Annex Table 22
Households that composted kitchen or yard waste, by census metropolitan area, 2006

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   Households that composted1 Composted kitchen waste1 Households that had a lawn or garden and were not apartment building dwellers2 Composted yard waste3
percent
St. John's, N.L. 24 22 95 22
Halifax, N.S. 68 67 97 69
Saint John, N.B. 62 59 97 65
Saguenay, Que. 11 10 95 11
Québec, Que. 8 F 95 14
Sherbrooke, Que. 15 13 97 18
Trois-Rivières, Que. 9 7E 95 11
Montréal, Que. 11 9 89 15
Ottawa–Gatineau 23 17 96 28
   Ottawa–Gatineau
   (Que. part) 		 15 11 95 16
   Ottawa–Gatineau
   (Ont. part) 		 26 19 97 32
Kingston, Ont. 33 29 98 39
Oshawa, Ont. 37 32 98 37
Toronto, Ont. 33 30 95 41
Hamilton, Ont. 28 22 97 30
St. Catharines–Niagara, Ont. 53 49 97 50
Kitchener, Ont. 31 24 98 34
London, Ont. 31 25 98 39
Windsor, Ont. 26 19 96 29
Greater Sudbury, Ont. 25 22 96 27
Thunder Bay, Ont. 31 24 97 31
Winnipeg, Man. 17 14 96 20
Regina, Sask. 20 17 94 23
Saskatoon, Sask. 22 20 92 27
Calgary, Alta. 18 15 89 21
Edmonton, Alta. 21 16 93 26
Abbotsford, B.C. 32 22 90 39
Vancouver, B.C. 23 17 90 31
Victoria, B.C. 40 31 94 52
All census metropolitan areas 25 21 93 30
Notes:
The census metropolitan areas are based on the 2001 Census delineation.
1. As a percentage of all households.
2. As a percentage of households that were not apartment building dwellers.
3. As a percentage of households that were not apartment building dwellers and had a lawn or garden.
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.