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Statistics
Canada, Survey of Household Spending 2006, CANSIM Table 203-0003 (accessed March 6, 2008).
Natural Resources Canada, 2004, Basic Facts about Residential Lighting, http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energystar/english/consumers/light_basic_facts.cfm (accessed November 19, 2008).
Ibid.
Ibid.
Environment Canada, 2007, 2007 Municipal Water Use Report: Municipal Water Use 2004 Statistics, http://www.ec.gc.ca/WATER/en/info/pubs/sss/e_mun2004.pdf (accessed
July 22, 2008).
Natural Resources Canada, 2008, Better Water Use Means
Bigger Savings, http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/residential/personal/new-homes/water-conservation.cfm?attr=4 (accessed November 24, 2008).
Task Force on a Canadian Information System for the Environment, October 2001, Sharing Environmental Decisions: Executive Summary and Recommendations: Final
Report of the Task Force on a Canadian Information System for the Environment, Ottawa.
Health Canada, 2007, Water Talk, (HC Pub: 4155; Cat.: H128-1/07/514E;
ISBN: 978-0-662-46562-1).
Due to
a large storm that hit the Vancouver area in late 2006, there were landslides
that caused sediment washing into the area's reservoirs. These reservoirs
supply most of the area's fresh water. This resulted in a 12 day
boil water advisory and increased turbidity for much of 2007 for
Metro Vancouver and the surrounding area. The HES was conducted in the fall
of 2007 into the winter of 2008. The relatively high proportion
of British Columbia households with a municipal water supply that reported
boiling their water to make it safe may have been in response to this isolated
event.
Health Canada, 2007, Radon: What you need to know, (HC Pub: 4928, Cat: H128-1/07-515E.
ISBN: 978-0-662-46970-4).
Health Canada, 2008, "It's Your
Health," http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/radon-eng.php (accessed
August 21, 2008).
Health Canada, Conversation with author, October 23, 2008.
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1999 (revised 2008), Your Furnace Filter, CE22.
Climate Change Central, 2007, Fall into Efficient Home Heating, http://www.climatechangecentral.com/publications/enerclick/august-2008/fall-efficient-home-heating/ (accessed November 26, 2008).
Ottawa Citizen, Glebe seeks allies in fight
to outlaw pesticide use, April 27, 2007, page F8.
Winnipeg Free Press, Pesticide prohibition triggers
city debate, May 29, 2007, page B1.
Kitchener-Waterloo
Record, Waterloo eyes pesticide ban, November 10, 2007, page
B1.
The term pesticide encompasses products
that address three groups of pests: weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides)
and fungi (fungicides).
Due to differences between the 2006 and 2007 questionnaires,
care must be exercised when making year-on-year comparisons. In previous years,
households that lived in apartments were in-scope for the fertilizer and pesticide
questions. Comparisons to 2006 fertilizer and pesticide data have
been made to figures that exclude households that lived in apartments. Also,
year-to-year comparisons are made between chemical fertilizer or chemical
pesticide data from 2007 and fertilizer or pesticide data from 2006.
For more information on either caveat, please see "Data comparability
over time" in section Data quality, concepts and methodology — Methodology and data quality.
This refers to both official and unofficial
air quality advisories. Respondents were not asked for specific examples of
the air quality advisories they were aware of or who issued the advisories.
Yiridoe, E.K., Bonti-Ankomah, S. and Martin, R.C. 2005,
"Comparison of consumer perceptions and preference toward organic versus
conventionally produced foods: A review and update of the literature,"Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 20(4): 193-205.
Kendrick, Jenny, 2008, "Organic:
from niche to mainstream," Canadian Agriculture at a Glance, Statistics
Canada Catalogue no. 96-325-X200700010529.
Irish Examiner, 2002, "Plastic bag levy hits our stores,"
March 2, 2002. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/03/02/story24135.asp (accessed
December 15, 2008).
ReuseableBags.com. http://www.reuseablebags.com/facts.php?id=9 (accessed December 22, 2008).
Bring Your Own Bag, 2008. http://www.bringyourbag.com/index.php (accessed December 22, 2008).
Cooper, R., 2007, "Waste Initiatives
Across Canada," Solid Waste & Recycling, August 1, 2007.
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