| Had a thermostat1 | Lowered the temperature while the household slept2 | Had a programmable thermostat2 | Programmable thermostat | Unprogrammed or non-programmable thermostat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| …that was programmed3 | …that was used to lower the temperature while the household slept4 | Lowered the temperature while the household slept5 | ||||
| percent | ||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 92 | 61 | 21 | 79 | 70 | 59 |
| Prince Edward Island | 97 | 59 | 23 | 83 | 74 | 56 |
| Nova Scotia | 96 | 57 | 19 | 80 | 74 | 54 |
| New Brunswick | 94 | 47 | 21 | 73 | 68 | 43 |
| Quebec | 90 | 53 | 33 | 81 | 69 | 48 |
| Ontario | 86 | 50 | 50 | 85 | 63 | 41 |
| Manitoba | 94 | 48 | 38 | 78 | 64 | 41 |
| Saskatchewan | 95 | 61 | 36 | 85 | 78 | 54 |
| Alberta | 96 | 57 | 41 | 85 | 75 | 47 |
| British Columbia | 89 | 56 | 36 | 82 | 73 | 49 |
| Canada | 90 | 53 | 40 | 83 | 68 | 46 |
| 1. As a percentage of all households. 2. As a percentage of all households that had a thermostat. 3. As a percentage of all households that had a programmable thermostat. 4. As a percentage of all households that had a programmable thermostat that was programmed. 5. As a percentage of all households that had an unprogrammed or non-programmable thermostat. Source(s): Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006. |
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