Table 16
Household awareness of radon in Canada, by province

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Household awareness of radon in Canada, by province
Table summary
This table presents data related to household awareness of radon. The row headers provide information for all of Canada and by province. The column headers provide information on the proportion of households that had heard of radon and the proportion that gave a correct or incorrect description of radon or were only able to describe radon, and how the household characterized radon in terms of being a health hazard.
  Households that had heard of radon Households that had heard of radon 1
Gave correct description of radon Gave incorrect description of radon Could not describe radon (had only heard of it) Said radon is a health hazard Said radon is not a health hazard Did not know if radon is a health hazard
  percent
Canada 40 37 39 24 73 9 17
Newfoundland and Labrador 36 23 34 42 61 9 E 30
Prince Edward Island 35 35 37 E 27 E 67 F 25 E
Nova Scotia 54 32 47 21 75 14 E 10 E
New Brunswick 42 42 36 20 71 8 E 21
Quebec 38 46 39 15 79 7 E 14
Ontario 35 36 39 24 74 9 16
Manitoba 53 37 39 24 73 10 E 17
Saskatchewan 53 35 39 26 71 14 15
Alberta 39 28 38 34 64 13 23
British Columbia 46 32 41 26 70 9 21
1.
As a percentage of all households that had heard of radon.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0098.
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