Table 4
Primary type of drinking water consumed, by province

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Primary type of drinking water consumed, by province
Table summary
This table displays the primary type of drinking water consumed. The row headers provide information for all of Canada and by province. The column headers provide information on the proportion of households that reported consuming primarily tap water, bottled water, or both tap water and bottled water equally, for all households, households with municipal water supplies and households with non-municipal water supplies.
  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 68 22 9 68 22 10 66 27 6
Newfoundland and Labrador 64 27 6 E 61 30 7 E 81 F F
Prince Edward Island 81 14 E F 75 18 E F 88 F F
Nova Scotia 77 17 5 E 79 16 F 73 20 F
New Brunswick 70 25 4 E 66 29 F 75 20 F
Quebec 63 27 9 62 28 10 71 23 F
Ontario 65 23 12 65 21 13 59 33 8
Manitoba 67 25 8 E 67 24 9 E 64 30 F
Saskatchewan 76 20 3 E 78 19 3 E 49 39 F
Alberta 68 24 8 69 23 8 57 36 F
British Columbia 80 11 8 82 10 8 68 23 E F
1.
As a percentage of all households.
2.
As a percentage of all households that had a municipal water supply.
3.
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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