Table 6
Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory

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Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory
Table summary
The title of this table is "Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory". The first level of row headers lists the categories of current expenditures. The second level of row headers indicates the year. The column headers indicate the provinces, territories and Canada total. The unit of measure is thousand dollars. There is a note under the table which reads, "Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. Includes current expenditures directed towards waste management services." Footnote 1, attached to the contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund category reads, "Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund were reported as other expenditures prior to 2008." The source reads, "Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0045."
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat- chewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Canada
  thousand dollars
Collection and transportation  
2008 7,117 x 26,579 11,174 328,337 440,477 29,712 16,022 127,899 107,174 x 1,105,294
2010 x x 29,843 11,942 349,361 473,229 36,703 20,256 153,497 139,427 3,052 1,236,696
Tipping fees  
2008 1,444 x 10,933 6,944 134,598 139,614 5,115 x 16,464 47,694 x 368,260
2010 x x 11,315 10,372 160,110 97,311 7,540 3,613 81,535 46,317 x 424,773
Operation of disposal facilities  
2008 6,621 x 26,757 18,159 71,511 132,397 11,053 11,274 67,937 115,902 x 465,221
2010 8,294 x 29,593 21,869 80,292 170,979 11,015 12,019 54,046 126,234 x 516,991
Operation of transfer stations  
2008 0 x 6,581 x 6,458 88,250 x 678 13,986 49,142 x 168,638
2010 0 x 6,946 x 5,897 64,906 1,198 238 x 52,027 x 145,960
Operation of recycling facilities  
2008 0 0 7,635 2,541 13,169 61,229 4,716 2,155 16,964 4,664 570 113,643
2010 x 0 7,834 9,631 12,662 80,370 5,211 1,749 26,087 13,211 x 157,248
Operation of organics processing facilities  
2008 0 0 8,511 x 1,120 37,355 208 511 x 5,701 x 71,045
2010 0 0 10,602 x 2,050 34,475 208 754 x 5,568 x 74,525
Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund 1  
2008 0 0 4,283 1,218 4,084 21,091 1,244 x 9,225 10,179 x 58,401
2010 x 0 3,999 991 3,947 20,477 466 x 37,131 16,388 x 93,171
Other current expenditures  
2008 33 x 12,112 7,784 55,470 122,850 x 1,851 x 36,485 x 265,139
2010 109 x 9,726 2,367 51,382 124,357 3,218 x 33,128 39,306 x 270,564
Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund were reported as other expenditures prior to 2008.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. Includes current expenditures directed towards waste management services.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0045.
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