| 2006 | |||||
| Canada | 90.6 | 29.6 | 67.1 | 5.1 | 10.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 95.3 | 36.1 | 62.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 92.9 | 32.8 | 64.7 | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| Nova Scotia | 93.2 | 31.6 | 63.9 | 3.4 | 10.9 |
| New Brunswick | 94.5 | 39.6 | 57.7 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| Quebec | 86.6 | 36.9 | 58.0 | 5.1 | 13.3 |
| Ontario | 92.6 | 27.1 | 70.6 | 4.4 | 9.7 |
| Manitoba | 90.9 | 33.4 | 62.7 | 5.4 | 11.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 95.7 | 29.0 | 68.3 | 2.9 | 6.5 |
| Alberta | 88.3 | 17.3 | 80.4 | 8.1 | 13.7 |
| British Columbia | 91.5 | 27.8 | 69.3 | 6.0 | 8.9 |
| 2007 | |||||
| Canada | 86.9 | 24.0 | 72.4 | 6.4 | 14.9 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 94.2 | 31.5 | 66.2 | 3.9 | 7.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | 92.1 | 28.0 | 67.8 | 5.4 | 10.4 |
| Nova Scotia | 92.3 | 26.9 | 70.0 | 5.2 | 14.0 |
| New Brunswick | 93.8 | 31.9 | 65.2 | 4.2 | 9.9 |
| Quebec | 77.9 | 30.3 | 63.2 | 6.3 | 19.5 |
| Ontario | 90.6 | 22.4 | 75.1 | 5.3 | 14.0 |
| Manitoba | 90.0 | 25.0 | 71.4 | 6.9 | 11.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 94.5 | 24.8 | 73.6 | 4.0 | 7.5 |
| Alberta | 88.8 | 14.3 | 83.5 | 7.7 | 15.4 |
| British Columbia | 86.2 | 20.8 | 76.2 | 10.2 | 13.1 |