Table 7Households with thermostats by type of main dwelling heating system, 2006

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Households with thermostats by type of main dwelling heating system, 2006
  Households that had this main heating system 1 Had a thermostat 2 Lowered the temperature when asleep 3 Had a programmable thermostat 3 Programmable thermostat Unprogrammed or non-programmable thermostat
That was programmed 4 To lower the temperature when asleep 5 Lowered the temperature when asleep 6
  percent
Forced air natural gas furnace 41 95 57 52 87 70 47
Forced air oil furnace 7 96 63 35 86 76 57
Forced air electric furnace 6 90 50 39 80 63 44
Forced air hot water system 3 81 45 33 78 54 43
Hot water radiators 5 68 47 22 77 72 43
Electric baseboards 25 90 49 27 78 62 45
Other electric heating 2 83 49 33 60 64 45
Other 3 85 49 31 75 61 45
All heating systems 96 7 90 53 40 83 68 46
1.
As a percentage of all households.
2.
As a percentage of all households with that type of heating system.
3.
As a percentage of all households with that type of heating system that had a thermostat.
4.
As a percentage of all households with that type of heating system that had a programmable thermostat.
5.
As a percentage of all households with that type of heating system that had a programmable thermostat that was programmed.
6.
As a percentage of all households with that type of heating system that had an unprogrammed or non-programmable thermostat.
7.
Does not add to 100% as some of the households did not specify the main type of heating system.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.