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 | |
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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. |
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