9.43 Love for Pets in Canada Canadians own a total of 8 million dogs and cats. This total breaks down to approximately 3.5 million dogs and 4.5 million cats in the country, according to Statistics Canada. Half of all households have at least one pet, and pet ownership is higher in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan than the Maritimes, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. 15 In a random sample of 300 households, 114 house- holds said that they owned at least one pet. Does this data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that the proportion of households with at least one pet is dif- ferent from that reported by the Statistics Canada? Test using a = 0.05.