Selected statistics on water supply and demand by drainage region
Table A.2code | Population, 1971 | Population, 2011 | Density, 1971 | Density, 2011 | Water use, 2013Table A.2 Note 1 | Surface freshwater intake, 2013Table A.2 Note 1 | Average annual water yield, 1971 to 2013Table A.2 Note 2 | Water yield per area, 1971 to 2013Table A.2 Note 2 | Water yield variability index,Table A.2 Note 3 1971 to 2013 | Average annual evapotranspiration, 1981 to 2010Table A.2 Note 4 | |
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persons | persons/km2 | million m3 | km3 | m3/m2 | monthly CV | m3/m2 | |||||
Canada | Note ...: not applicable | 21,568,311 | 33,476,688 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 37,892 | 33,464.7 | 3,478.2 | 0.35 | 1.05 | 0.23 |
Pacific Coastal | 1 | 913,522 | 1,505,007 | 2.9 | 4.7 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 617.3 | 510.2 | 1.53 | 0.50 | 0.26 |
Fraser–Lower Mainland | 2 | 971,762 | 2,336,941 | 4.3 | 10.4 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 615.3 | 129.3 | 0.55 | 0.83 | 0.33 |
Okanagan–Similkameen | 3 | 118,507 | 327,548 | 7.9 | 21.8 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 148.3 | 4.3 | 0.27 | 1.44 | 0.41 |
Columbia | 4 | 132,952 | 160,896 | 1.6 | 1.9 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 190.7 | 67.9 | 0.78 | 1.04 | 0.41 |
Yukon | 5 | 16,984 | 32,280 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 12.5 | 106.0 | 0.32 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.14 |
Peace–Athabasca | 6 | 206,361 | 406,303 | 0.4 | 0.9 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 297.3 | 99.5 | 0.21 | 1.01 | 0.31 |
Lower Mackenzie | 7 | 34,283 | 52,844 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 10.7 | 246.3 | 0.19 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.17 |
Arctic Coast–Islands | 8 | 7,655 | 20,133 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 1.3 | 231.3 | 0.13 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.11 |
Missouri | 9 | 15,328 | 8,439 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 20.2 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 2.14 | 0.33 |
North Saskatchewan | 10 | 841,004 | 1,559,613 | 5.9 | 10.9 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 947.4 | 10.4 | 0.07 | 1.04 | 0.34 |
South Saskatchewan | 11 | 949,194 | 2,168,447 | 5.5 | 12.7 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 1,942.3 | 10.3 | 0.06 | 1.10 | 0.34 |
Assiniboine–Red | 12 | 1,248,357 | 1,464,936 | 6.9 | 8.1 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 1,522.4 | 8.4 | 0.04 | 2.49 | 0.39 |
Winnipeg | 13 | 82,806 | 82,775 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 131.8 | 25.9 | 0.24 | 0.87 | 0.40 |
Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson | 14 | 238,535 | 216,586 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 70.8 | 51.7 | 0.14 | 0.92 | 0.32 |
Churchill | 15 | 63,418 | 94,292 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 7.7 | 51.0 | 0.16 | 0.75 | 0.24 |
Keewatin–Southern Baffin Island | 16 | 7,034 | 13,968 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 3.2 | 192.0 | 0.20 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.13 |
Northern Ontario | 17 | 148,658 | 134,355 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 106.0 | 199.2 | 0.29 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.31 |
Northern Quebec | 18 | 90,953 | 109,239 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 30.1 | 516.3 | 0.55 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.18 |
Great Lakes | 19 | 6,632,154 | 11,287,184 | 32.2 | 54.7 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 23,461.0 | 133.3 | 0.42 | 0.72 | 0.48 |
Ottawa | 20 | 1,183,662 | 1,957,937 | 9.0 | 14.9 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 364.9 | 64.3 | 0.44 | 0.80 | 0.47 |
St. Lawrence | 21 | 4,941,807 | 6,583,552 | 45.0 | 59.9 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 2,045.2 | 72.3 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 0.39 |
North Shore–Gaspé | 22 | 518,844 | 508,869 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 203.2 | 290.4 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.27 |
Saint John–St. Croix | 23 | 366,251 | 413,581 | 9.1 | 10.3 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 174.6 | 29.8 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.48 |
Maritime Coastal | 24 | 1,318,163 | 1,515,262 | 11.4 | 13.1 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 202.5 | 103.6 | 0.85 | 1.03 | 0.47 |
Newfoundland–Labrador | 25 | 520,117 | 515,698 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 338.1 | 324.2 | 0.85 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.23 |
Newfoundland (Island)Table A.2 Note 5 | Note ...: not applicable | 493,938 | 487,808 | 5.1 | 5.0 | Note .: not available for any reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 125.6 | 1.13 | 0.62 | 0.34 |
. not available for any reference period .. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable
Sources: Statistics Canada, Environment, Energy and Transportation Statistics Division, 2017, special tabulation from the 1971 and 2011 Censuses of Population; Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 153-0116 (accessed February 9, 2017); Industrial Water Use Survey, 2013; Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2013; Agricultural Water Use Survey, 2010, 2012 and 2014; Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, 2014, Alberta Irrigation Information: Facts and Figures for the Year 2013, Basin Water Management Branch; Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2015, Water Survey of Canada, Archived Hydrometric Data (HYDAT), (accessed December 3, 2016); Spence, C. and A. Burke, 2008, “Estimates of Canadian Arctic Archipelago runoff from observed hydrometric data,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 362, pp. 247–259; Wang, S., Y. Yang, Y. Luo and A. Rivera, 2013, "Spatial and seasonal variations in evapotranspiration over Canada's landmass," Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 3561–3575, doi: 10.5194/hess-17-3561-2013. |
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