Table 4
Primary type of drinking water consumed, by province
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| Municipal and non-municipal water supply 1 | Municipal water supply 2 | Non-municipal water supply 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap water | Bottled | Both tap water and bottled water | Tap water | Bottled | Both tap water and bottled water | Tap water | Bottled | Both tap water and bottled water | |
| percent | |||||||||
| Canada | 66 | 24 | 9 | 66 | 24 | 10 | 64 | 28 | 7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 62 | 28 | 6 E | 60 | 29 | 6 E | 71 | F | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 76 | 16 E | F | 70 | 20 E | F | 85 | F | F |
| Nova Scotia | 69 | 24 | 6 E | 69 | 23 | F | 71 | 24 | F |
| New Brunswick | 64 | 26 | 8 E | 60 | 31 | F | 71 | 19 | F |
| Quebec | 61 | 29 | 10 | 61 | 29 | 10 | 62 | 29 | F |
| Ontario | 66 | 24 | 10 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 61 | 31 | 7 |
| Manitoba | 62 | 26 | 12 E | 62 | 25 | 13 E | 51 | 38 | F |
| Saskatchewan | 68 | 26 | 5 E | 69 | 25 | 6 E | 49 E | F | F |
| Alberta | 68 | 24 | 8 | 69 | 23 | 8 | 55 | 39 E | F |
| British Columbia | 73 | 17 | 10 | 73 | 16 | 11 | 72 | 16 E | F |
As a percentage of all households.
As a percentage of all households that had
a municipal water supply.
As a percentage of all households that had
a non-municipal water supply.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM
table 153-0063.
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