Table 7
Reasons why households with a municipal water supply
treated their tap water before using it, by province
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| Treated water prior to consumption 1 | Reasons for treating 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To improve appearance, taste or odour | To remove water treatment chemicals such as chlorine | To soften the water | To remove metals or minerals other than hard water | To remove possible bacterial contamination | Due to a boil water advisory | Because treatment device was already installed or pre-existing | Other reasons | ||
| percent | |||||||||
| Canada | 51 | 55 | 48 | 15 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 64 | 50 | 41 | F | 20 | 23 | 22 | F | 12 E |
| Prince Edward Island | 56 | 75 | 67 | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Nova Scotia | 52 | 59 | 48 | F | 15 E | 23 E | F | F | F |
| New Brunswick | 46 | 54 | 51 | F | F | 18 E | 25 E | F | F |
| Quebec | 36 | 56 | 49 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 17 | 4 E | 11 E |
| Ontario | 58 | 54 | 50 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 7 | 4 E | 10 |
| Manitoba | 52 | 65 | 49 | F | 24 E | 44 | F | F | F |
| Saskatchewan | 46 | 75 | 48 | 13 E | 32 | 38 | 9 E | F | F |
| Alberta | 55 | 55 | 48 | 14 | 34 | 29 | 5 E | 6 E | 13 E |
| British Columbia | 57 | 50 | 42 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 4 E | 13 E |
As a percentage of households with a municipal
water supply reporting that tap water was used.
Relates only to households reporting that tap
water was used.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM
table 153-0066.
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