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Telephones in use, by province, 1965

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Telephones in use, by province, 1965
  On individual lines On 2- and 4-party lines On rural lines  
  Busi-ness Resi-dential Busi-ness Resi-dential Busi-ness Resi-dential Public pay telephones
  number
Canada 631,762 2,940,460 14,908 1,008,737 33,832 559,754 73,306
Newfoundland 9,343 24,683 1,151 30,479 1 335 645
Prince Edward Island 2,110 7,679 50 3,068 331 7,430 209
Nova Scotia 18,351 97,273 545 17,460 1,070 30,264 3,458
New Brunswick 14,127 59,180 668 28,033 971 21,547 2,172
Quebec 174,426 861,488 6,189 235,568 13,346 120,917 24,879
Ontario 233,609 1,142,295 5,101 409,980 8,208 178,843 26,477
Manitoba 31,158 161,558 454 29,402 2,510 37,791 2,719
Saskatchewan 29,373 152,357 31 354 3,229 58,076 2,710
Alberta 54,073 283,737 194 5,240 735 31,543 4,019
British Columbia 63,547 148,321 275 246,975 3,249 72,482 5,901
Yukon 986 1,069 88 1,224 113 135 55
Northwest Territories 659 820 162 954 66 391 62
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.