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  • 1. Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by source water type
    Table: 38-10-0092-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 2. Population served by drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0093-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the population served by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is persons. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 3. Total capital expenditures of drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0094-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the total capital expenditures of drinking water plants, broken down by main type of water source for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is millions of dollars. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 4. Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0103-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants, broken down by cost categories for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is millions of dollars. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 5. Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants by production volume and main source water type
    Table: 38-10-0269-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants by production volume and main source water type. The unit is dollars unless otherwise noted.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 6. Potable water volumes and population served from drinking water plants, by treatment category
    Table: 38-10-0270-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Population served, operation and maintenance costs, and potable water volumes of drinking water plants, by treatment category.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 7. Potable water use by sector and average daily use
    Table: 38-10-0271-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Potable water use by sector and average daily use for Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 8. Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by month
    Table: 38-10-0272-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by month for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is cubic metres x 1,000,000.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 9. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100006
    Description: As the sixth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. This 2022 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixth Sustainable Development Goal in support of clean water and sanitation, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2022-09-28
  • 10. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202000100006
    Description: As the sixth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. This 2020 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixth Sustainable Development Goal in support of clean water and sanitation, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2020-10-20
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  • 1. Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by source water type
    Table: 38-10-0092-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 2. Population served by drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0093-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the population served by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is persons. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 3. Total capital expenditures of drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0094-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the total capital expenditures of drinking water plants, broken down by main type of water source for Canada, provinces and territories. The unit of measure is millions of dollars. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 4. Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0103-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Drainage region
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: This table displays the operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants, broken down by cost categories for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is millions of dollars. The table frequency is occasional.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 5. Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants by production volume and main source water type
    Table: 38-10-0269-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants by production volume and main source water type. The unit is dollars unless otherwise noted.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 6. Potable water volumes and population served from drinking water plants, by treatment category
    Table: 38-10-0270-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Population served, operation and maintenance costs, and potable water volumes of drinking water plants, by treatment category.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 7. Potable water use by sector and average daily use
    Table: 38-10-0271-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Potable water use by sector and average daily use for Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 8. Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by month
    Table: 38-10-0272-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Potable water volumes processed by drinking water plants, by month for Canada, provinces, territories and drainage regions. The unit of measure is cubic metres x 1,000,000.
    Release date: 2023-11-14
  • 9. Source water type and unit processes for water treatment by drinking water plants
    Table: 38-10-0009-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Volumes of potable water treated, by source water type and unit processes for water treatment by drinking water plants.
    Release date: 2017-11-01
  • 10. Survey of Drinking Water Plants
    Table: 16-403-X
    Description:

    The Survey of Drinking Water Plants is conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional information related to the production of drinking water. The survey is a census of drinking water plants serving 300 or more people, and asks for information on volumes of water drawn and treated, treatment type, financial aspects of the operation, as well as raw (source) water quality.

    Release date: 2013-05-29
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Analysis (6) ((6 results))

  • 1. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100006
    Description: As the sixth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. This 2022 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixth Sustainable Development Goal in support of clean water and sanitation, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2022-09-28
  • 2. Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-637-X202000100006
    Description: As the sixth goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. This 2020 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the sixth Sustainable Development Goal in support of clean water and sanitation, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.
    Release date: 2020-10-20
  • 3. Potable water use in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019022
    Description:

    This infographic presents results for total and residential, average daily per capita potable water use in Canada, from the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 Biennial Drinking Water Plants Survey. The infographic displays the various uses of potable water produced by drinking water systems in the economy, which includes the residential sector. The infographic also presents the various possible uses of residential potable water.

    Release date: 2019-06-11
  • 4. Source water quality, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-508-X2015009
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at the environmental quality of surface water sources prior to treatment using data from the 2013 Survey of Drinking Water Plants.

    Release date: 2015-12-18
  • 5. Operation and maintenance costs of drinking water plants Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X201100111421
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Operation and maintenance (O&M) costs associated with the acquisition and treatment of water will vary by treatment technology, annual production volumes and the type of source water processed. This study analyzes the data collected by the 2007 Survey of Drinking Water Plants to illustrate how O&M costs vary by these factors.

    Release date: 2011-03-23
  • 6. Monthly variations in drinking water production, 2005 to 2007 Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X201000411372
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Potable water of sufficient quality and in adequate quantities is fundamental to human health and the economy. This article examines temporal and geographic variations in drinking water production volumes.

    Release date: 2010-12-08
Reference (1)

Reference (1) ((1 result))

  • 1. Environment Accounts and Statistics Product Catalogue
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-257-X
    Description:

    Environment Accounts and Statistics Division is Statistics Canada's focal point for the collection, analysis and dissemination of environmental information. This reference guide briefly describes the division's programs, as well as all publications and electronic products offered on a quarterly, annual, biennial and occasional basis.

    Release date: 2014-04-17

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