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  • 1. Treatment of main source of water by households, Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas (CMA)
    Table: 38-10-0277-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    This table contains 5040 series, with data for years 2007 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (48 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Type of supply (3 items: Municipal and non-municipal water supply; Municipal water supply; Non-municipal water supply);  Treatment of drinking water (35 items: Treated water prior to consumption; Used a filter or purifier; Used a filter or purifier on the main supply pipe; Treatment applied to main supply pipe, activated charcoal filter; ...).

    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 2. Water yield: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024001
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of annual and 30-year average estimates of water yield. Tracking water yield—an estimate of renewable water supply derived from National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) streamflow data—provides information to help understand water resources available for human use and ecosystem needs. Annual datasets are available for the years 1971 to 2021 and cover southern Canada. Thirty-year averages are available for 1971-2000, 1981-2010, and 1991-2020. They cover the terrestrial and freshwater extent of Canada, except for the Arctic Archipelago.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 3. Water yield: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024002
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the water yield geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 4. Median, maximum and minimum monthly water yield for selected drainage regions
    Table: 38-10-0003-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of median, minimum and maximum monthly renewable freshwater for selected drainage regions over 30-year periods. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 5. Annual water yield for selected ecoprovinces
    Table: 38-10-0091-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Annual estimates of renewable freshwater for selected ecoprovinces beginning in 1971.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 6. Median, minimum and maximum monthly water yield for selected ecoprovinces
    Table: 38-10-0095-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of median, minimum and maximum monthly renewable freshwater for selected ecoprovinces over 30-year periods. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 7. Thirty-year water yield averages and variability
    Table: 38-10-0174-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of renewable freshwater variability and annual and seasonal averages over 30-year periods for selected drainage regions and ecoprovinces. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 8. Annual water yield for selected drainage regions and Southern Canada
    Table: 38-10-0283-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Annual estimates of renewable freshwater for selected drainage regions and southern Canada beginning in 1971.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 9. Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days, urban and rural, and population size, Infrastructure Canada
    Table: 34-10-0209-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days (excluding those precautionary in nature), urban and rural, and population size. Values are also presented in percentages.

    Release date: 2022-07-26
  • 10. Freshwater in Canada: A look at Canada’s freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018011
    Description:

    The infographic “Freshwater in Canada: A look at Canada’s freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013,” presents some highlights from the publication Human Activity and the Environment, 2017: Freshwater in Canada (Catalogue no. 16-201-X). It includes multiple components including a map, a graph, pictographs and facts about the depth of renewable freshwater resources and water use.

    Release date: 2018-05-03
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Data (10) ((10 results))

  • 1. Treatment of main source of water by households, Canada, provinces and census metropolitan areas (CMA)
    Table: 38-10-0277-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description:

    This table contains 5040 series, with data for years 2007 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (48 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...);  Type of supply (3 items: Municipal and non-municipal water supply; Municipal water supply; Non-municipal water supply);  Treatment of drinking water (35 items: Treated water prior to consumption; Used a filter or purifier; Used a filter or purifier on the main supply pipe; Treatment applied to main supply pipe, activated charcoal filter; ...).

    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 2. Median, maximum and minimum monthly water yield for selected drainage regions
    Table: 38-10-0003-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of median, minimum and maximum monthly renewable freshwater for selected drainage regions over 30-year periods. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 3. Annual water yield for selected ecoprovinces
    Table: 38-10-0091-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Annual estimates of renewable freshwater for selected ecoprovinces beginning in 1971.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 4. Median, minimum and maximum monthly water yield for selected ecoprovinces
    Table: 38-10-0095-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of median, minimum and maximum monthly renewable freshwater for selected ecoprovinces over 30-year periods. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 5. Thirty-year water yield averages and variability
    Table: 38-10-0174-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Estimates of renewable freshwater variability and annual and seasonal averages over 30-year periods for selected drainage regions and ecoprovinces. Data are aggregated by standard climate normal reference periods: 1971 to 2000, 1981 to 2010 and 1991 to 2020.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 6. Annual water yield for selected drainage regions and Southern Canada
    Table: 38-10-0283-01
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Annual estimates of renewable freshwater for selected drainage regions and southern Canada beginning in 1971.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 7. Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days, urban and rural, and population size, Infrastructure Canada
    Table: 34-10-0209-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description:

    Municipal owners of potable water assets by drinking water advisories that exceeded 15 days (excluding those precautionary in nature), urban and rural, and population size. Values are also presented in percentages.

    Release date: 2022-07-26
  • 8. Households and the environment survey, treatment of drinking water Archived
    Table: 38-10-0276-01
    Frequency: Every 2 years
    Description: This table shows whether Canadian households treated their water prior to consumption and the method(s) and reason(s) if they did. The unit of measure is percent. The table is biennial.
    Release date: 2016-02-18
  • 9. Selected glaciers' mass balance
    Table: 38-10-0089-01
    Geography: Glacier
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: These data are annual measures of mass for selected glaciers in Canada.
    Release date: 2012-02-28
  • 10. Fresh water resources in Canada Archived
    Table: 16-201-X20030006667
    Description:

    Water is a basic necessity of life: access to clean water in sufficient quantity is an integral part of our well-being. It has had a strong influence on Canada's development as a country and remains a precious part of our natural resource wealth.

    While Canadians live in a country with a plentiful supply of fresh water, they are also concerned about a number of water-related issues. These include the availability, distribution, use and quality of water, as well as the controls placed on water usage. This article examines these issues by creating a statistical portrait of Canada's fresh water resources.

    Release date: 2003-12-03
Analysis (7)

Analysis (7) ((7 results))

  • 1. Freshwater in Canada: A look at Canada’s freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018011
    Description:

    The infographic “Freshwater in Canada: A look at Canada’s freshwater resources from 1971 to 2013,” presents some highlights from the publication Human Activity and the Environment, 2017: Freshwater in Canada (Catalogue no. 16-201-X). It includes multiple components including a map, a graph, pictographs and facts about the depth of renewable freshwater resources and water use.

    Release date: 2018-05-03
  • 2. Freshwater in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-201-X201700014784
    Description: The article "Freshwater in Canada" provides up-to-date statistics on freshwater supply and demand. The report includes includes maps, charts and tables for each of Canada's 25 drainage regions. It also provides data on some of the factors that influence the supply and quality of freshwater.
    Release date: 2017-03-21
  • 3. Freshwater supply and demand in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 16-201-X201000011295
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This analytical article "Freshwater Supply and Demand in Canada", provides information on Canada's freshwater supply as well as the demands placed on it. New research done within Statistics Canada is complimented by information from other sources, including other federal government departments, international bodies and scientific journals.

    Section 1 of this article compares Canada's renewable water resources to those of other countries, introduces key highlights and presents a short water primer. Section 2 quantifies Canada's renewable water resources (annual water yield), shows how water yield has changed from 1971 to 2004, and presents graphs of water yield by month for four regions of the country. Section 3 quantifies economic and residential water use in Canada and concludes with an analysis of the relationship between supply and demand. A glossary of terms used in the publication is available in Section 4.

    Release date: 2010-09-13
  • 4. Measuring renewable water assets in Canada: Initial results and research agenda Archived
    Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900210889
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canada's renewable water resources are mostly the result of rain and melted snow that flow over the ground, eventually reaching our rivers and lakes. This article describes the results of a new methodology producing consistent national estimates of Canada's total annual average water yield from 1971 to 2000.

    Release date: 2009-06-18
  • 5. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: Freshwater Quality Indicator: Data Sources and Methods Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 16-256-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report presents details on the data sources and methods underlying the freshwater quality indicator as it was reported in the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, 2007 (16-251-XWE). The national freshwater quality indicator provides an overall measure of the suitability of water bodies to support aquatic life in selected monitoring sites in Canada.

    Details on this indicator reported after 2007 can be found on Environment Canada's site: www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/

    Release date: 2008-06-20
  • 6. Rural-Urban Differences Across Canada's Watersheds Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2007001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This bulletin extends the analysis to present selected socioeconomic characteristics of the population by type of watershed. This analysis is based on Statistics Canada's 2001 Census of Population data tabulated according to drainage sub-basins.

    Release date: 2007-06-29
  • 7. Canada's Watersheds: The Demographic Basis for an Urban-Rural Dialogue Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2005006
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This bulletin groups watersheds according to the share of their population that is designated as "census rural" in order to profile the rural versus urban demographic structure of watersheds across Canada.
    Release date: 2006-01-05
Reference (5)

Reference (5) ((5 results))

  • 1. Water yield: Geospatial files
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024001
    Description: This product contains gridded datasets of annual and 30-year average estimates of water yield. Tracking water yield—an estimate of renewable water supply derived from National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) streamflow data—provides information to help understand water resources available for human use and ecosystem needs. Annual datasets are available for the years 1971 to 2021 and cover southern Canada. Thirty-year averages are available for 1971-2000, 1981-2010, and 1991-2020. They cover the terrestrial and freshwater extent of Canada, except for the Arctic Archipelago.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 2. Water yield: Data product specifications
    Geographic files and documentation: 16-510-X2024002
    Description: This product contains specifications intended for users of the water yield geospatial files. This document provides important technical information for users and links to methodology.
    Release date: 2024-09-19
  • 3. Using a Trend-cycle Approach to Estimate Changes in Southern Canada's Water Yield from 1971 to 2004 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2010014
    Description: Quantifying how Canada's water yield has changed over time is an important component of the water accounts maintained by Statistics Canada. This study evaluates the movement in the series of annual water yield estimates for Southern Canada from 1971 to 2004. We estimated the movement in the series using a trend-cycle approach and found that water yield for southern Canada has generally decreased over the period of observation.
    Release date: 2010-09-13
  • 4. The Water Yield for Canada As a Thirty-year Average (1971 to 2000): Concepts, Methodology and Initial Results Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2009007
    Description: In this paper, we present the methodology developed by Statistics Canada to calculate the average annual water yield for Canada. Water yield, for the purposes of this paper, is defined as the amount of freshwater derived from unregulated flow (m3 s-1) measurements for a given geographic area over a defined period of time. The methodology is applied to the 1971 to 2000 time period.

    This research was conducted to fill data gaps in Statistics Canada's water statistics program. These gaps exist because estimates of freshwater flow for Canada have not been calculated regularly and have been produced using a variety of methods that do not necessarily generate comparable results. The methodology developed in this study produced results that are coherent through space and time. These results will be used in the future to investigate changes in water yield on a more disaggregated basis.

    To achieve the water yield estimate a database of natural streamflow observations from 1971 to 2000 was compiled. The streamflow values were then converted to a runoff depth and interpolated using ordinary kriging to produce spatial estimates of runoff. The spatial estimates were then scaled to create a National estimate of water yield as a thirty-year average. The methodology and results were then validated using a stability analysis and several techniques involving uncertainty. The result of the methodology indicates that the thirty-year average water yield for Canada is 3435 km3.

    Release date: 2009-06-01
  • 5. Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2007003
    Description:

    The objective of the present study is to understand and explain how the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Water Quality Index (WQI) behaves, and at the same time determine its limitations to make a better use of it in the future. In order to do so, four data sets were made available to us thanks to participation of the following provinces: Newfoundland, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec.

    Release date: 2007-09-19

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