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Table 7
Source of payment for assistive technology for adults and children, province and territories, Canada, 2006

Provinces Children 5 to 14 Adults 15 and over
Individual
or family
Public
sector1
Private
sector2
Belongs to
someone
else
Other Parent or
family
Public
sector
Private
sector
Belongs to
someone
else
Other
ratio
Total 60.74 21.36 4.06E 7.27E 4.70 70.26 12.10 7.06 3.80 4.55
N.L. 56.81 18.99 10.13E 6.29E 5.11E 61.55 15.38 9.23 4.17E 6.05
P.E.I. 52.09 F F F F 68.91 11.32 6.17 3.81 6.27
N.S. 69.15 8.01E 5.89E 8.00E 6.56E 67.70 12.21 8.00 3.18 5.85
N.B. 54.59 20.95E 11.73E 6.67E 5.03E 64.80 11.76 11.48 4.32 5.19
Que. 59.22 26.47E F 3.94E 4.59E 62.52 18.35 6.04 4.92 6.56
Ont. 58.25 24.16E F 8.06E 2.89E 71.77 10.40 8.47 3.30 3.87
Man. 59.30 22.04E F 4.52E 6.39E 69.05 12.75 5.25 5.23E 4.42
Sask. 52.63 25.50E F 8.00E 8.69E 68.38 14.29 5.44 4.99 3.57
Alta. 72.07 12.70E F 6.58E 6.29E 66.47 16.56 4.97 4.41 5.44
B.C. 65.13 13.94E F 8.02E 9.51E 79.59 7.02 4.43E 3.19E 3.62
Territories 59.52 18.57E F F F 58.61 25.22 4.89E 5.52E 3.85E

1. Public sector includes government programs and the health care system.
2. Private sector includes insurance companies and non-profit organisations.
Note: Territories includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006.