Table 9
Recycling participation in Canada by educational categories and province, 2007

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Recycling participation in Canada by educational categories and province, 2007
  0 to 8 years or some secondary Grade 11 to 13, graduate Postsecondary 1 University
  percent 2
Household distribution 9 14 42 33
Canada  
Had access to a recycling program 87 94 94 97
Participated in a recycling program 97 98 97 99
Recycled all waste 62 52 50 51
Newfoundland and Labrador 92 99 93 96
Prince Edward Island 100 100 97 100
Nova Scotia 98 99 100 99
New Brunswick 83 90 91 94
Quebec 97 97 99 98
Ontario 99 99 99 100
Manitoba 94 95 95 97
Saskatchewan 98 99 96 95
Alberta 92 98 92 99
British Columbia 96 97 97 99
1.
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma.
2.
As a percentage of households with access to a recycling program.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007 (survey no. 3881).