Table 1
Households that had access to and used recycling programs in Canada, by province, 1994 and 2007

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Households that had access to and used recycling programs in Canada, by province, 1994 and 2007
  1994 2007
Access to recycling 1 Participated in recycling 2 Access to recycling 1 Participated in recycling 2 Quantity recycled by those who participated in recycling 3
Recycled all Between most and all Between some and most Between none and some
  percent
Canada 74 86 95 98 52 34 12 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 23 60 71 94 32 30 31 F
Prince Edward Island 25 73 100 99 56 35 8 E F
Nova Scotia 55 74 99 99 52 37 9 F
New Brunswick 80 86 90 91 28 34 27 10 E
Quebec 60 75 94 98 57 32 9 2 E
Ontario 85 94 96 99 57 34 8 1
Manitoba 67 57 91 95 38 36 20 6 E
Saskatchewan 84 89 90 96 24 38 29 9
Alberta 79 86 93 95 34 35 22 9 E
British Columbia 78 90 97 98 52 33 12 3 E
1.
As a percentage of all households.
2.
As a percentage of households with access to a recycling program.
3.
As a percentage of households that participated in recycling. Categories reflect the average amount recycled by the household for all materials they were able to recycle. Due to rounding, categories may not total to one hundred.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 1994 and 2007 (survey no. 3881).