Text Table 3.2
Treatment of drinking water by households with a municipal water supply, by province, 2006

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  Households with a municipal water supply1 Consumed tap water2 Treated water before drinking3 Used a filter or purifier on tap or supply pipe3 Used a stand-alone filter3 Boiled or used other water treatment methods3 Used any drinking water filter3 Did not treat tap water3
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 80 59 60 17 41 9 53 40
Prince Edward Island 46 70 44 14 29 F 41 56
Nova Scotia 59 69 51 11 41 F 48 49
New Brunswick 55 61 43 13E 28 F 39 57
Quebec 88 68 31 9 17 7 25 69
Ontario 87 69 57 18 35 10 50 43
Manitoba 81 69 58 18 36 9 51 42
Saskatchewan 85 75 46 17 28 5 42 54
Alberta 88 73 48 17 28 5 44 52
British Columbia 90 76 52 17 30 8 45 48
Canada 86 70 48 15 29 8 42 52
Notes:
1. As a percentage of all households.
2. As a percentage of households on municipal water supply.
3. Information relates only to households reporting that tap water was consumed.
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.