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Summary table: Percentage share of radio listening by format, by province, Canada, Fall 2004
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Adult contemporary 24.6 14.8 5.8 26.0 33.4 31.0 26.1 17.1 22.5 10.7 20.8
Album-oriented rock 5.6 13.2 0.1 9.7 0.1 2.0 5.4 5.6 5.1 14.0 6.0
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 11.1 10.6 25.1 17.1 15.4 11.3 9.3 10.4 10.4 7.8 17.1
Contemporary 8.5 8.0 25.1 7.6 4.0 19.8 3.6 6.9 0.1 7.8 5.1
Country 10.0 13.6 33.4 22.7 14.1 0.6 8.5 16.5 36.3 24.2 7.5
Dance 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Easy Listening 2.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.6 1.6 0.0 1.1 0.0
Golden-oldies/ rock 15.3 6.6 8.9 12.0 12.4 13.0 17.4 17.3 14.4 14.0 16.5
Middle-of-the-road 3.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.9 5.2 2.7 1.2 2.1 3.2
Other 4.6 7.8 1.1 3.1 16.4 4.2 3.4 6.6 2.6 7.4 4.4
Sports 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.3
Talk 10.6 25.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 12.1 9.9 14.8 6.8 9.2 13.4
U.S. stations 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.1 1.8 4.9 0.6 0.5 0.3 4.8
Total listening 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sources: Statistics Canada: Radio Listening Data Bank Fall 2004; Radio Listening: data tables, July 2005, catalogue no. 87F0007XIE.