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Households and the Environment Survey, 2006:

The Household Environment Survey (HES) measures the environmental practices and behaviours of Canadian households that relate to the condition of our air, water and soils.

Released July 11, 2007

Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sector, 2004:

Information on the physical quantities of non-hazardous and hazardous waste collected, disposed of and recycled was gathered from these surveys. Information on the employment and financial characteristics of businesses and local governments involved in the supply of these services is also reported.

Released February 5, 2007

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Environmental Protection Expenditures, 2004:

To be released shortly

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Industrial Water Use Survey, 2005:

Andy Shinnan

This new survey addresses a lack of information available on water use by industry. Conducted on an occasional basis from 1972 to 1996 by Statistics Canada on behalf of Environment Canada, the survey has been re-instituted with funding from the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators project. The survey was completely redesigned in light of the length of time since it was last conducted. In addition, the new survey will be a Statistics Canada survey from start to finish, whereas in the past Environment Canada conducted all processing, analysis and dissemination following initial data collection by Statistics Canada.

The survey will provide information about quantities of water consumed and information on costs, water sources, water treatment and discharges of water. Separate mailout-mailback questionnaires are geared towards the manufacturing, mining and thermal-electric power generation industries. These questionnaires were mailed to respondents in June 2006 and collection continued through January 2007. Since January, the data has been put through various edits and the results put through an imputation system to account for missing data. Final estimates were calculated and confidentiality checks performed in May and June, 2007. The results will be released in July.

A biennial survey, questionnaires for the oil and gas sector and hydro-electric power generation may be added in the future. Collection of 2007 water use data is scheduled to begin in April 2008.