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Telephones in use, by province, 1965

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Telephones in use, by province, 1965
  Private branch excange Extensions      
  Busi-ness Resi-dential Busi-ness Resi-dential Mobile Total Telephones per 100 population
  number
Canada 905,785 122 476,777 793,742 5,886 7,445,071 37.6
Newfoundland 8,593 - 6,022 6,736 50 88,038 17.6
Prince Edward Island 2,325 - 1,477 1,805 - 26,484 24.5
Nova Scotia 22,554 - 12,288 20,840 - 224,103 29.5
New Brunswick 16,318 - 12,783 16,587 798 173,187 27.7
Quebec 251,411 19 146,188 219,779 272 2,051,482 36.0
Ontario 377,157 103 182,029 359,865 864 2,924,531 42.8
Manitoba 38,430 - 20,118 26,804 82 351,026 36.6
Saskatchewan 24,144 - 15,123 18,245 168 303,810 31.9
Alberta 79,895 - 26,307 51,083 1,530 538,356 37.0
British Columbia 84,410 - 52,877 71,731 1,979 751,747 40.5
Yukon 241 - 1,188 162 100 5,361 35.7
Northwest Territories 307 - 377 105 43 3,946 15.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.