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Among households that had a lawn and did not occupy an apartment, 66 percent used a grass trimmer in 2007. SHEU-2007 also collected data on the penetration rate of the types of grass trimmers available to households. It found that electric trimmers were more common than gas-powered trimmers (see Figure 40). In Canada, 57 percent of households that used a grass trimmer used an electric grass trimmer. In comparison, only 45 percent of households that used a grass trimmer used a gas-powered trimmer. Almost all of the regions across Canada had similar penetration rates for electric and gas-powered grass trimmers, with the exception of the Atlantic Region.
Note: Category results may add up to more than 100 percent because households were not limited to one type of grass trimmer.
The Atlantic Region was the only region where gas grass trimmers were more common than electric grass trimmers, at 63 percent. This was by far the highest penetration rate of any region. In contrast, the Atlantic Region had the lowest penetration rate for electric grass trimmers among households that used a grass trimmer, at only 38 percent.
The probable explanation for the higher share of gas grass trimmers in the Atlantic Region is that it had the highest percentage of rural households in Canada in 2007. In fact, almost half of the households in the Atlantic Region were in rural settings. SHEU-2007 data indicate that gas grass trimmers were more than twice as common among rural households as electric trimmers. The inverse was true for urban households because electric trimmers were almost twice as common as gas trimmers (see Figure 41).
Note: Category results may add up to more than 100 percent because households were not limited to one type of grass trimmer.