Table 8-10
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — Alberta

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Alberta
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 87.2 85.2 86.9 87.1 88.3
Clothes dryer 86.7 86.2 87.5 86.8 89.4
Dishwasher 72.4 71.4 72.2 75.1 76.9
Refrigerator 100.0 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.9
1 72.6 72.4 73.0 71.5 72.4
2 or more 27.4 27.5 26.9 28.5 27.4
Freezer 65.6 66.1 63.3 65.0 64.4
Microwave oven 96.6 95.8 95.8 97.3 96.1
Air conditioning 12.4 19.5 18.5 21.4 21.2
Window-type 4.2 6.7 5.6 7.5 7.1
Central air 8.2 12.7 12.9 13.9 14.2
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.2 99.7
Telephones (includes business use) 93.4 93.6 91.3 89.6 86.9
1 24.0 27.1 26.4 33.1 32.2
2 27.0 23.3 21.9 18.8 18.7
3 or more 42.3 43.2 43.0 37.7 36.1
Cellular telephone 74.6 80.7 82.6 83.5 87.2
CD player 84.8 84.7 82.6 85.9 82.7
Cablevision 64.0 61.2 60.0 64.2 61.0
Satellite dish 26.5 29.1 29.0 25.7 29.8
DVD player 83.7 88.5 88.0 89.0 90.5
CD writer 50.3 57.8 61.9 61.1 61.6
DVD writer 29.1 37.3 48.6 53.0 48.2
Video cassette recorders 88.9 83.5 79.6 73.9 70.5
Home computer 76.8 83.4 82.9 85.6 86.2
Internet use from home 69.2 76.5 77.9 81.3 82.9
Colour televisions 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.7 98.9
1 32.0 29.3 29.8 29.5 28.2
2 36.2 32.5 35.8 33.8 38.3
3 or more 30.5 36.7 32.8 35.4 32.4
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 89.4 88.1 89.3 88.7 88.8
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 86.6 84.4 86.2 86.3 86.5
1 38.9 38.4 36.5 36.1 36.8
2 or more 47.7 46.0 49.8 50.2 49.7
Owned automobiles 62.8 60.5 62.9 59.8 60.2
1 47.6 46.3 48.7 44.6 43.8
2 or more 15.2 14.2 14.2 15.2 16.4
Owned trucks and/or vans 53.5 52.8 55.7 56.2 55.7
1 38.8 37.0 39.1 36.8 36.9
2 or more 14.7 15.9 16.5 19.3 18.8
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 7.0 9.7 8.2 6.7 6.2
1 6.3 8.8 7.3 5.8 5.6
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.