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  1. Symbols
  2. Note to readers
  3. Note of appreciation
  4. Standards of service to the public
  5. Copyright

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0
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0s
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p
preliminary
r
revised
x
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E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
*
significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

Note to readers

Corrections have been made to this product.

The publication has been reloaded on September 14, 2012

Please take note of the following changes:

The 2009 data on industrial wastewater have been corrected in the following sections:
Highlights
Canada's waste generation – the big picture
Industrial wastewater

The following chart and tables have been changed:
Chart 2.2 – "Major wastewater discharges, 2009"
Table 4.1 – "Wastewater discharge from manufacturing, mineral extraction and thermal-electric power industries, 2009"
Table 4.2 – "Water costs for manufacturing, mineral extraction and thermal-electric power industries, 2009"

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© Minister of Industry, 2012

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September 2012

Catalogue no. 16-201-X

ISSN 1923-6743

Catalogue no. 16-201-X

ISSN 1923-6751

Frequency: Annual

Ottawa

Environment Accounts and Statistics Division

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