Chart 4. Use of other ICTs, by country, 2003

Chart 4. Use of other ICTs, by country, 2003

Source: Statistics Canada, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003

In addition to computer and Internet use, Western provinces were also heavier users of many other technologies in Canada (Table 6). Cellular phone use was particularly popular in Saskatchewan (74.1%) and Alberta (72.9%), while residents of the territories were significantly less likely to use cellular phones in 2003. Personal use of fax machines tended to increase from east to west, and was well above the national average in the Northwest Territories (63.0%), the Yukon Territory (62.9%), British Columbia (62.4%) and Alberta (61.2%). Residents of the territories also took advantage of ICTs for making financial transactions, with the Yukon Territory (49.0%) and the Northwest Territories (43.8%) leading in the use of touchtone telephone transactions. In addition, use of automated teller machines was high in most provinces, especially Quebec (91.1%) and the Yukon Territory (90.7%).


Table 6. Use of other ICTs, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003
  Cell phone Calculator Fax Touchtone
transactions		 Automated
teller
machine
    % of individuals using in a typical month
Canada 65,8 85,6 54,5 37,6 88,6
Newfoundland and Labrador 63,5 76,7 38,2 40,1 81,3
Prince Edward Island 56,9 80,4 42,2 36,8 84,3
Nova Scotia 68,0 84,4 46,8 39,1 84,5
New Brunswick 56,4 81,3 41,6 32,7 85,2
Quebec 57,8 85,0 51,7 28,5 91,1
Ontario 68,1 84,2 54,2 40,6 88,5
Manitoba 68,2 86,1 51,0 40,5 87,2
Saskatchewan 74,1 91,0 56,9 41,3 87,9
Alberta 72,9 88,6 61,2 37,8 89,6
British Columbia 68,4 89,9 62,4 43,6 86,9
Yukon Territory 33,5 88,1 62,9 49,0 90,7
Northwest Territories 43,2 84,7 63,0 43,8 84,1
Nunavut 16,5 75,7 46,4 36,5 57,5

Note: Data refer to personal use of technology, whether at home, at work or somewhere else, in a typical month.

Source: Statistics Canada, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003.