Table 29
Water intake in thermal-electric power generation industries, by source and region, 2009

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Water intake in thermal-electric power generation industries, by source and region, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of water intake in thermal-electric power generation industries freshwater source, saline water source, total  water  intake, municipal, self-supplied and surface water bodies, calculated using surface water bodies, groundwater, other, tidewater, millions of cubic metres and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Freshwater source Saline water source Total  water  intake
Municipal Self-supplied Self-supplied
Surface water bodies Groundwater Other Groundwater Tidewater Other
  millions of cubic metres
Region  
Atlantic  Note 1 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 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 1,726.1  C
Quebec Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Ontario 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Prairies  Note 2 2.7  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 4.3  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1,853.9  A
British Columbia and territories  Note 3 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 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 109.0  D
Canada x 24,009.6  A x x Note F: too unreliable to be published 1,719.9  C x 26,345.5  A
  percent
Percentage of total water intake Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 91.1 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 6.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 100.0
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): Thermal-electric power generation is defined as fossil-fuel electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221112) and nuclear electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221113). Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.                
                 
1.
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
2.
Prairie provinces include: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
3.
British Columbia and territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Thermal-electric power generation is defined as fossil-fuel electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221112) and nuclear electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221113). Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0079 and 153-0082.
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