Environment Canada has a water use database which includes information on all major water users obtained from national surveys on:
Municipal water use
The first set of data is from a federal and provincial inventory of municipal water works and water treatment facilities published in 1975. It was updated by Environment Canada with 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2001 surveys.
Two sets of summary data, reported by community, are available for download. The definitions of the column headings are contained in a Data Description, which can also be downloaded.
2001 Summary Data: | Excel |
Data description: | HTML | PDF |
1983-1999 Summary Data: | Excel |
Data description: | HTML | PDF |
A summary report, entitled Municipal water use, 2001 statistics has also been released.
Municipal water pricing
The municipal water pricing database was developed from the Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. The database is designed to provide easy access to municipal data on water and wastewater pricing from over 1200 Canadian municipalities. These municipalities have populations of at least 1000.
Two sets of summary data, reported by community, are available for download. The definitions of the column headings are contained in a Data Description, which can also be downloaded.
Data description: | HTML | PDF |
2001 Summary Data: | Excel |
Summary tables, updating those in Municipal Water Pricing, 1991-1999, and a description of the methodology, are also available. | HTML | PDF |
1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999 Summary Data: | Excel |
A detailed report on municipal water pricing was released, based on the pricing data collected in the 1999 survey and data from the previous three surveys.
Industrial water use
There have been five use surveys (1976, 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996). They were conducted subject to the federal Statistics Act under an agreement between Statistics Canada and Environment Canada.
The 1996 Industrial Water Survey gathered information on the volume of water use, end uses, water treatment and cost of water in Canada for industrial users. It was mailed out to about 6100 industrial establishments from four sectors: manufacturing, mineral extraction, thermal power, and hydro power.
A detailed report on industrial water use has been released, based on the data collected in the 1996 survey. It makes very general comparisons with the results of the previous two surveys – that conducted in 1991 and to a lesser extent that conducted in 1986.
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