< For every cell phone sold, 10 more pay phones turn to mold | | Cell Phone Booths Find a Home at Libraries > Canada Payphones: Use Them Or Lose Them May 30, 2007 "According to Statistics Canada, the number of pay phones across Canada dropped by almost 40,000 -- or more than 20% -- from 178,116 in 1997 to 140,431 by the end of last year. The pace of removal is quickening, with almost 10,000 of those disappearing between the end of 2005 and 2006. "Right now the company operates 50,000 pay phones in Ontario and 30,000 in Quebec. "When it comes to the business of pay phones, it's just as Gladstone says: Use it or lose it." Read more at the Edmonton Sun