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Telephones in use, by provinces, 1945

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Telephones in use, by provinces, 1945
  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.