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Water
Energy use
Recycling and composting
Pesticides and fertilizers
Small gasoline engines
Transportation choices
Water
Figure 3.1 Main type of drinking water consumed by households with a municipal water supply, by province, 2006
Text table 3.1 Households with a non-municipal water supply that had their water tested by a laboratory, by province, 2005
Text table 3.2 Treatment of drinking water by households with a municipal water supply, by province, 2006
Text table 3.3 Treatment of drinking water by households with a non-municipal water supply, by province, 2006
Text table 3.4 Reasons why households with a municipal water supply treated their tap water before drinking it, by province, 2006
Text table 3.5 Households that used water conservation devices, by province, 1994 and 2006
Text table 3.6 Households that used water conservation devices, by presence of a water meter, by province, 2006
Energy use
Figure 3.2 Households with any energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs, by province, 1994 and 2006
Figure 3.3 Households with a programmable thermostat, by province, 1994 and 2006
Figure 3.4 Households that programmed their programmable thermostat, by province, 2006
Recycling and composting
Figure 3.5 Households with access to at least one recycling program, by province, 2006
Figure 3.6 Households that composted, by census metropolitan areas, 2006
Text table 3.7 Households that had access to, and used, recycling programs, by material and by province, 2006
Text table 3.8 Households that composted kitchen or yard waste, by province, 2006
Text table 3.9 Treatment of selected household special wastes, Canada, 2005
Pesticides and fertilizers
Text table 3.10 Households that used chemical fertilizers or pesticides on their lawn or garden, by province, 2005
Text table 3.11 Households that used chemical fertilizers or pesticides on their lawn or garden, by selected census metropolitan area, 2005
Small gasoline engines
Text table 3.12 Households that owned gasoline-powered equipment, by province, 2006
Text table 3.13 Households that owned a motorized watercraft or a snowmobile, and the volume of fuel used, by province, 2006
Transportation choices
Text table 3.14 Households that owned or leased a motor vehicle and distance travelled in an average year, by province, 2006
Text table 3.15 One-way distance travelled between home and work, by selected census metropolitan area, 2006
Text table 3.16 Length of time to travel between home and work, by usual mode of transportation, by province, 2006
Text table 3.17 Length of time to travel between home and work by motor vehicle, the six census metropolitan areas with the highest proportion of travellers with a one way commuting time of 30 minutes or more, 2006
Text table 3.18 Persons who travelled to work by motor vehicle, by province, 2006
Date modified:
2008-11-17