Table 4
Precautionary measures taken in case of emergency, by census metropolitan area, 2014
Census metropolitan area | Canadians whose household has: | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Battery-operated or wind-up radio | Alternative heat source | Back-up generator | Alternative water source | Other emergency precautions employed in the homeNote 1 | |
percent | |||||
St. John's | 84 | 54 | 36 | 43 | 26 |
Halifax | 76 | 46 | 27 | 45 | 28 |
Moncton | 64 | 41 | 20 | 43 | 26 |
Saint John | 75 | 54 | 29 | 63 | 27 |
Saguenay | 64 | 47 | 24 | 31 | 19 |
Québec | 58 | 43 | 14 | 34 | 19 |
Sherbrooke | 58 | 48 | 18 | 31 | 21 |
Trois-Rivières | 54 | 47 | 16 | 29 | 17 |
Montréal | 57 | 40 | 16 | 32 | 19 |
Ottawa-Gatineau (Quebec part) | 61 | 46 | 21 | 51 | 22 |
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario part) | 58 | 48 | 14 | 38 | 23 |
Kingston | 64 | 44 | 21 | 50 | 25 |
Peterborough | 67 | 48 | 25 | 56 | 23 |
Oshawa | 65 | 47 | 13 | 43 | 18 |
Toronto | 55 | 42 | 14 | 37 | 20 |
Hamilton | 60 | 51 | 13 | 40 | 20 |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 59 | 47 | 22 | 52 | 24 |
Kitchener | 64 | 45 | 13 | 42 | 19 |
Brantford | 63 | 49 | 21 | 54 | 24 |
Guelph | 61 | 47 | 14 | 43 | 20 |
London | 58 | 48 | 17 | 37 | 23 |
Windsor | 62 | 44 | 19 | 47 | 18 |
Barrie | 64 | 50 | 23 | 53 | 21 |
Greater Sudbury | 66 | 44 | 33 | 44 | 22 |
Thunder Bay | 62 | 47 | 32 | 47 | 22 |
Winnipeg | 49 | 37 | 13 | 37 | 19 |
Regina | 57 | 40 | 16 | 40 | 18 |
Saskatoon | 60 | 40 | 23 | 37 | 18 |
Calgary | 49 | 44 | 10 | 37 | 15 |
Edmonton | 48 | 40 | 17 | 35 | 20 |
Kelowna | 50 | 48 | 19 | 41 | 23 |
Abbotsford-Mission | 56 | 54 | 26 | 53 | 19 |
Vancouver | 57 | 51 | 15 | 44 | 21 |
Victoria | 68 | 60 | 19 | 56 | 25 |
Canada | 58 | 48 | 23 | 43 | 21 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014. |
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