Table 15
Pesticide use, Canada and provinces

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Pesticide use, Canada and provinces
  Households reporting having a lawn or a garden 1 Applied chemical or organic pesticide 2 Applied chemical pesticide 2 Applied only chemical pesticide 2 Type of chemical pesticides applied 3 Applied organic pesticide 2 Applied only organic pesticide 2 Applied both chemical and organic pesticides 2
Herbicide Insecticide Fungicide
  percent
Canada 95 33 25 21 80 29 6 12 8 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 95 25 20 17 61 43 F 8 E F F
Prince Edward Island 98 21 16 12 46 60 F 8 E F F
Nova Scotia 98 21 15 13 58 48 F 8 E 6 E F
New Brunswick 97 23 17 13 61 43 F 9 5 E F
Quebec 90 19 4 3 46 49 F 16 15 1 E
Ontario 98 37 30 26 79 32 7 11 7 4
Manitoba 96 47 43 38 89 17 F 8 4 E 5 E
Saskatchewan 96 48 46 41 91 14 F 8 F 5 E
Alberta 96 47 42 38 88 23 F 9 5 E 4
British Columbia 91 33 25 20 79 27 7 E 13 7 5
1.
As a percentage of all households that did not live in an apartment.
2.
As a percentage of all households that had a lawn or garden.
3.
As a percentage of those households who applied chemical pesticides.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007, CANSIM Table 153-0064.