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Table 1
Definition of datasets

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Number of parameters
Total number of samples
Number of stations
Coverage
Newfoundland and Labrador
10
11,775
43
1987 to 1994
Ontario
14
6,498
90
1997 to 2004
British Columbia
8
1,920
4
1990 to 2005
Quebec
6
1,987
115
2002 to 2004
Note: Because of the missing data, the number of samples varies depending on the parameter.
Data source: Data come from federal, provincial and joint water quality surveillance programs.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Environment Accounts and Statistics Technical Paper Series, volume 2007, number 3, Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, catalogue number 16-001-MWE.