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Table 7
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada1 and selected metropolitan areas
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| 2008 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | St. John's | Charlottetown and Summerside | Halifax | Saint John | Québec | Montréal | Ottawa- Gatineau | Toronto | |
| percent | |||||||||
| Households having: | |||||||||
| Washing machine | 81.5 | 85.8 | 81.3 | 75.7 | 83.8 | F | 79.3 | F | 69.2 |
| Clothes dryer | 80.5 | 86.3 | 79.4 | 73.3 | 84.2 | F | 74.4 | F | 69.5 |
| Dishwasher | 59.8 | 56.0 | 58.8 | 55.6 | 55.2 | F | 53.3 | F | 54.0 |
| Refrigerator | 99.8 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | F | 99.4 | F | 100.0 |
| 1 | 73.8 | 80.4 | 87.7 | 82.6 | 83.6 | F | 77.2 | F | 79.0 |
| 2 or more | 26.1 | 19.6 | 12.1 | 17.4 | F | F | 22.3 | F | 21.0 |
| Freezer | 54.0 | 69.3 | 59.3 | 56.2 | 73.2 | F | 37.4 | F | 34.4 |
| Microwave oven | 94.4 | 97.6 | 96.6 | 97.0 | 96.6 | F | 90.6 | F | 93.1 |
| Air conditioning | 49.8 | F | 13.4 | 14.9 | F | F | 54.6 | F | 82.3 |
| Window-type | 18.2 | F | 9.8 | 9.9 | F | F | 32.4 | F | 16.6 |
| Central air | 31.6 | F | F | F | F | F | 22.2 | F | 65.7 |
| With a telephone (regular or cellular) | 99.1 | 99.8 | 98.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | F | 99.1 | F | 99.5 |
| Telephones (includes business use) | 91.6 | 93.9 | 94.0 | 94.8 | 97.3 | F | 91.1 | F | 91.0 |
| 1 | 27.7 | 15.1 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 24.2 | F | 30.2 | F | 34.0 |
| 2 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 30.2 | 24.0 | 31.8 | F | 25.9 | F | 22.3 |
| 3 or more | 39.4 | 52.6 | 44.4 | 50.4 | 41.3 | F | 35.0 | F | 34.7 |
| Cellular telephone | 73.2 | 73.2 | 71.8 | 77.3 | 72.5 | F | 67.1 | F | 80.8 |
| CD player | 80.8 | 79.9 | 84.0 | 87.0 | 84.3 | F | 77.2 | F | 79.4 |
| Cablevision | 65.3 | 79.0 | 74.6 | 79.6 | 59.6 | F | 67.3 | F | 76.8 |
| Satellite dish | 23.7 | 15.2 | 22.3 | 12.8 | 31.8 | F | 14.9 | F | 15.1 |
| DVD player | 86.4 | 86.5 | 82.8 | 89.4 | 89.2 | F | 83.8 | F | 87.1 |
| CD writer | 52.5 | 60.3 | 53.4 | 58.8 | 60.2 | F | 44.8 | F | 54.0 |
| DVD writer | 42.2 | 50.6 | 41.5 | 49.4 | 45.1 | F | 34.5 | F | 45.0 |
| Video cassette recorders | 73.8 | 73.3 | 79.7 | 76.9 | 76.3 | F | 71.7 | F | 67.4 |
| Home computer | 79.4 | 82.3 | 76.7 | 83.9 | 81.4 | F | 78.7 | F | 83.6 |
| Internet use from home | 74.6 | 79.8 | 73.1 | 77.7 | 74.4 | F | 73.4 | F | 80.3 |
| Colour televisions | 98.8 | 99.1 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 98.4 | F | 98.3 | F | 98.8 |
| 1 | 33.9 | 20.8 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 19.6 | F | 40.2 | F | 35.6 |
| 2 | 34.6 | 31.3 | 32.7 | 34.9 | 39.0 | F | 32.8 | F | 37.7 |
| 3 or more | 30.3 | 46.9 | 43.5 | 42.9 | 39.8 | F | 25.3 | F | 25.6 |
| With a vehicle (owned or leased) | 82.4 | 84.1 | 89.4 | 82.3 | 84.8 | F | 71.6 | F | 74.9 |
| Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) | 77.3 | 69.3 | 84.6 | 73.1 | 78.0 | F | 63.8 | F | 70.8 |
| 1 | 41.7 | 39.9 | 47.3 | 49.0 | 39.2 | F | 43.6 | F | 40.6 |
| 2 or more | 35.6 | 29.4 | 37.3 | 24.2 | 38.8 | F | 20.2 | F | 30.2 |
| Owned automobiles | 59.8 | 52.9 | 70.6 | 58.0 | 61.2 | F | 54.7 | F | 57.1 |
| 1 | 44.7 | 39.4 | 54.7 | 48.6 | 45.3 | F | 40.9 | F | 40.3 |
| 2 or more | 15.1 | 13.5 | 15.9 | 9.4 | F | F | 13.8 | F | 16.8 |
| Owned trucks and/or vans | 37.8 | 32.5 | 36.1 | 30.6 | 40.9 | F | 17.1 | F | 27.7 |
| 1 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 35.6 | F | 15.7 | F | 24.0 |
| 2 or more | 8.0 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) | 10.8 | 19.3 | 10.3 | 16.8 | F | F | 14.3 | F | 9.8 |
| 1 | 9.1 | 14.1 | 10.3 | 14.4 | F | F | 12.6 | F | 8.1 |
| 2 or more | 1.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| 2008 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | Regina | Saskatoon | Calgary | Edmonton | Vancouver | Victoria | Whitehorse | Yellowknife | |
| percent | |||||||||
| Households having: | |||||||||
| Washing machine | 70.0 | 79.5 | 79.2 | 86.8 | 82.1 | 75.4 | F | .. | .. |
| Clothes dryer | 71.0 | 82.8 | 79.8 | 86.7 | 81.3 | 72.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Dishwasher | 56.2 | 68.0 | 70.1 | 77.3 | 76.4 | 67.6 | F | .. | .. |
| Refrigerator | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.8 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 72.0 | 63.5 | 72.3 | 77.0 | 69.7 | 79.1 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 or more | 28.0 | 36.5 | 27.7 | 23.0 | 30.3 | 20.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Freezer | 62.2 | 67.3 | 65.3 | 53.8 | 61.7 | 34.4 | F | .. | .. |
| Microwave oven | 93.6 | 97.8 | 95.6 | 98.2 | 94.9 | 91.9 | F | .. | .. |
| Air conditioning | 77.7 | 77.2 | 60.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 7.4 | F | .. | .. |
| Window-type | 23.9 | 19.4 | 20.9 | F | F | 5.0 | F | .. | .. |
| Central air | 53.8 | 57.8 | 39.7 | 11.1 | 10.2 | F | F | .. | .. |
| With a telephone (regular or cellular) | 97.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 | 99.4 | 98.5 | F | .. | .. |
| Telephones (includes business use) | 89.3 | 93.3 | 94.2 | 91.1 | 90.4 | 82.4 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 32.6 | 25.9 | 27.4 | 32.5 | 36.1 | 32.0 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 22.6 | F | .. | .. |
| 3 or more | 34.4 | 43.4 | 48.3 | 41.6 | 37.0 | 27.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Cellular telephone | 70.8 | 80.6 | 82.8 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 83.8 | F | .. | .. |
| CD player | 77.2 | 83.7 | 87.1 | 87.3 | 86.0 | 79.3 | F | .. | .. |
| Cablevision | 82.3 | 82.7 | 68.2 | 76.6 | 73.3 | 81.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Satellite dish | 12.0 | 21.9 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 9.1 | F | .. | .. |
| DVD player | 86.1 | 87.1 | 88.0 | 89.9 | 89.2 | 85.9 | F | .. | .. |
| CD writer | 57.9 | 67.1 | 68.0 | 57.7 | 69.3 | 60.1 | F | .. | .. |
| DVD writer | 45.9 | 55.7 | 55.7 | 52.1 | 59.1 | 50.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Video cassette recorders | 72.9 | 69.3 | 71.1 | 71.2 | 70.3 | 70.2 | F | .. | .. |
| Home computer | 76.4 | 85.4 | 86.9 | 85.9 | 87.2 | 84.1 | F | .. | .. |
| Internet use from home | 71.4 | 82.8 | 83.2 | 84.5 | 84.0 | 81.7 | F | .. | .. |
| Colour televisions | 99.0 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 98.5 | 98.9 | 97.7 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 24.4 | 34.7 | 33.3 | 25.2 | 42.6 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 | 36.6 | 27.6 | 33.2 | 34.6 | 31.2 | 31.1 | F | .. | .. |
| 3 or more | 34.2 | 46.7 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 42.5 | 24.0 | F | .. | .. |
| With a vehicle (owned or leased) | 78.6 | 88.0 | 88.2 | 85.8 | 83.9 | 79.5 | F | .. | .. |
| Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) | 73.9 | 86.3 | 86.6 | 81.4 | 81.6 | 76.2 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 40.9 | 33.3 | 38.7 | 35.9 | 31.8 | 41.1 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 or more | 33.0 | 53.0 | 47.8 | 45.5 | 49.8 | 35.1 | F | .. | .. |
| Owned automobiles | 56.8 | 67.8 | 65.6 | 62.9 | 56.6 | 62.4 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 42.7 | 43.8 | 48.6 | 46.5 | 40.5 | 46.6 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 or more | 14.1 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.8 | F | .. | .. |
| Owned trucks and/or vans | 35.6 | 53.6 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 52.7 | 33.8 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 28.1 | 38.4 | 34.0 | 28.4 | 35.6 | 28.9 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 or more | 7.6 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 4.8 | F | .. | .. |
| Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) | 8.6 | F | F | F | F | 7.0 | F | .. | .. |
| 1 | 8.1 | F | F | F | F | 6.1 | F | .. | .. |
| 2 or more | F | F | F | 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. Due to unreliability
of the data which was the result of low sample size, the data for Québec,
Ottawa and Victoria for 2008 were suppressed.
