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Local and long-distance calls and average calls per capita and per telephone, 1956 to 1965
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| Average calls per telephone | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local calls | Long-distance calls | Total calls | Total calls per capita | Local | Long-distance | Total | |
| thousands | number | ||||||
| 1956 | 7,593,525 | 171,280 | 7,764,805 | 486 | 1,688 | 38.0 | 1,726 |
| 1957 | 8,077,101 | 178,608 | 8,255,709 | 498 | 1,673 | 37.0 | 1,710 |
| 1958 | 8,513,455 | 194,186 | 8,707,641 | 511 | 1,663 | 37.9 | 1,701 |
| 1959 | 9,044,825 | 205,395 | 9,250,220 | 530 | 1,663 | 37.9 | 1,701 |
| 1960 | 9,364,586 | 215,275 | 9,579,861 | 537 | 1,635 | 37.6 | 1,672 |
| 1961 | 10,242,657 | 226,258 | 10,468,915 | 568 | 1,703 | 37.6 | 1,741 |
| 1962 | 10,558,129 | 250,239 | 10,808,368 | 576 | 1,668 | 40.0 | 1,708 |
| 1963 | 11,035,030 | 257,548 | 11,322,578 | 593 | 1,662 | 39.0 | 1,701 |
| 1964 | 11,658,113 | 281,239 | 11,939,352 | 614 | 1,661 | 40.1 | 1,701 |
| 1965 | 12,138,243 | 301,614 | 12,439,857 | 628 | 1,630 | 40.5 | 1,671 |
| Note: Figures from 1928 will be found in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the 1939 edition. | |||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | |||||||
