Table 12
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 | 80 | 14 | 1 E | 91 | 4 | 0 E | 7 | 87 | F |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 75 | 21 | F | 87 | 9 E | F | F | 90 | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 50 | 46 | F | 91 | F | F | F | 93 | F |
| Nova Scotia | 63 | 34 | F | 94 | F | F | 13 E | 84 | F |
| New Brunswick | 57 | 36 | F | 90 | F | F | 15 E | 79 | F |
| Quebec | 80 | 15 | F | 91 | 4 E | F | F | 87 | F |
| Ontario | 80 | 13 | F | 92 | 4 | F | F | 89 | F |
| Manitoba | 85 | 12 | F | 94 | 4 E | F | 16 E | 77 | F |
| Saskatchewan | 91 | 8 E | F | 98 | F | F | F | 98 | F |
| Alberta | 86 | 9 | F | 95 | F | F | F | 92 | F |
| British Columbia | 81 | 12 | 1 E | 87 | 6 | F | 11 E | 83 | 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, 2011 (survey number 3881).
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