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Telephones in use, by provinces, 1945
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| Private branch exchanges and extensions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Residence | Public pay stations | Total | Telephones per 100 population | |
| number | |||||
| Prince Edward Island | 764 | 146 | 72 | 7,642 | 8.3 |
| Nova Scotia | 9,877 | 2,535 | 1,077 | 69,369 | 11.2 |
| New Brunswick | 6,459 | 1,381 | 854 | 45,621 | 9.7 |
| Quebec | 80,920 | 11,572 | 12,815 | 425,259 | 11.9 |
| Ontario | 130,457 | 25,696 | 12,781 | 826,148 | 20.6 |
| Manitoba | 16,118 | 2,071 | 2,303 | 99,787 | 13.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 7,142 | 1,270 | 508 | 103,606 | 12.3 |
| Alberta | 11,815 | 1,132 | 1,060 | 91,877 | 11.1 |
| British Columbia | 30,493 | 4,040 | 1,796 | 179,371 | 18.9 |
| Yukon | - | - | - | 114 | 2.3 |
| Total | 294,045 | 49,843 | 33,266 | 1,848,794 | 15.3 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||||
