Table 1
Households that used pesticides on their lawn or garden, by province, 1994 and 2005

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Provinces Used pesticides Pesticide users,1 2005
1994 2005 Pesticides applied as part of a regular maintenance schedule2 Pesticides applied when a problem arose2
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 21 48 51
Prince Edward Island 12 14 48 53
Nova Scotia 19 18 50 50
New Brunswick 20 17 45 48
Quebec 30 15 55 40
Ontario 34 34 58 42
Manitoba 30 44 41 59
Saskatchewan 37 43 42 57
Alberta 36 39 48 53
British Columbia 30 29 45 55
Canada 31 29 52 47
1. As a percentage of households with a lawn or garden.
2. Some respondents specified a frequency of application other than "part of a regular maintenance schedule" or "when problems arose." This proportion is not included here so some row totals may be less than 100 percent. In addition, some respondents specified both frequencies of application so some row totals may exceed 100 percent.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 1994 and 2006.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, EnviroStats, volume 1, number 2, "Canadian lawns and gardens: Where are they the 'greenest'?," catalogue number 16-002-XWE.