Text Table 3.6
Households that used water conservation devices, by presence of a water meter, by province, 2006
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Households with water meters1 | Households with water meters | Households without water meters1 | Households without water meters | |||||
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Used a water-saving showerhead | Used a water-saving toilet2 | Used either a water-saving showerhead or toilet or both | Used a water-saving showerhead | Used a water-saving toilet2 | Used either a water-saving showerhead or toilet or both | |||
percent | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4E | F | F | F | 92 | 60 | 29 | 66 |
Prince Edward Island | F | F | F | F | 79 | 57 | 31 | 62 |
Nova Scotia | 82 | 58 | 35 | 68 | 13 | 58 | F | 63 |
New Brunswick | 47 | 54 | 33 | 68 | 48 | 60 | 27 | 65 |
Quebec | 20 | 54 | 29 | 65 | 77 | 68 | 35 | 74 |
Ontario | 82 | 64 | 46 | 75 | 13 | 61 | 40 | 68 |
Manitoba | 92 | 50 | 39 | 63 | 6E | 43E | 36E | 57 |
Saskatchewan | 91 | 40 | 36 | 57 | 7E | F | F | F |
Alberta | 84 | 51 | 44 | 66 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 63 |
British Columbia | 41 | 57 | 37 | 65 | 47 | 58 | 39 | 67 |
Canada | 61 | 58 | 42 | 70 | 34 | 63 | 36 | 70 |
Notes: | ||||||||
Some respondents specified "Do not know." This proportion is not included here so the row totals may not add to 100% | ||||||||
1. Households that did not live in an apartment and whose main source of water is supplied by their city, town or municipality. | ||||||||
2. A water-saving, low-volume toilet or toilet tank with the water volume modified, for example, with a bottle or a brick. | ||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006. |
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