Table 8-3
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 85.1 85.2 87.0 86.7 85.5
Clothes dryer 81.4 83.5 85.6 86.0 84.0
Dishwasher 51.1 54.8 55.9 59.5 63.6
Refrigerator 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 100.0
1 83.8 83.7 84.6 87.2 86.6
2 or more 16.2 16.3 15.4 12.7 13.4
Freezer 69.7 68.4 68.6 67.8 63.0
Microwave oven 96.1 95.8 94.9 96.9 97.0
Air conditioning 8.4 10.3 15.0 13.9 14.7
Window-type 6.9 7.9 10.6 11.2 12.8
Central air F F F F F
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.3 99.1 98.7 99.3 99.0
Telephones (includes business use) 96.2 93.8 93.3 93.8 91.3
1 18.5 18.7 17.4 21.6 21.2
2 33.9 34.5 34.1 30.3 28.9
3 or more 43.8 40.6 41.8 41.9 41.2
Cellular telephone 59.1 65.5 64.7 71.4 72.2
CD player 79.7 85.5 82.4 82.6 79.0
Cablevision 58.9 53.6 54.7 54.4 49.6
Satellite dish 34.1 36.6 37.0 40.7 36.9
DVD player 70.8 81.3 81.9 82.7 86.4
CD writer 35.7 47.7 49.1 51.6 48.9
DVD writer 15.6 29.2 30.4 40.2 38.6
Video cassette recorders 86.7 76.0 81.3 77.5 63.0
Home computer 65.6 69.2 72.2 71.9 79.0
Internet use from home 58.0 62.3 64.7 67.9 73.7
Colour televisions 100.0 99.2 99.3 99.2 99.1
1 27.6 27.7 24.9 26.2 25.3
2 35.7 33.4 34.4 33.2 35.2
3 or more 36.7 38.1 40.0 39.8 38.6
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 88.9 89.6 89.7 89.8 89.6
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 84.1 84.8 85.1 86.5 85.7
1 42.5 43.1 42.5 44.0 43.3
2 or more 41.6 41.7 42.5 42.5 42.4
Owned automobiles 67.4 67.6 66.6 71.1 65.9
1 51.3 48.8 48.5 54.1 46.7
2 or more 16.1 18.7 18.1 17.0 19.3
Owned trucks and/or vans 40.8 41.2 44.1 44.0 43.4
1 31.4 33.8 34.2 34.6 35.2
2 or more 9.4 7.5 9.9 9.4 8.2
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 9.2 10.0 8.9 8.5 7.5
1 8.4 9.6 8.7 8.2 7.5
2 or more F F F F F
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.