Table 8-11
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada, provinces and territories, recent years — British Columbia

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British Columbia
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 80.7 80.3 80.0 81.3 75.7
Clothes dryer 79.6 79.4 79.5 79.9 76.8
Dishwasher 67.1 66.2 65.7 69.5 66.0
Refrigerator 99.2 99.8 100.0 99.9 99.9
1 75.5 75.3 75.2 75.3 72.4
2 or more 23.7 24.5 24.8 24.6 27.5
Freezer 52.7 52.0 50.6 49.1 49.5
Microwave oven 92.6 93.4 91.6 92.4 92.5
Air conditioning 17.4 18.7 18.2 20.5 20.8
Window-type 6.9 8.8 9.4 9.7 11.1
Central air 10.6 9.8 8.8 10.8 9.7
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 98.0 99.2 99.5 98.6 99.0
Telephones (includes business use) 91.9 92.1 88.6 86.7 82.0
1 28.6 30.9 32.1 30.7 29.8
2 27.4 27.4 24.2 22.4 20.3
3 or more 36.0 33.8 32.3 33.7 32.0
Cellular telephone 69.0 73.0 75.7 80.8 81.7
CD player 82.4 83.7 81.5 82.0 78.4
Cablevision 75.5 76.7 75.7 73.5 74.9
Satellite dish 15.3 15.7 16.5 16.3 14.7
DVD player 79.0 84.6 86.9 88.1 89.0
CD writer 51.3 56.0 60.1 59.5 58.5
DVD writer 30.7 39.3 44.5 46.3 48.2
Video cassette recorders 88.9 81.3 79.1 73.9 67.8
Home computer 76.8 79.9 84.1 85.0 84.9
Internet use from home 70.5 74.2 79.3 82.1 83.2
Colour televisions 98.6 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.3
1 40.6 39.3 40.7 38.9 40.1
2 32.9 31.9 31.8 31.1 30.4
3 or more 25.1 27.2 25.7 28.0 27.9
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 85.2 85.9 84.9 85.1 82.8
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 82.4 82.9 81.2 82.3 81.3
1 43.8 41.5 42.3 39.9 44.1
2 or more 38.6 41.5 38.9 42.5 37.2
Owned automobiles 62.5 62.7 59.3 63.2 59.3
1 48.2 47.2 45.2 48.7 46.4
2 or more 14.3 15.5 14.1 14.5 12.9
Owned trucks and/or vans 44.5 45.4 45.1 45.3 44.4
1 35.6 35.0 33.9 33.8 33.6
2 or more 8.9 10.4 11.2 11.4 10.8
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.2 4.1
1 4.6 5.6 6.2 5.6 3.5
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.