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TABLE 1: Characteristics of Resident Anglers, by Jurisdiction, 1975
	JURISDICTION												CANADA
	NWT	YUKON	B.C.	ALTA	SASK	MAN	ONT	QUE	N.B.	N.S.	P.E.I.	NFLD	CANADA
Number of anglers	4,851	6,032	386,198	214,266	153,700	135,113	1,967,474	587,295	118,893	72,024	12,286	89,626	3,747,758
Active Anglers	4,359	5,336	362,178	192,210	140,212	126,781	1,967,474	484,616	84,946	61,682	10,664	89,626	3,530,084
%	89.9	88.5	93.8	89.7	91.2	93.8	n/a	82.5	71.4	85.6	86.8	n/a	n/a
Active males	3,221	3,646	265,054	149,525	102,838	100,007	1,420,482	457,962	62,401	51,284	8,300	64,750	2,689,470
- average age	34	36	39	38	42	38	41	36	40	39	38	37	39.5
%	73.9	68.3	73.2	77.8	73.3	78.9	72.2	94.5	73.5	83.1	77.8	72.2	76.2
Active females	1,138	1,690	97,124	42,685	37,374	26,774	546,992	26,654	22,545	10,398	2,364	24,876	840,614
- average age	33	34	37	35	37	38	44	36	35	36	32	34	41.3
%	26.1	31.7	26.8	22.2	26.7	21.1	27.8	5.5	26.5	16.9	22.2	27.8	23.8
Urban %	n/a	55.8	45.7	31.6	40.7	54.3	65.7	78.9	39.5	22.7	31.4	37.2	n/a
Rural %	n/a	44.2	54.3	68.4	59.3	45.7	34.3	21.1	60.5	77.3	68.6	62.8	n/a
Related active anglers	1,322	2,082	116,479	96,218	48,309	55,426	774,909	181,817	48,906	23,663	4,217	44,216	1,397,564
% of total active anglers	23.3	28.1	24.3	33.4	25.6	30.4	28.3	27.3	36.5	27.7	28.3	33	28.4
TOTAL ACTIVE ANGLERS	5,681	7,418	478,657	288,428	188,521	182,207	2,742,383	666,433	133,852	85,345	14,881	133,842	4,927,648
% of 1975 Population	13.8	34.8	19.7	16.2	20.8	18	33.6	10.8	20.1	10.4	12.7	24.4	21.7

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