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Table 9
Percentage of schools by type of Internet connection, province and territory, 2003/04

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  Dial-up access High-speed line (ISDN/DSL) Optical fibre Cable modem T1 line Fixed wireless Satellite connection Total broadband technologies
% of schools
Canada 8.6 31.6 22.8 15.3 11.6 7.6 4.9 85.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 15.7 37.4 19.2 19.9 x x 16.0 89.1
Prince Edward Island x 16.1* 18.1* 14.9* 27.1 x x 69.0
Nova Scotia x 50.5 1.9* 13.1 31.6 2.2* x 92.9
New Brunswick 3.6 26.5 66.7 x 4.1 x x 95.4
Quebec 12.0 21.6 47.0 12.0 5.6 3.8 3.9 87.1
Ontario 6.3 28.0 23.4 15.3 15.0 6.9 3.9 82.5
Manitoba 17.3 35.6 5.2* 7.5 7.0 25.7 14.6 86.4
Saskatchewan 7.1 58.5 9.3 5.3 8.1 5.7 12.2 92.2
Alberta 11.1 33.0 11.7 23.7 6.2 13.8 4.7 85.3
British Columbia 6.4 38.4 6.2 22.5 17.2 7.4 2.4* 87.4
Yukon x 65.2 x 26.1 x x x 100.0
Northwest Territories x 29.4 x x x x 17.6* 70.6
Nunavut x x x x x x x 50.0*
Note: Estimates may not sum to 100% since schools may have more than one type of Internet connection. Estimates for ‘unknown connectiontype’ not shown.
* Lower reliability estimates due to sample size.
x Suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.