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Survey of Seat Belt Use In Canada, 
July 2001

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Table 2: Estimates of seat belt use from annual surveys 1992-2001*

Prov./
Terr.
Percentage of passenger car drivers wearing seat belts
1992
Oct.
(%)
1993
June
(%)
1993
Oct.
(%)
1994
June
(%)
1994
Oct.
(%)
1996
June
(%)
1997
July
(%)
1998
June
(%)
1999
June
(%)
2000
July
(%)
2001
July
(%)

Nfld.

94.8

96.7

97.5

95.7

95.7

94.3

95.2

90.8

86.9

94.3

93.3

P.E.I.

81.4

83.4

81.5

90.2

90.5

91.8

88.0

88.0

92.6

88.3

90.7

N.S.

86.3

87.4

86.3

87.0

90.5

91.2

90.1

91.2

89.8

88.4

90.0

N.B.

81.3

85.6

86.2

88.9

92.1

89.5

91.9

91.8

89.6

93.3

93.1

Que.

91.8

92.6

92.6

92.1

94.4

93.2

93.8

94.7

94.9

93.7

91.3

Ont.

84.1

84.0

83.6

88.8

91.0

92.3

91.4

91.5

92.4

93.6

94.0

Man.

80.2

82.9

83.3

86.1

85.8

85.0

87.3

87.6

87.9

87.1

84.5

Sask.

93.8

93.7

95.4

92.7

92.7

94.0

93.9

94.1

91.7

93.1

94.8

Alta.

84.8

86.6

88.3

87.8

88.5

89.8

87.5

87.8

91.6

89.9

86.5

B.C.

90.6

91.4

91.3

92.7

92.0

92.6

92.0

93.2

92.0

90.6

93.0

Y.T.

84.0

80.8

78.3

67.6

79.2

87.5

87.0

92.2

89.5

78.3

79.7

N.W.T.

69.5

59.8

60.2

75.5

77.9

57.8

73.0

54.6

64.4

64.4

67.8

Nunavut

                   

29.2

Canada

87.1

87.8

87.8

90.1

91.6

91.9

91.5

91.9

92.3

92.2

91.8

* Seat belt laws in some jurisdictions can exempt certain individuals from wearing seat belts.


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