Cell phone use in Canada up almost 2%

OTTAWA – Almost three-quarters (74.3%) of Canadian households reported having a cell phone in 2008, up from 72.4% in 2007, according to new data from Statistics Canada.The proportion of households with cell phones was highest in Alberta at 84.5%, followed by Saskatchewan at 78.0%, British Columbia at 77.8% and Ontario at 76.8%. Quebec had the lowest rate of cell phone use at 65.5% of households.According to StatCan’s residential telephone service survey, 8.0% of households reported having cell phones only, up from 6.4% in 2007. Younger households were much more likely to use only a cell phone, with 34.4% of households...