Table 1
Drinking water, municipal water supply, by province, 2007
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| Municipal water supply 1 | Households that had a municipal water supply | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary type of drinking water, tap water 2 | Primary type of drinking water, both tap and bottled water 2 | Primary type of drinking water, tap, or both tap and bottled water equally 2 | Primary type of drinking water, bottled 2 | ||
| percent | |||||
| Canada | 95 | 59 | 11 | 70 | 29 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 91 | 72 | F | 80 | F |
| Prince Edward Island 3 | … | … | … | … | … |
| Nova Scotia | 74 | 73 | F | 79 | F |
| New Brunswick | 66 | 58 | F | 63 | 34 |
| Quebec | 97 | 60 | 13 | 73 | 27 |
| Ontario | 94 | 54 | 12 | 66 | 33 |
| Manitoba | 94 | 50 | 9 E | 59 | 41 |
| Saskatchewan | 98 | 70 | 8 E | 78 | 21 |
| Alberta | 95 | 64 | 10 | 74 | 26 |
| British Columbia | 97 | 69 | 7 | 75 | 25 |
| Households that had a municipal water supply | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated water prior to consumption 4 | Used any filter 4 | Used an on-tap filter or purifier 4 | Used a filter or purifier on the main supply pipe 4 | Used a jug filter 4 | Used more than one type of filter 4 | Boiled water in order to make it safe to drink in the last twelve months 4 | |
| percent | |||||||
| Canada | 56 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 12 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 67 | 61 | F | F | 49 | F | F |
| Prince Edward Island 3 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Nova Scotia | 52 | 45 | F | F | 36 | F | F |
| New Brunswick | 64 | 56 | F | F | 49 E | F | F |
| Quebec | 39 | 33 | 10 E | 3 E | 22 | F | 9 |
| Ontario | 66 | 60 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 11 |
| Manitoba | 55 | 50 | 12 E | F | 38 | F | F |
| Saskatchewan | 44 | 42 | 12 E | F | 29 | F | F |
| Alberta | 56 | 51 | 11 | F | 40 | F | 9 E |
| British Columbia | 64 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 3 E | 25 |
As a percentage of all households in census
metropolitan areas (CMAs).
As a percentage of all households that had
a municipal water supply.
Prince Edward Island did not have any census
metropolitan areas according to the 2006 Census of Population.
Information relates only to households that
reported consuming primarily tap water, or both tap and bottled water equally.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households
and the Environment Survey, 2007(survey no. 3881).
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