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Drinking Water Decisions of Canadian Municipal Households

Households in Canadian municipalities often have options when choosing the type of water they drink at home and whether they treat it prior to drinking it. The reasons why they might choose to treat their water could be aesthetic or there might have been problems in the past that are influencing their decisions today. Using data from the 2007 Households and the Environment Survey, the author explores some of the factors governing these decisions for households in a selection of Canadian municipalities.

Released December 9, 2009 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-001-M2009010).

Survey of Drinking Water Plants

The Survey of Drinking Water Plants is conducted to provide Canadians with national and regional information related to the production of drinking water. The survey is a census of drinking water plants serving 300 or more people, and asks for information on volumes of water drawn and treated, type of treatment, financial aspects of the operation, as well as raw and treated water quality.

Released December 9, 2009 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-403-X).

Personal Use Vehicles in Canada: Fuel Consumption Profile and Comparative Analysis of the 2007 Canadian Vehicle Survey Results

The Canadian Vehicle Survey (CVS) is a voluntary, vehicle-based survey that provides quarterly and annual estimates of road vehicle activity. In 2007, the sample size of the CVS was increased in order to collect more detailed information and address a data gap regarding consumption of fuel for personal vehicle use. This was seen as a possible solution for getting better insight into the household component of fuel consumption. By differentiating between types of vehicle use, data from the CVS is able to fill this gap.

A technical paper has been prepared that presents a national, annual profile of vehicle fuel consumption by purpose of use: business or personal for 2007. This paper also compares the fuel consumption quantities reported by the CVS with data collected or compiled from other sources.

Released November 5, 2009 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-001-M2009009).

Households and the Environment Survey: Energy Use 2007

Selected data from the "Households and the Environment Survey: Energy Use" supplement are now available for 2007.

The survey provides information on dwelling characteristics and energy consumption of Canadian households. It also covers factors that affect household energy use and use of selected energy-consuming equipment and appliances.

Released September 21, 2009. To order data, to obtain more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the information officer (613-951-0297; environ@statcan.gc.ca), Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.

CANSIM tables and updates

CANSIM is Statistics Canada’s key socio-economic database.

Data for the years 1971 and 1976 can now be found in the following tables on CANSIM:

CANSIM table 153-0037, Selected population characteristics

CANSIM table 153-0039, Selected agricultural activities

Upcoming releases

Industrial Water Survey, 2007

The information collected for the Industrial Water Survey measures, by volume, the sources of water used, the purposes of water use, whether or not water was re-circulated or re-used, where the water was discharged, the types of treatments establishments applied to intake water prior to use and the types of treatments establishments applied to their wastewater prior to discharge. Water acquisition costs, treatment costs and operating and maintenance expenses related to water intake and discharge are also collected.

The results of this survey are used in the development of environmental accounts, aid in tracking the state of stocks of water and contribute to national indicators of water quality.

To be released in the winter of 2010 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-401-X).