Table 12
Access to recycling for materials in Canada, by province, 2007

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Access to recycling for materials in Canada, by province, 2007
  Access to recycling 1 Of households with access to recycling 2
Able to recycle all four materials Able to recycle three of the four materials Able to recycle two of the four materials Able to recycle one of the four materials
  percent
Canada 95 89 7 3 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 71 27 36 19 14
Prince Edward Island 100 96 2 1 1
Nova Scotia 99 91 4 2 2
New Brunswick 90 54 26 12 5
Quebec 94 96 3 1 0
Ontario 96 96 3 1 0
Manitoba 91 87 6 2 2
Saskatchewan 90 62 24 8 5
Alberta 93 75 14 6 3
British Columbia 97 83 11 4 2
1.
As a percentage of all households.
2.
As a percentage of households with access to a recycling program.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007 (survey no. 3881).