Table 26
Total water costs in mineral extraction industries, by water cost component, industry group and region, 2009

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Total water costs in mineral extraction industries, by water cost component, industry group and region, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of total water costs in mineral extraction industries acquisition, intake treatment, recirculation, discharge treatment and total water costs, calculated using thousands of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Acquisition Intake treatment Recirculation Discharge treatment Total water costs
  thousands of dollars
Industry group  
Coal mines 1,388  Note E: Use with caution 245  Note E: Use with caution 487  Note E: Use with caution 1,532  Note E: Use with caution 3,652  Note E: Use with caution
Metal mines 14,122  D 12,713  Note E: Use with caution 32,660  Note E: Use with caution 56,701  Note E: Use with caution 116,197  D
Non-metal mines  Note 1 12,386  C 5,728  A Note F: too unreliable to be published 12,350  C 45,847  D
Total 27,897  C 18,686  Note E: Use with caution 48,529  Note E: Use with caution 70,584  D 165,695  C
  percent
Percentage of total water costs 16.8 11.3 29.3 42.6 100.0
  thousands of dollars
Region  
Atlantic  Note 2 2,191  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5,976  C 19,185  Note E: Use with caution
Quebec 4,470  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 29,552  Note E: Use with caution 47,227  Note E: Use with caution
Ontario 4,991  Note E: Use with caution 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 F: too unreliable to be published 14,094  Note E: Use with caution
Prairies  Note 3 7,326  C 6,756  Note E: Use with caution 3,602  B 12,173  Note E: Use with caution 29,856  D
British Columbia and territories  Note 4 8,919  Note E: Use with caution 4,044  B 26,796  Note E: Use with caution 15,575  Note E: Use with caution 55,334  Note E: Use with caution
Canada 27,897  C 18,686  Note E: Use with caution 48,529  Note E: Use with caution 70,584  D 165,695  C
  percent
Percentage of total water costs 16.8 11.3 29.3 42.6 100.0
Excluding sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals mining and quarrying (North American Industry Classification System, code 21232).          
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.          
Prairie provinces include: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.          
British Columbia and territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.          
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
1.
Excluding sand, gravel, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals mining and quarrying (North American Industry Classification System, code 21232).
2.
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
3.
Prairie provinces include: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
4.
British Columbia and territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0096 and 153-0097.
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