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Telephones in use, by provinces, 1945

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Telephones in use, by provinces, 1945
  On individual lines On 2-and 4-party lines On rural lines
  Business Residence Business Residence Business Residence
  number
Prince Edward Island 991 1,157 172 1,659 228 2,453
Nova Scotia 7,761 15,103 762 18,479 940 12,835
New Brunswick 4,966 8,797 981 13,538 1,060 7,585
Quebec 52,482 93,967 8,340 122,046 9,193 33,924
Ontario 83,927 146,590 11,160 288,593 6,074 120,870
Manitoba 11,386 38,235 66 12,840 1,421 15,347
Saskatchewan 14,031 29,492 434 154 10 50,565
Alberta 17,122 40,353 33 474 1,173 18,715
British Columbia 22,554 9,234 466 92,520 2,110 16,158
Yukon 18 - - - 33 63
Total 215,338 382,928 22,414 550,303 22,242 278,515
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.