Table 2
Outdoor water conservation, by province

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Outdoor water conservation, by province
  Had a cistern 1 Had a lawn 2 Watered lawn 3 Used a lawn sprinkler 4 Used a timer on lawn sprinkler 5 Had a garden 2 Watered garden 6 Used a garden sprinkler 7 Used a timer on garden sprinkler 8
  percent
Canada 18 70 44 64 31 61 75 23 41
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 E 84 25 55 F 62 47 14 E F
Prince Edward Island 15 E 87 F F F 69 50 F F
Nova Scotia 13 78 15 E 44 E F 65 52 9 E F
New Brunswick 14 81 5 E F F 62 51 14 E F
Quebec 12 64 26 42 47 53 68 11 56
Ontario 21 70 52 62 27 65 79 22 38
Manitoba 26 69 50 75 17 E 61 79 24 21 E
Saskatchewan 26 72 55 83 23 56 78 38 19 E
Alberta 29 80 61 75 25 63 77 32 33
British Columbia 13 66 55 72 49 60 83 38 54
1.
As a percentage of households that were not in apartments.
2.
As a percentage of all households.
3.
As a percentage of households that had a lawn.
4.
As a percentage of households that watered their lawn.
5.
As a percentage of households that used a sprinkler to water their lawn.
6.
As a percentage of households that had a garden.
7.
As a percentage of households that watered their garden.
8.
As a percentage of households that used a sprinkler to water their garden.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Households and the Environment Survey, 2011 (survey number 3881).
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