Table 7
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada1 and selected metropolitan areas

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Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada and selected metropolitan areas: Part 1
  2009
Canada St. John's Charlottetown and Summerside Halifax Saint John Québec Montréal Ottawa- Gatineau Toronto
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 81.3 92.5 79.8 72.3 85.8 F 82.6 F 67.9
Clothes dryer 81.0 91.7 77.7 74.5 86.1 F 77.8 F 69.0
Dishwasher 60.4 61.3 63.2 57.0 52.3 F 55.4 F 54.3
Refrigerator 99.8 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 F 99.3 F 100.0
1 73.1 82.7 88.7 83.2 83.3 F 79.6 F 76.9
2 or more 26.7 17.0 11.3 16.8 F F 19.6 F 23.1
Freezer 54.1 66.1 52.9 52.2 72.6 F 34.6 F 35.4
Microwave oven 94.2 96.1 96.7 96.8 95.9 F 91.1 F 93.3
Air conditioning 49.2 F 15.8 16.2 F F 50.3 F 80.9
Window-type 17.7 F 13.5 12.5 F F 30.0 F 15.8
Central air 31.5 F F F F F 20.3 F 65.1
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 99.3 99.5 98.4 99.5 98.9 F 98.9 F 99.8
Telephones (includes business use) 89.3 90.6 88.1 86.7 91.9 F 89.2 F 89.5
1 27.6 14.6 21.8 20.3 30.1 F 32.8 F 35.4
2 23.5 24.4 27.0 20.8 21.8 F 21.1 F 19.7
3 or more 38.3 51.6 39.3 45.6 40.0 F 35.3 F 34.4
Cellular telephone 77.2 80.7 70.0 82.2 76.6 F 67.7 F 85.9
CD player 79.1 83.9 77.9 83.6 83.4 F 78.5 F 75.2
Cablevision 66.1 81.1 62.9 77.1 56.7 F 70.5 F 77.2
Satellite dish 23.9 14.8 21.9 10.4 31.3 F 14.2 F 14.5
DVD player 87.5 90.7 87.2 88.1 87.7 F 85.0 F 86.7
CD writer 54.8 65.2 50.1 60.5 55.5 F 50.0 F 56.6
DVD writer 46.6 56.9 39.3 49.0 49.4 F 45.7 F 52.6
Video cassette recorders 70.0 67.9 61.2 65.1 71.6 F 65.5 F 69.2
Home computer 81.7 82.1 79.4 87.2 78.2 F 78.7 F 87.6
Internet use from home 77.8 80.3 74.4 82.2 72.6 F 74.0 F 83.9
Colour televisions 98.9 99.9 99.0 98.4 98.7 F 97.7 F 99.8
1 32.6 21.9 25.6 25.0 27.9 F 38.0 F 38.0
2 35.8 34.0 35.5 34.6 39.0 F 38.1 F 33.7
3 or more 30.5 44.1 38.0 38.8 31.8 F 21.5 F 28.1
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 83.2 85.6 87.1 79.8 81.2 F 74.0 F 76.5
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 78.9 77.4 82.1 72.1 73.7 F 65.8 F 69.9
1 41.3 49.3 46.2 42.6 37.9 F 41.0 F 41.0
2 or more 37.6 28.1 35.9 29.4 35.8 F 24.8 F 28.9
Owned automobiles 60.4 58.5 64.2 62.6 53.2 F 58.2 F 54.4
1 45.2 48.5 48.8 47.8 37.5 F 43.6 F 39.4
2 or more 15.1 10.0 15.3 14.8 F F 14.6 F 15.0
Owned trucks and/or vans 40.1 35.5 36.9 25.4 41.3 F 17.8 F 30.1
1 31.4 31.5 31.0 22.7 34.7 F 15.7 F 26.3
2 or more 8.7 F F F F F F F F
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 8.5 14.6 F 11.2 F F 15.3 F 10.4
1 7.7 13.5 F 10.8 F F 13.5 F 8.9
2 or more 0.8 F F F F F F F F
Household equipment at the time of interview, Canada and selected metropolitan areas: Part 2
  2009
Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Victoria Whitehorse Yellowknife
  percent
Households having:  
Washing machine 70.1 79.1 86.5 88.4 82.9 67.0 F 78.6 83.8
Clothes dryer 70.2 82.1 87.0 91.0 83.8 68.1 F 77.4 86.0
Dishwasher 55.2 65.9 74.9 78.1 70.3 65.3 F 44.4 67.8
Refrigerator 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.7 F 98.7 100.0
1 73.4 67.0 72.1 76.1 72.7 76.4 F 85.2 83.8
2 or more 26.6 33.0 27.9 23.9 26.9 23.3 F F F
Freezer 60.0 62.6 66.8 56.3 60.3 36.3 F 58.5 54.3
Microwave oven 95.6 92.2 96.0 96.1 95.1 91.5 F 89.8 97.7
Air conditioning 80.1 74.7 65.5 15.4 16.8 12.0 F F F
Window-type 21.1 21.3 18.2 F F 6.9 F F F
Central air 59.0 53.5 47.3 10.0 10.7 5.2 F F F
With a telephone (regular or cellular) 98.6 98.6 99.5 100.0 99.7 98.6 F 95.6 97.7
Telephones (includes business use) 82.2 86.4 86.9 84.5 85.6 75.8 F 82.2 83.4
1 28.8 28.9 21.9 33.1 35.9 32.6 F 40.7 33.4
2 18.8 19.3 25.1 16.6 15.2 17.4 F 14.0 F
3 or more 34.6 38.2 39.9 34.8 34.5 25.8 F 27.5 30.6
Cellular telephone 75.5 75.8 81.3 88.2 85.2 85.5 F 65.1 71.2
CD player 75.2 82.3 85.1 82.4 81.9 76.4 F 81.4 76.5
Cablevision 82.0 77.9 73.6 77.4 68.1 84.6 F 50.2 72.1
Satellite dish 13.3 F 16.0 15.1 18.4 5.7 F 23.1 F
DVD player 85.6 88.8 88.3 91.6 89.2 89.0 F 91.5 92.0
CD writer 59.5 66.5 62.9 70.7 62.6 61.9 F 57.7 64.6
DVD writer 51.4 59.2 54.4 56.0 48.6 51.4 F 48.8 53.4
Video cassette recorders 67.1 72.3 64.4 66.9 70.1 62.4 F 66.4 63.1
Home computer 82.5 84.5 84.8 91.3 86.4 86.8 F 83.4 87.5
Internet use from home 80.0 79.7 82.3 89.4 83.3 85.9 F 74.5 84.4
Colour televisions 98.5 99.1 99.2 98.1 99.0 97.3 F 95.1 100.0
1 32.0 33.0 28.4 28.7 34.5 43.7 F 39.7 F
2 25.7 27.1 38.8 35.4 36.0 28.9 F 31.4 40.8
3 or more 40.8 39.0 32.0 34.0 28.6 24.6 F 24.0 31.7
With a vehicle (owned or leased) 81.8 85.2 81.7 88.6 85.2 78.7 F 83.6 79.7
Owned vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 79.2 83.7 79.8 84.1 83.1 76.3 F 83.1 74.7
1 44.4 38.4 43.9 35.9 40.3 47.2 F 31.8 44.3
2 or more 34.9 45.3 35.9 48.2 42.8 29.1 F 51.3 30.4
Owned automobiles 59.1 63.7 64.5 61.3 61.1 59.0 F 56.0 32.0
1 45.0 45.2 51.6 40.0 46.5 47.2 F 44.4 31.3
2 or more 14.1 18.5 12.9 21.3 14.6 11.7 F F F
Owned trucks and/or vans 39.9 47.4 39.0 48.4 50.0 34.1 F 66.1 61.0
1 31.3 31.0 29.2 33.4 35.7 28.1 F 46.0 47.4
2 or more 8.6 16.4 F 15.0 14.2 6.0 F 20.1 F
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) F F F 8.3 F 5.2 F F F
1 F F F F F F F F F
2 or more F F F F F F F F F
1.
In 1998, 1999, and every second year thereafter starting with 2001, statistics for Canada include the territories. For the other years, Canada-level statistics include the 10 provinces only.
Note(s):
Beginning with 2006, the distinction between full-year and part-year members and households has been removed. Spending data are collected for the reference year for all members of the household at the time of the interview. Since the data for the 1997-2005 were based on full-year members only, to maintain the comparability with prior years, the data for 1997-2005 have been revised to include both full-year and part-year households. Due to unreliability of the data which was the result of low sample size, the data for Québec, Ottawa and Victoria for 2008 were suppressed.