Table 8
Reasons why households with a municipal water supply treated their tap water before using it, by province

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Reasons why households with a municipal water supply treated their tap water before using it, by province
Table summary
This table displays data on the reasons households with a municipal water supply treated their tap water before using it. The row headers provide information for all of Canada and by province. The column headers provide information on the proportion of households that treated their water prior to consumption and the reasons they treated their water prior to consumption.
  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 50 50 38 14 23 32 2 9 8
Newfoundland and Labrador 66 51 42 8 E 19 26 F 9 E 10 E
Prince Edward Island 55 71 44 E F F F F F F
Nova Scotia 55 56 50 F 16 E 18 E F F 12 E
New Brunswick 49 51 47 F 11 E 18 E F F F
Quebec 36 40 34 16 18 24 6 E 6 E 8 E
Ontario 57 49 40 14 25 36 F 8 10
Manitoba 52 71 40 9 E 24 E 30 F 6 E 3 E
Saskatchewan 51 69 45 15 E 28 27 F 7 E F
Alberta 52 55 35 13 23 28 F 12 5 E
British Columbia 55 48 36 13 E 26 35 F 12 7 E
1.
As a percentage of households with a municipal water supply reporting that tap water was used.
2.
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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