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New releases
Survey of Drinking Water Plants
Additional data from the Survey of Drinking Water Plants are now available at the national level, by province and territory and by drainage region for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 reporting years.
Released December 8, 2010. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the information officer (613-951-0297; fax: 613-951-0634; environ@statcan.ca), Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.
Environmental Protection Expenditures in the Business Sector, 2008
This publication consists of data from the 2008 Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures. Estimates of environmental protection expenditures, by industry and province, made by Canadian businesses in response to environmental regulations, conventions or voluntary agreements, are presented. The estimates include capital and operating expenditures made for pollution abatement and control, pollution prevention, environmental assessments and audits, and environmental monitoring activities.
Released November 16, 2010 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16F0006X).
Upcoming releases
Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors, 2008
The report presents results from two surveys: the Waste Management Industry Survey - Business Sector and the Waste Management Industry Survey - Government Sector. Information on the physical quantities of non-hazardous waste disposed and diverted in Canada was gathered from these two surveys. The first survey covered those operations and facilities owned by businesses that provided waste management services while the second covered operations and facilities owned by Canadian local governments and other local bodies engaged in the delivery of waste management services. Information on the employment and financial characteristics of businesses and local governments involved in the supply of these services is also reported.
To be released December 22, 2010 (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16F0023X).
New developments
Agricultural Water Survey, 2010
Statistics Canada is currently conducting the second iteration of the Agricultural Water Survey. At this time, data collection covering the 2010 growing season is completed, and data are being processed. The information collected includes measures of the volume of water used for irrigation by crop type, the area of irrigated land, irrigation method, sources of irrigation water, practices to conserve water and energy, and water treatment prior to irrigation.
Data will be available in the spring of 2011, with a report scheduled for release in the summer.
A technical paper describing the methodology used for the first iteration of the survey can be found here: Agricultural Water Use Survey 2007, Methodology Report.
Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2011
Statistics Canada is preparing to conduct the second iteration of the Survey of Drinking Water Plants. This survey collects information from drinking water plants serving communities of 300 or more people. The survey collects information on volumes of water treated, type of treatment, financial aspects of the operation, as well as raw water quality.
The revised questionnaire was tested this fall, and will be administered near the end of 2011. Results from the first iteration of the survey are found here: Survey of Drinking Water Plants, 2005 to 2007.
Several EnviroStats articles have also used the results from this survey, including one in this issue: Monthly variations in drinking water production, 2005 to 2007.
CANSIM tables and updates
CANSIM is Statistics Canada's key socio-economic database.
Updates have been made to the following CANSIM tables:
CANSIM table 153-0001, Value of established natural gas reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0002, Value of established crude oil reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0003, Value of recoverable subbituminous coal and lignite reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0004, Value of recoverable bituminous coal reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0005, Value of established crude bitumen reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0006, Value of proven and probable potash reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0007, Value of proven and probable gold reserves from gold mines, annual
CANSIM table 153-0008, Value of proven and probable iron reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0010, Value of proven and probable reserves of miscellaneous minerals, annual
CANSIM table 153-0011, Value of timber stocks, annual
CANSIM table 153-0012, Established crude bitumen reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0013, Established crude oil reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0014, Established natural gas reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0015, Established reserves of natural gas liquids, annual
CANSIM table 153-0016, Established sulphur reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0017, Recoverable reserves of bituminous coal, annual
CANSIM table 153-0018, Recoverable subbituminous coal and lignite reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0019, Recoverable uranium reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0020, Proven and probable copper reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0021, Proven and probable gold reserves from gold mines, annual
CANSIM table 153-0022, Proven and probable iron reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0023, Proven and probable lead reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0024, Proven and probable molybdenum reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0025, Proven and probable nickel reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0026, Proven and probable potash reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0027, Proven and probable silver reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0028, Proven and probable zinc reserves, annual
CANSIM table 153-0052, Capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of activity, Canada, every two years
CANSIM table 153-0053, Capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity, Canada, provinces and territories, every two years
CANSIM table 153-0054, Distribution of capital expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) and pollution prevention, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of environmental medium, Canada, every two years
CANSIM table 153-0055, Distribution of capital expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) and pollution prevention, by type of environmental medium, Canada, provinces and territories, every two years
CANSIM table 153-0056, Capital and operating expenditures on environmental protection, by type of activity and establishment size, Canada, every two years
Summary tables and updates
The following summary tables have been added to the Statistics Canada website:
Capital expenditures on pollution abatement and control (end-of-pipe) by medium and industry
Capital expenditures on pollution prevention by medium and industry
Expenditures on environmental protection by industry and activity
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