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Table 6
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada
1, provinces and territories

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Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories: Part 1
  2008
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 81.5 92.3 86.7 83.6 88.7 85.1 76.4
Clothes dryer 80.5 91.5 86.0 80.9 88.3 82.9 75.8
Dishwasher 59.8 47.8 59.5 49.1 55.0 55.5 56.7
Refrigerator 99.8 100.0 99.9 100.0 99.9 99.5 100.0
1 73.8 79.3 87.2 82.0 83.2 74.5 72.9
2 or more 26.1 20.7 12.7 18.0 16.7 25.0 27.1
Freezer 54.0 77.2 67.8 63.7 69.1 48.8 50.0
Microwave oven 94.4 97.4 96.9 97.5 95.9 93.6 94.1
Air conditioning 49.8 4.1 13.9 16.4 29.3 41.8 77.1
Window-type 18.2 F 11.2 13.0 22.7 25.6 19.4
Central air 31.6 F F 3.3 6.6 16.3 57.8
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.0 99.2
Telephones (includes business use) 91.6 95.8 93.8 94.6 95.9 92.2 92.6
1 27.7 20.2 21.6 24.6 24.7 26.3 27.1
2 24.5 26.9 30.3 24.6 33.5 27.3 23.6
3 or more 39.4 48.7 41.9 45.3 37.7 38.6 41.9
Cellular telephone 73.2 68.5 71.4 71.7 63.0 63.3 75.0
CD player 80.8 80.9 82.6 82.0 81.6 78.7 80.3
Cablevision 65.3 62.8 54.4 65.7 54.6 63.8 65.4
Satellite dish 23.7 32.6 40.7 25.5 36.9 22.5 24.1
DVD player 86.4 82.2 82.7 86.5 82.9 84.1 87.3
CD writer 52.5 49.2 51.6 51.6 47.9 44.7 53.3
DVD writer 42.2 40.9 40.2 41.4 37.5 36.3 42.0
Video cassette recorders 73.8 75.8 77.5 76.0 75.3 73.6 73.3
Home computer 79.4 69.9 71.9 75.4 72.5 74.2 81.1
Internet use from home 74.6 65.5 67.9 69.9 65.4 67.1 77.4
Colour televisions 98.8 99.5 99.2 99.6 98.7 99.0 98.8
1 33.9 24.4 26.2 27.0 29.3 38.0 32.2
2 34.6 31.9 33.2 36.1 38.0 34.7 35.8
3 or more 30.3 43.2 39.8 36.5 31.5 26.3 30.9
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 82.4 82.8 89.8 85.2 87.8 79.9 80.2
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 77.3 72.7 86.5 79.7 82.2 72.1 75.1
1 41.7 42.8 44.0 45.7 43.9 45.0 41.3
2 or more 35.6 30.0 42.5 33.9 38.3 27.1 33.8
Owned automobiles 59.8 51.5 71.1 62.3 61.5 60.3 57.9
1 44.7 42.8 54.1 50.9 48.5 44.2 42.4
2 or more 15.1 8.7 17.0 11.4 12.9 16.0 15.4
Owned trucks and/or vans 37.8 40.3 44.0 40.2 44.0 25.2 35.9
1 29.8 34.3 34.6 34.3 35.0 22.5 29.6
2 or more 8.0 6.0 9.4 5.8 9.0 2.7 6.2
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 10.8 14.8 8.5 10.7 11.7 15.3 10.9
1 9.1 12.6 8.2 9.5 10.6 13.5 8.5
2 or more 1.6 F F F F F 2.4
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories: Part 2
  2008
Manitoba Saskat-
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 78.0 85.3 87.1 81.3 .. .. ..
Clothes dryer 79.2 86.6 86.8 79.9 .. .. ..
Dishwasher 56.0 63.3 75.1 69.5 .. .. ..
Refrigerator 99.9 99.8 100.0 99.9 .. .. ..
1 68.5 64.3 71.5 75.3 .. .. ..
2 or more 31.4 35.6 28.5 24.6 .. .. ..
Freezer 71.1 75.8 65.0 49.1 .. .. ..
Microwave oven 94.5 96.5 97.3 92.4 .. .. ..
Air conditioning 74.0 57.2 21.4 20.5 .. .. ..
Window-type 24.9 19.5 7.5 9.7 .. .. ..
Central air 49.2 37.7 13.9 10.8 .. .. ..
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 98.7 99.8 99.2 98.6 .. .. ..
Telephones (includes business use) 91.0 94.8 89.6 86.7 .. .. ..
1 29.4 24.7 33.1 30.7 .. .. ..
2 26.7 27.2 18.8 22.4 .. .. ..
3 or more 34.9 42.9 37.7 33.7 .. .. ..
Cellular telephone 72.1 78.7 83.5 80.8 .. .. ..
CD player 78.2 82.8 85.9 82.0 .. .. ..
Cablevision 66.9 53.7 64.2 73.5 .. .. ..
Satellite dish 24.2 36.6 25.7 16.3 .. .. ..
DVD player 84.5 84.8 89.0 88.1 .. .. ..
CD writer 53.3 53.6 61.1 59.5 .. .. ..
DVD writer 42.3 43.4 53.0 46.3 .. .. ..
Video cassette recorders 74.7 73.6 73.9 73.9 .. .. ..
Home computer 74.6 77.0 85.6 85.0 .. .. ..
Internet use from home 67.3 72.7 81.3 82.1 .. .. ..
Colour televisions 98.9 98.5 98.7 98.1 .. .. ..
1 29.8 33.4 29.5 38.9 .. .. ..
2 36.5 31.8 33.8 31.1 .. .. ..
3 or more 32.6 33.2 35.4 28.0 .. .. ..
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 83.2 89.3 88.7 85.1 .. .. ..
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 79.3 87.4 86.3 82.3 .. .. ..
1 41.9 39.0 36.1 39.9 .. .. ..
2 or more 37.3 48.3 50.2 42.5 .. .. ..
Owned automobiles 58.1 63.8 59.8 63.2 .. .. ..
1 44.4 48.8 44.6 48.7 .. .. ..
2 or more 13.7 15.0 15.2 14.5 .. .. ..
Owned trucks and/or vans 43.4 55.6 56.2 45.3 .. .. ..
1 31.5 39.0 36.8 33.8 .. .. ..
2 or more 11.9 16.6 19.3 11.4 .. .. ..
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 7.4 6.0 6.7 6.2 .. .. ..
1 6.9 5.1 5.8 5.6 .. .. ..
2 or more F F F F .. .. ..
In 1998, 1999, and every second year thereafter starting with 2001, statistics for Canada include the territories. For the other years, Canada-level statistics include the 10 provinces only.
Note(s):
Beginning with 2006, the distinction between full-year and part-year members and households has been removed. Spending data are collected for the reference year for all members of the household at the time of the interview. Since the data for the 1997-2005 were based on full-year members only, to maintain the comparability with prior years, the data for 1997-2005 have been revised to include both full-year and part-year households.