Text Table 3.3
Treatment of drinking water by households with a non-municipal water supply, by province, 2006

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  Households with non-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 19 81 48 24 30 F 47 52
Prince Edward Island 53 87 22 12 11E F 20 78
Nova Scotia 40 71 43 26 19 F 41 57
New Brunswick 45 83 39 24 17 F 37 61
Quebec 11 69 31 21 8 5E 27 69
Ontario 11 65 59 42 21 8 55 41
Manitoba 18 62 51 24 23 F 43 49
Saskatchewan 14 61 46 F F F 39 54
Alberta 12 56 46 32 10E F 41 54
British Columbia 9 67 42 28 17E F 40 58
Canada 13 68 45 30 16 6 41 55
Notes:
Non-municipal supply includes private wells, surface sources or other sources.
1. As a percentage of all households.
2. As a percentage of households on non-municipal water supply.
3. Information relates only to households reporting that tap water was consumed.
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.