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Transport Canada > Road Safety > Results of Transport Canada's September 2002 Survey of Seat Belt Use in Rural Areas of the Country

Table for Chart 1: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Province/Territory
 

Province /
Territory

Census Subdivision Classes
(excludes rural fringes)

Total of All Census Subdivision Classes Surveyed
Population of
5,000 to 10,000		 Population of
2,500 to 4,999		 Population of
1,000 to 2,499
NL 91.8 93.6 65.4 86.3
PE * * 76.7 76.7
NS 86.4 95.3 89.4 90.5
NB 93.8 91.6 88.4 90.6
QC 95.4 93.6 88.4 91.2
ON 91.9 85.6 81.0 85.1
MB 85.5 89.7 64.6 80.8
SK 90.2 88.0 85.1 85.7
AB 82.9 81.9 58.8 77.3
BC 93.0 78.5 78.9 79.7
YK * * 53.9 53.9
NT * 86.6 71.7 77.1
NU 28.3 * 19.2 22.9
Canada 86.8 89.1 80.8 85.0

* This type of census does not exist in this province / territory

Province/Territory Abbreviations: AB = Alberta, BC = British Columbia, MB = Manitoba, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland and Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, NT = Northwest Territories, NU = Nunavut, ON = Ontario, PE = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, SK = Saskatchewan, YT = Yukon

Return to Chart 1: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Province/Territory

Table for Chart 2: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Light-Duty Vehicle Type
 

Province /
Territory		 Passenger Cars Passenger Vans Light Trucks Total L-D Vehicles
NL 87.4 89.5 82.1 85.4
PE 79.9 82.8 63.7 76.7
NS 91.3 91.6 85.4 89.6
NB 91.7 93.0 85.8 90.9
QC 93.5 91.8 80.7 89.5
ON 87.6 83.6 81.1 85.5
MB 82.9 85.2 75.3 82.1
SK 89.8 88.3 79.4 87.5
AB 79.9 81.0 73.4 76.2
BC 83.2 83.9 74.1 80.1
YK 57.2 69.7 44.9 55.7
NT 82.7 72.4 77.1 76.4
NU 11.0 24.9 21.7 21.1
Rural Canada 88.2 88.2 77.5 84.5

Province/Territory Abbreviations: AB = Alberta, BC = British Columbia, MB = Manitoba, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland and Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, NT = Northwest Territories, NU = Nunavut, ON = Ontario, PE = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, SK = Saskatchewan, YT = Yukon

 Return to Chart 2: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Light-Duty Vehicle Type

Table for Chart 3: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Gender of Driver and Vehicle Type
 

Province /
Territory		 Passenger Cars Passenger Vans Light Trucks Total L-D Vehicles
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
NL 85.4 88.1 88.9 92.8 81.6 90.4 84.2 89.6
PE 77.7 85.6 77.2 90.3 62.4 89.1 74.0 87.4
NS 91.2 94.3 88.0 95.7 85.3 90.8 88.6 93.6
NB 88.2 94.6 90.2 97.3 84.2 95.9 87.9 95.4
QC 92.6 94.7 90.2 92.5 79.2 94.2 88.3 93.9
ON 87.4 90.8 83.5 86.2 81.0 89.7 85.3 90.2
MB 78.3 84.8 76.4 92.6 74.0 89.9 76.9 88.2
SK 87.3 91.9 86.3 94.3 82.4 95.6 86.2 93.2
AB 77.5 85.6 77.8 87.3 74.0 81.7 75.5 83.5
BC 80.1 80.2 78.8 91.0 72.7 71.7 76.8 81.7
YK 44.7 59.8 66.9 79.0 42.4 61.0 48.7 64.3
NT 85.1 79.7 66.7 75.7 77.4 77.0 78.5 77.9
NU 9.3 29.3 25.8 22.8 21.0 22.5 16.9 25.5
Rural Canada 86.5 90.8 85.3 92.4 77.3 86.3 83.1 89.6

Province/Territory Abbreviations: AB = Alberta, BC = British Columbia, MB = Manitoba, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland and Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, NT = Northwest Territories, NU = Nunavut, ON = Ontario, PE = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, SK = Saskatchewan, YT = Yukon

 Return to Chart 3: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Gender of Driver and Vehicle Type

Table for Chart 4: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Age Group of Driver
 

Province /
Territory		 Total L-D Vehicles
Under
25		 25 to 49 Over
50
NL 58.4 83.9 89.2
PE 70.8 78.8 83.0
NS 87.5 90.5 91.3
NB 95.4 90.0 92.9
QC 87.6 87.5 94.9
ON 84.1 86.0 85.1
MB 76.9 79.5 88.0
SK 93.2 89.2 90.5
AB 76.5 77.4 82.3
BC 64.9 76.0 90.4
YK 64.6 54.6 56.9
NT 72.7 80.5 75.2
NU 13.3 21.6 27.5
Rural  Canada 81.5 84.1 88.9

Province/Territory Abbreviations: AB = Alberta, BC = British Columbia, MB = Manitoba, NB = New Brunswick, NL = Newfoundland and Labrador, NS = Nova Scotia, NT = Northwest Territories, NU = Nunavut, ON = Ontario, PE = Prince Edward Island, QC = Quebec, SK = Saskatchewan, YT = Yukon

 Return to Chart 4: Rural Canada Seat Belt Use by Age Group of Driver

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