Appendix Table A.1 Population and communities included in the Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey

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Type of region Population Communities
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individuals individuals percent communities communities percent
Larger urban centres 23,839,086 16,971,853 71.2 990 356 36.0
Census metropolitan area 19,296,926 13,483,090 69.9 468 188 40.2
Census agglomeration 4,542,160 3,488,763 76.8 522 168 32.2
Rural and small town areas 6,168,008 2,624,730 42.6 4,580 653 14.3
Strongly influenced 1,524,579 625,833 41.0 566 96 17.0
Moderately influenced 2,285,538 924,103 40.4 1388 238 17.1
Weakly influenced 1,969,211 1,009,939 51.3 1014 272 26.8
Not influenced/Territories 388,680 64,855 16.7 1612 47 2.90
All regions 30,007,094 19,596,583 65.3 5,570 1,009 18.1
Note: The columns "Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey 2004 analysis" report the population and community figures for the municipalities of the Muncipal Water and Wastewater Survey 2004 included in our analysis; that is, for the municipalities for which data were available for the variables of interest. All population figures are for the year 2001.
Source: Authors' elaboration based on Environment Canada, Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey (MWWS), 2004 and Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001.
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