9.2. Mark up the row and column header cells with <th>

In all data tables, mark up each column and row header cell with the <th> tag.

When a cell is essential to understand the data provided in the table, it must be marked up with <th>.

<table>
   <caption>Average monthly temperatures of the 3 largest cities in Canada.</caption>
   <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <th>Toronto</th>
      <th>Montreal</th>
      <th>Vancouver</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <th>June</th>
      <td>22°C</td>
      <td>28°C</td>
      <td>26°C</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <th>July</th>
      <td>24°C</td>
      <td>30°C</td>
      <td>28°C</td>
   </tr>
</table>

Average monthly temperatures of the 3 largest cities in Canada.

	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver
June	22°C	28°C	26°C
July	24°C	30°C	28°C

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