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Table 8-7
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Ontario

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Ontario
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 77.4 77.1 75.4 76.9 76.4
Clothes dryer 75.1 75.2 75.4 77.1 75.8
Dishwasher 53.3 53.8 53.4 58.7 56.7
Refrigerator 99.7 99.6 99.8 99.9 100.0
1 69.7 71.9 70.5 70.5 72.9
2 or more 30.0 27.7 29.3 29.4 27.1
Freezer 51.6 53.5 50.1 48.2 50.0
Microwave oven 93.4 93.8 93.7 92.8 94.1
Air conditioning 69.4 71.4 76.0 75.1 77.1
Window-type 17.2 17.7 20.8 20.1 19.4
Central air 52.2 53.7 55.2 55.1 57.8
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.2 99.2 99.3 99.2 99.2
Telephones (includes business use) 96.9 95.4 94.9 93.8 92.6
1 19.0 23.2 27.0 27.2 27.1
2 32.0 29.5 25.8 23.7 23.6
3 or more 45.9 42.8 42.1 42.8 41.9
Cellular telephone 64.9 69.5 71.5 75.1 75.0
CD player 80.2 80.9 80.8 82.7 80.3
Cablevision 70.6 68.0 67.3 66.4 65.4
Satellite dish 20.8 22.6 24.9 24.5 24.1
DVD player 71.0 79.8 83.8 87.1 87.3
CD writer 40.9 46.0 48.0 54.7 53.3
DVD writer 17.8 25.5 31.5 41.4 42.0
Video cassette recorders 90.9 90.3 81.9 78.3 73.3
Home computer 72.6 75.8 78.3 82.7 81.1
Internet use from home 65.0 69.4 72.0 78.1 77.4
Colour televisions 99.1 99.0 99.5 99.1 98.8
1 35.3 34.2 33.5 30.0 32.2
2 34.8 35.2 34.2 36.6 35.8
3 or more 29.0 29.6 31.9 32.4 30.9
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 83.4 83.0 80.7 82.2 80.2
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 78.9 77.9 75.5 76.2 75.1
1 43.5 42.5 42.9 40.2 41.3
2 or more 35.4 35.4 32.6 35.9 33.8
Owned automobiles 62.4 60.7 58.0 58.4 57.9
1 45.2 44.0 43.1 43.4 42.4
2 or more 17.2 16.7 14.9 15.1 15.4
Owned trucks and/or vans 35.5 35.7 34.5 39.0 35.9
1 29.4 29.0 28.0 32.1 29.6
2 or more 6.1 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.2
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 11.0 12.0 12.0 11.9 10.9
1 9.2 9.7 10.8 10.3 8.5
2 or more 1.7 2.2 1.3 F 2.4
Note(s):
Beginning with 2006, the reference date for household composition, tenure, dwelling characteristics and household equipment are as of the time of the interview instead of December 31st of the reference year. The distinction between full-year and part-year members and households has been removed.