Table 4
Reasons why households with a municipal water supply treated their water before using it, by province, 2007

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Reasons why households with a municipal water supply treated their water before using it, by province, 2007
  Treated water prior to consumption 1 Reasons for treating 2
To improve appearance, taste or odour To remove water treatment chemicals such as chlorine To remove metals or minerals To remove possible bacterial contamination Other reasons
  percent
Canada 56 58 50 41 45 12
Newfoundland and Labrador 67 43 47 F F F
Prince Edward Island 3 … … … … … …
Nova Scotia 52 58 50 F F F
New Brunswick 64 72 50 F F F
Quebec 39 50 51 44 42 11
Ontario 66 63 48 42 43 11
Manitoba 55 74 50 32 E 44 F
Saskatchewan 44 65 51 42 45 F
Alberta 56 59 56 45 49 14
British Columbia 64 53 51 39 53 10
1.
As a percentage of households in census metropolitan areas with a municipal water supply reporting that tap water was used.
2.
Relates only to households reporting that tap water was used.
3.
Prince Edward Island did not have any census metropolitan areas according to the 2006 Census of Population.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007 (survey no. 3881).