RBC Financial Group 13th Annual Housing Survey

Toronto, ON - The 13th Annual RBC Housing Survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid, finds that 56% of Canadian homeowners have a pet and one in five (21%) have altered their home to accommodate their pet(s).

Those most likely to have a pet are: Women (62% vs. 50% of men), those 18-54 years of age (61% vs. 44% of those 55+), and Atlantic Canadians (67% vs. 55% of the rest of Canada).

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos Reid/RBC Financial Group poll conducted from January 18th to January 24th, 2006. For the survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 2,158 adult Canadians was interviewed by telephone. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within +/-2.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult Canadian population been polled. The margin of error will be larger within sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to Census data.

Please open the attached PDF to view the factum and detailed tables.

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John Wright
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Ipsos Reid Public Affairs
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