Table 2.4
Access to nature, by census metropolitan area (CMA), dwelling type, dwelling construction period, type of household and household income, 2013 Table 2.4
Access to nature, by census metropolitan area (CMA), dwelling type, dwelling construction period, type of household and household income, 2013

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Table 2.4
Access to nature, by census metropolitan area, dwelling type, dwelling construction period, type of household and household income, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Access to nature, by census metropolitan area, dwelling type, dwelling construction period, type of household and household income, 2013 Had park or public green space close to their home, Participated in outdoor activities close to their home, Had trees, bushes or hedges on their property, Grew vegetables, herbs, fruits or flowers for personal use and Made purchases to feed or shelter birds on their property, to watch birds or to travel for bird watching trips, calculated using percent of households units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	percent of households
	Had park or public green space close to their home^Note 1	Participated in outdoor activities close to their home^Note 1	Had trees, bushes or hedges on their property	Grew vegetables, herbs, fruits or flowers for personal use	Made purchases to feed or shelter birds on their property, to watch birds or to travel for bird watching trips
Canada	85	72	85	57	28
Large CMAs
Toronto	85	69	78	52	19
Montréal	91	66	83	48	17
Edmonton	89	80	84	63	28
Vancouver	87	75	74	53	19
Calgary	88	69	81	54	23
Ottawa–Gatineau (Ont.-Que.)	91	79	88	57	25
Mid-size and small CMAs
Winnipeg	88	73	82	68	25
Québec	83	66	85	50	21
Halifax	92	87	95	54	34
Hamilton	86	73	83	60	29
London	85	73	85	58	32
St. Catharines–Niagara	82	71	89	66	34
Saskatoon	89	77	84	63	25^{Note E: Use with caution}
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo	89	75	87	61	33
Greater Sudbury	79	75	88	54	31^{Note E: Use with caution}
Windsor	89	75	90	53	31^{Note E: Use with caution}
Saint John	78	82	92	60	40
Oshawa	91	70	86	61	33
Victoria	92	84	90	68	46
Regina	92	78	87	54	26
Thunder Bay	87	75	92	62	41
Saguenay	81	59	87	49	30
St. John's	80	88	90	54	25
Newer CMAs
Kingston	86	74	96	71	39
Sherbrooke	92	80	90	67	36
Kelowna	85	82	91	56	44^{Note E: Use with caution}
Moncton	93	83	74	39	21^{Note E: Use with caution}
Peterborough	81	79	97	77	40
Barrie	93	80	96	63	39
Brantford	81	77	91	59	35^{Note E: Use with caution}
Trois-Rivières	87	74	86	60	35^{Note E: Use with caution}
Abbotsford–Mission	81	73	86	61	32^{Note E: Use with caution}
Guelph	92	74	97	63	40
Dwelling type
Single-detached	85	77	92	68	37
Double (side-by-side)	89	72	87	59	24
Row or terrace	88	72	77	50	21
Duplex	88	64	80	50	17
Low-rise apartment (fewer than 5 stories)	86	63	74	35	12
High-rise apartment (5 stories or more)	82	64	61	30	6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Mobile home	64	61	85	51	38
Dwelling construction period
1977 or earlier	86	72	87	59	32
1978 to 2000	86	74	88	59	29
2001 to 2009	87	77	82	56	25
2010 or newer	67	54	60	32	11
Type of household
Only adults 18 and 19 years old	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
Only adults 20 to 24 years old	89	68	57	41^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Only adults 25 to 44 years old	90	78	75	43	14
Only adults 45 to 64 years old	83	71	88	57	33
Only adults 65 years old and older	75	56	84	52	28
Adults and children from 0 to 12 years only	89	84	87	59	27
Adults and teens from 13 to 19 years only	86	79	85	61	32
Adults and members from 0 to 19 only	90	82	85	68	32
Other compositions	86	69	86	63	30
Household income
Under $20,000 (includes income loss)	79	56	81	39	19
$20,000 to $39,999	85	64	83	48	24
$40,000 to $59,999	89	72	86	57	29
$60,000 to $79,999	90	79	88	60	32
$80,000 to $99,999	93	82	91	67	32
$100,000 to $149,999	94	89	93	69	34
$150,000 and more	94	88	95	71	35
Income not stated	63	53	67	43	20
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note 1. Close to home is defined as being within a ten minute journey from home. Return to note 1 referrer Note: CMAs were classified as large, mid-size or small based on the 2011 built-up area using geometric intervals. Newer CMAs—those not populated enough to qualify as CMAs in 1971—were then grouped separately. Data for the CMA of Ottawa–Gatineau, (Ont.-Que.) are presented jointly. Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2016, special tabulation of data from the 2013 Households and the Environment Survey; Statistics Canada, CANSIM Tables 153-0130, 153-0131, 153-0132, 153-0133, 153-0148, 153-0149, 153-0150, 153-0153, 153-0154, 153-0155, 153-0156, 153-0157, 153-0158, 153-0159, 153-0160.

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