Table 11
Boil water advisories, by province

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Boil water advisories, by province
Table summary
This table displays data related to boil water advisories. The row headers provide information for all of Canada and by province. The column headers provide information on the proportion of households affected by a boil water advisory, the response of these households to the boil water advisory, and boiling water practices of households.
  Affected by a boil water advisory 1 Response to boil water advisory 2 Boiled water regardless of whether affected by a boil water advisory 1 Boiled water because of a boil water advisory 1 Boiled water without being affected by a boil water advisory 1
Boiled water Drank bottled water instead Filtered water
  percent
Canada 7 54 60 10 11 4 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 25 53 65 30 18 13 4 E
Prince Edward Island F F F F F F F
Nova Scotia F F F F 7 E F 4 E
New Brunswick 8 E 58 E 64 F 9 E 5 E 4 E
Quebec 16 55 66 7 E 13 9 4 E
Ontario 3 E 40 E 55 F 9 1 E 8
Manitoba 3 E 52 E 77 F 9 E 2 E 7 E
Saskatchewan 8 E 53 55 F 8 E 4 E 4 E
Alberta 3 E 60 E 44 E F 8 F 6 E
British Columbia 9 58 45 17 E 16 5 E 10
1.
As a percentage of all households.
2.
As a percentage of households that were affected by a boil water advisory.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2011 (survey number 3881).
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