According to a report published by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development in 2014, 57% of households in Canada have a pet or pets. There are more cat owners than dogs, with 37% of people being a cat owner and 32% a dog owner. Seventy five percent of pet ownership is by people between the ages of 45 to 54. Interestingly if these people have children between the ages of 3 and 5, they are more likely to own a cat, whereas if they have children between the ages of 12 and 17 they are more likely to own a dog.
We at Executive Pets love animals, so we can't agree more with the 86% of dog owners and 89% of cat owners that say owning a pet is a great benefit to their physical and mental health.
For the full report; Consumer Corner: Canadian Pet Market Outlook, 2014 go to http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/sis14914g
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