Table 6
Energy-saving lights, 2009

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Energy-saving lights, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of energy-saving lights at least one type of energy- saving light, compact fluorescent lights, fluorescent tubes, halogen lights, led lights (excluding holiday lights), had dead or unwanted compact fluorescent lights (cfls) to dispose of, had dead or unwanted compact fluorescent lights (cfls) to dispose of and put them in the garbage , calculated using put them in the garbage , took or sent them to a depot or drop-off centre  and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  At least one type of energy- saving light Compact fluorescent lights Fluorescent tubes Halogen lights LED lights (excluding holiday lights) Had dead or unwanted compact
fluorescent lights (CFLs) to dispose of
Had dead or unwanted compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs) to dispose of
Put them in the garbage  Note 1 Took or sent them to a depot or
drop-off centre  Note 1
  percent
All CMA households 88 74 47 37 7 22 55 24
St. John's 79 68 24 22 12  Note E: Use with caution 19 73 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Halifax 90 84 51 18  Note E: Use with caution 13  Note E: Use with caution 21  Note E: Use with caution 61  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Moncton 85 71 37  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Saint John 94 82 62 26  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 22  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Saguenay 82 71 39 45 Note F: too unreliable to be published 24 78 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Québec 92 68 50 59 6  Note E: Use with caution 22 81 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sherbrooke 89 80 35 45 Note F: too unreliable to be published 28  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Trois-Rivières 88 74 37 49 Note F: too unreliable to be published 17  Note E: Use with caution 78 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Montréal 85 67 39 50 5  Note E: Use with caution 23 57 13  Note E: Use with caution
Ottawa - Gatineau 91 78 54 40 5  Note E: Use with caution 26 59 21  Note E: Use with caution
Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) 87 70 39 48 Note F: too unreliable to be published 23  Note E: Use with caution 49  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) 92 81 60 37 5  Note E: Use with caution 28 62 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Kingston 96 82 53 24 Note F: too unreliable to be published 28 58 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Peterborough 95 88 53 35 Note F: too unreliable to be published 20  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Oshawa 88 78 46 30 6  Note E: Use with caution 18 50 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Toronto 86 74 50 32 6 23 48 34
Hamilton 87 79 48 29 9  Note E: Use with caution 23 50  Note E: Use with caution 24  Note E: Use with caution
St. Catharines 94 85 57 28 9  Note E: Use with caution 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Kitchener 93 81 52 29 7  Note E: Use with caution 20 59 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Brantford 93 80 51 28  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 15  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Guelph 94 86 38 25  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 25  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 51  Note E: Use with caution
London 91 84 50 35 8  Note E: Use with caution 23 60 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Windsor 89 80 50 35 Note F: too unreliable to be published 20  Note E: Use with caution 53 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Barrie 95 91 44 28 Note F: too unreliable to be published 23  Note E: Use with caution 69 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Greater Sudbury 94 86 55 21  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 26 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Thunder Bay 93 87 55 27  Note E: Use with caution 12  Note E: Use with caution 28 41  Note E: Use with caution 39  Note E: Use with caution
Winnipeg 87 68 50 32 7  Note E: Use with caution 15  Note E: Use with caution 64 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Regina 95 83 53 34 12  Note E: Use with caution 22 77 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Saskatoon 93 77 44 31 Note F: too unreliable to be published 15  Note E: Use with caution 68 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Calgary 92 81 47 35 8  Note E: Use with caution 21 65 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Edmonton 88 75 55 29 6  Note E: Use with caution 20  Note E: Use with caution 32  Note E: Use with caution 53  Note E: Use with caution
Kelowna 71 65 34  Note E: Use with caution 27  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Abbotsford 90 81 44 33  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 15  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Vancouver 90 68 45 39 11 21 50 31  Note E: Use with caution
Victoria 94 76 46 41 20  Note E: Use with caution 20 74 Note F: too unreliable to be published
1.
As a percentage of CMA households that had dead or unwanted compact fluoresent lights (CFLs) to dispose of.
Note(s):
As a percentage of all CMA households.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey (survey number 3881), 2009.