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Table 3a
Proportion of workers using a car to get to work and age groups, Canada, provinces and territories, 1996, 2001 and 2006
Regions	Car - As drivers			Car - As passengers			Total - Car users
	1996	2001	2006	1996	2001	2006	1996	2001	2006
	percentage
… not applicable Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1996 to 2006.
Canada	73.3	73.8	72.3	7.4	6.9	7.7	80.7	80.7	80.0
Newfoundland and Labrador	74.8	76.4	73.7	11.1	10.5	12.6	85.9	86.9	86.3
Prince Edward Island	79.8	81.9	79.6	10.5	9.6	11.1	90.3	91.5	90.7
Nova Scotia	74.3	75.2	72.8	10.2	9.6	10.8	84.5	84.8	83.6
New Brunswick	78.7	79.6	77.9	10.4	9.9	11.2	89.1	89.5	89.1
Quebec	73.1	72.9	72.7	6.0	5.3	5.5	79.1	78.2	78.2
Ontario	72.3	72.6	71.0	7.6	7.1	8.3	79.9	79.7	79.2
Manitoba	70.3	72.4	72.3	8.9	8.1	8.7	79.2	80.4	81.0
Saskatchewan	77.6	79.7	79.3	7.1	6.7	7.3	84.8	86.3	86.5
Alberta	76.0	76.2	74.3	7.4	6.9	7.9	83.3	83.2	82.2
British Columbia	73.6	75.0	71.6	7.3	7.1	7.7	80.9	82.1	79.3
Yukon Territory	68.1	71.1	72.2	9.4	7.4	7.4	77.5	78.5	79.6
Northwest Territories	39.5	51.6	53.2	9.3	10.4	10.1	48.8	61.9	63.2
Nunavut	…	19.6	25.1	…	10.3	11.9	…	30.0	37.0
Age groups
15 to 24 years	55.1	53.7	50.1	15.5	15.9	18.6	70.6	69.6	68.7
25 to 34 years	73.5	73.5	70.6	6.8	6.0	6.9	80.3	79.5	77.5
35 to 44 years	78.3	79.3	78.3	5.6	4.8	5.2	83.9	84.0	83.4
45 to 54 years	78.7	79.3	78.7	5.4	4.9	5.3	84.1	84.2	84.1
55 to 64 years	76.2	78.6	78.3	5.6	4.8	5.3	81.8	83.4	83.6
65 years and over	72.6	75.5	76.6	5.6	4.8	5.0	78.2	80.3	81.6