Table 1
Water use parameters in manufacturing industries,
by industry group, 2009
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| Intake | Recirculation | Recirculation rate Note 1 | Gross water use Note 2 | Discharge | Consumption Note 3 | Consumption rate Note 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of cubic metres |
% | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | |||
| Total | 3,806.2 A | 100.0 | 2,003.3 B | 100.0 | 52.6 | 5,809.5 | 100.0 | 3,450.6 A | 100.0 | 355.6 | 100.0 | 9.3 |
| Food | 332.3 B | 8.7 | 63.2 C | 3.2 | 19.0 | 395.5 | 6.8 | 301.9 C | 8.7 | 30.4 | 8.5 | 9.1 |
| Beverage and tobacco | 46.9 B | 1.2 | 1.5 D | 0.1 | 3.2 | 48.4 | 0.8 | 37.9 B | 1.1 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 19.2 |
| Textile mills | 0.8 A | 0.0 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 0.7 A | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| Textile products | 3.3 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 3.0 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.1 |
| Wood | 22.4 D | 0.6 | 8.0 Note E: Use with caution | 0.4 | 35.7 | 30.4 | 0.5 | 15.5 D | 0.4 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 30.8 |
| Paper | 1,593.6 B | 41.9 | 708.7 B | 35.4 | 44.5 | 2,302.3 | 39.6 | 1,561.3 B | 45.2 | 32.3 | 9.1 | 2.0 |
| Petroleum and coal | 299.8 A | 7.9 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 271.0 A | 7.9 | 28.8 | 8.1 | 9.6 |
| Chemicals | 334.1 B | 8.8 | 36.9 A | 1.8 | 11.0 | 371.0 | 6.4 | 239.6 B | 6.9 | 94.5 | 26.6 | 28.3 |
| Plastics and rubber | 27.6 C | 0.7 | 5.8 Note E: Use with caution | 0.3 | 21.0 | 33.4 | 0.6 | 24.5 C | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.2 |
| Non-metallic minerals | 39.0 A | 1.0 | 7.1 Note E: Use with caution | 0.4 | 18.2 | 46.1 | 0.8 | 32.5 C | 0.9 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 16.7 |
| Primary metals | 1,052.9 B | 27.7 | 1,030.6 B | 51.4 | 97.9 | 2,083.5 | 35.9 | 912.4 B | 26.4 | 140.5 | 39.5 | 13.3 |
| Fabricated metals | 13.9 Note E: Use with caution | 0.4 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 12.6 Note E: Use with caution | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.4 |
| Machinery | 2.7 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2.5 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
| Computers and electronics Note 5 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Electrical products Note 5 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 0.0 | 0.0 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
| Transportation equipment | 21.4 D | 0.6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 20.3 D | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 2.8 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2.7 Note E: Use with caution | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Other Note 6 | 9.0 Note E: Use with caution | 0.2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 8.9 Note E: Use with caution | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Recirculation rate = Amount of recirculated water as a percent of intake. The same water can leave a sub-system and re-enter it or is used in another sub-system many times, resulting in a recirculation rate > 100%. | ||||||||||||
| Gross water use = Intake + Recirculation. | ||||||||||||
| Consumption = Intake - Discharge. | ||||||||||||
| Consumption rate = Consumption as a percentage of Intake. | ||||||||||||
| For 2005, computer and electronic product manufacturing and electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing are included in the other manufacturing industries category. As of 2007, they appear separately. | ||||||||||||
| Other manufacturing industries combines the following industry groups 3-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): clothing manufacturing (315), leather and allied product manufacturing (316), printing and related support activities (323) and furniture and related product manufacturing (337). The industry groups included in other manufacturing industries may vary from year to year. | ||||||||||||
| Note(s): Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||
| x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published |
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Recirculation rate = Amount of recirculated
water as a percent of intake. The same water can leave a sub-system and re-enter
it or is used in another sub-system many times, resulting in a recirculation
rate > 100%.
Gross water use = Intake + Recirculation.
Consumption = Intake - Discharge.
Consumption rate = Consumption as a percentage
of Intake.
For 2005, computer and electronic product
manufacturing and electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing
are included in the other manufacturing industries category. As of 2007,
they appear separately.
Other manufacturing industries combines the
following industry groups 3-digit North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS): clothing manufacturing (315), leather and allied product manufacturing
(316), printing and related support activities (323) and furniture and related
product manufacturing (337). The industry groups included in other manufacturing
industries may vary from year to year.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 153-0047.
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