Which method do you use most often to communicate with friends?

Elementary students
  In person Internet chat or MSN  Telephone (landline) Text messaging Other
  %
Canada 56.2 19.0 10.0 3.9 10.9
Atlantic 49.8 23.5 9.9 6.8 10.1
Qc 54.6 23.1 11.4 3.8 7.1
Ont. 55.2 21.2 9.5 3.6 10.5
Man., Sask. and Territories 62.1 11.4 11.8 3.3 11.4
Alta. 60.2 8.1 10.0 5.8 16.0
B.C. 62.0 12.3 11.3 2.9 11.5
Note: ‘Other’ includes MySpace, Facebook and blog, e-mail, cellular phone and other means of communication.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2008/2009.

 

Secondary students
  In person Internet chat or MSN  Telephone (landline) Text messaging Other
  %
Canada 49.0 15.3 4.5 17.5 13.8
Atlantic 41.0 21.1 4.9 21.1 11.8
Qc 55.2 22.0 7.5 5.7 9.6
Ont. 48.8 12.8 3.4 20.5 14.5
Man., Sask. and Territories 52.0 15.1 4.8 16.6 11.5
Alta. 44.4 11.8 3.1 19.9 20.9
B.C. 45.6 11.6 4.6 22.4 15.8
Note: ‘Other’ includes MySpace, Facebook and blog, e-mail, cellular phone and other means of communication.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2008/2009.