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

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Ontario
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 77.1 75.4 76.9 76.4 75.9
Clothes dryer 75.2 75.4 77.1 75.8 76.5
Dishwasher 53.8 53.4 58.7 56.7 57.4
Refrigerator 99.6 99.8 99.9 100.0 100.0
1 71.9 70.5 70.5 72.9 71.6
2 or more 27.7 29.3 29.4 27.1 28.4
Freezer 53.5 50.1 48.2 50.0 50.4
Microwave oven 93.8 93.7 92.8 94.1 94.7
Air conditioning 71.4 76.0 75.1 77.1 76.1
Window-type 17.7 20.8 20.1 19.4 17.8
Central air 53.7 55.2 55.1 57.8 58.3
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.2 99.3 99.2 99.2 99.8
Telephones (includes business use) 95.4 94.9 93.8 92.6 91.2
1 23.2 27.0 27.2 27.1 28.2
2 29.5 25.8 23.7 23.6 23.2
3 or more 42.8 42.1 42.8 41.9 39.7
Cellular telephone 69.5 71.5 75.1 75.0 82.9
CD player 80.9 80.8 82.7 80.3 78.2
Cablevision 68.0 67.3 66.4 65.4 65.2
Satellite dish 22.6 24.9 24.5 24.1 24.5
DVD player 79.8 83.8 87.1 87.3 87.6
CD writer 46.0 48.0 54.7 53.3 56.1
DVD writer 25.5 31.5 41.4 42.0 48.3
Video cassette recorders 90.3 81.9 78.3 73.3 70.7
Home computer 75.8 78.3 82.7 81.1 84.5
Internet use from home 69.4 72.0 78.1 77.4 80.7
Colour televisions 99.0 99.5 99.1 98.8 99.1
1 34.2 33.5 30.0 32.2 31.5
2 35.2 34.2 36.6 35.8 35.5
3 or more 29.6 31.9 32.4 30.9 32.2
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 83.0 80.7 82.2 80.2 82.4
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 77.9 75.5 76.2 75.1 77.5
1 42.5 42.9 40.2 41.3 39.9
2 or more 35.4 32.6 35.9 33.8 37.6
Owned automobiles 60.7 58.0 58.4 57.9 57.8
1 44.0 43.1 43.4 42.4 43.2
2 or more 16.7 14.9 15.1 15.4 14.6
Owned trucks and/or vans 35.7 34.5 39.0 35.9 41.3
1 29.0 28.0 32.1 29.6 33.4
2 or more 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.2 7.9
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 12.0 12.0 11.9 10.9 8.6
1 9.7 10.8 10.3 8.5 7.7
2 or more 2.2 1.3 F 2.4 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.