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Survey of Seat Belt Use In Canada, 
July 2001

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Table 1: Estimates of seat belt use from annual surveys 1993-2001 *

Prov./ 
Terr.
Percentage of all occupants wearing seat belts 
in light-duty vehicles**
1993
June
(%)
1994
June
(%)
1996
June
(%)
1997
July
(%)
1998
June
(%)
1999
June
(%)
2000
July
(%)
2001
July
(%)

Nfld.

94.5

93.6

91.9

92.4

86.4

82.9

92.7

92.1

P.E.I.

77.8

84.5

87.5

82.6

82.7

88.5

85.7

86.7

N.S.

83.5

83.2

88.2

87.1

88.5

86.6

86.5

88.0

N.B.

82.1

84.9

86.6

86.5

87.9

85.9

91.5

91.4

Que.

88.8

89.8

90.3

91.7

92.3

93.0

91.4

89.0

Ont.

79.4

86.3

89.9

89.2

89.1

91.0

91.7

92.5

Man.

80.2

82.6

82.4

84.8

84.4

85.3

84.2

82.3

Sask.

89.4

87.7

89.6

91.7

89.7

88.2

90.0

91.7

Alta.

81.0

83.1

85.1

83.7

82.4

89.3

87.2

84.9

B.C.

86.4

88.3

88.7

89.4

89.7

89.2

88.7

90.8

Y.T.

72.8

68.2

81.2

83.4

82.1

82.1

79.3

78.1

N.W.T.

51.5

67.4

54.9

64.3

52.6

61.1

60.7

62.7

Nunavut

             

13.4

Canada

83.4

86.8

88.7

88.9

88.7

90.1

90.1

89.9

*  Some jurisdictions have laws exempting certain individuals from wearing seat belts.

** Light-duty vehicles include passenger cars, passenger vans and light trucks.


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