Table 19
Response to air quality advisories, Canada and provinces
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| Changed behaviour due to advisory | Did not change behaviour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not exercise outside | Used public transit or car-pooled | Turned air conditioning on and/or up | Stayed inside | Did not use gas-powered equipment | Used car | Other changes or activity | ||
| percent | ||||||||
| Canada | 45 | 12 | 21 | 77 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 55 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Prince Edward Island | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Nova Scotia | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 72 |
| New Brunswick | F | F | F | 77 | F | F | F | 49 |
| Quebec | 43 | 18 E | 12 E | 63 | 6 E | 11 E | 18 E | 68 |
| Ontario | 46 | 11 | 26 | 81 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 49 |
| Manitoba | 32 E | F | F | 79 | F | F | F | 54 |
| Saskatchewan | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 56 E |
| Alberta | F | F | F | 69 | F | F | F | 66 |
| British Columbia | 31 E | F | F | 70 | F | F | F | 67 |
Note(s):
As a percentage of those households aware of air quality advisories.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households
and the Environment Survey, 2007, CANSIM Table 153-0065.
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