Table 16
Fertilizer use, Canada and provinces

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Fertilizer use, Canada and provinces
  Households reporting having a lawn or a garden 1 Applied chemical fertilizer 2 Applied only chemical fertilizer 2 Applied organic fertilizer 2 Applied only organic fertilizer 2 Applied chemical or organic fertilizer 2 Fertilizer applied by: 3
Household member Lawn maintenance company Someone else
  percent
Canada 95 27 18 34 24 51 76 23 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 95 25 18 27 20 E 45 87 F F
Prince Edward Island 98 15 8 E 30 23 38 90 F F
Nova Scotia 98 18 9 35 27 45 88 9 E F
New Brunswick 97 21 13 28 20 41 82 15 F
Quebec 90 8 4 44 41 49 70 28 4 E
Ontario 98 32 21 32 22 53 72 28 3
Manitoba 96 35 24 24 12 48 73 27 F
Saskatchewan 96 47 35 25 13 60 86 11 F
Alberta 96 45 32 27 14 59 82 17 3 E
British Columbia 91 26 15 33 22 48 82 17 F
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 either chemical or organic fertilizer.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007, CANSIM Table 153-0064.