Table 10
Sewer and septic system connections, by province
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| Sewer | Private septic system | Communal septic system | Municipal water supply 1 | Non-municipal water supply 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer | Private septic system | Communal septic system | Sewer | Private septic system | Communal septic system | ||||
| percent | |||||||||
| Canada | 82 | 13 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 0 E | 8 | 87 | 2 E |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 80 | 15 E | F | 90 | F | F | F | 87 | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 63 | 36 | F | 96 | F | F | F | 88 | F |
| Nova Scotia | 62 | 34 | F | 94 | F | F | 14 E | 85 | F |
| New Brunswick | 52 | 42 | F | 95 | F | F | 12 E | 83 | F |
| Quebec | 83 | 13 | F | 93 | 3 E | F | 9 E | 89 | F |
| Ontario | 81 | 10 | F | 90 | 3 | F | F | 91 | F |
| Manitoba | 85 | 14 | F | 96 | F | F | F | 80 | F |
| Saskatchewan | 91 | 6 E | F | 97 | F | F | F | 78 | F |
| Alberta | 88 | 8 E | F | 96 | F | F | F | 90 | F |
| British Columbia | 82 | 13 | F | 90 | 5 E | F | F | 85 | F |
As a percentage of households that had a municipal
water supply.
As a percentage of households that had a non-municipal
water supply.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households
and the Environment Survey, 2009 (survey number 3881).
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