Chart 2.6
Water use, by sector, 2013
Data table for Chart 2.6
| Water use | |
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| million cubic metres | |
| Natural gas distribution, water, sewage and other systems | 885 |
| Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction | 982 |
| All other industries | 1,189 |
| Crop and animal production | 2,007 |
| Households | 3,239 |
| Manufacturing | 3,954 |
| Electric power generation, transmission and distribution | 25,635 |
| Total, industries and households | 37,892 |
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Note: Water use by the electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry does not include water use for hydro-electric power generation. Water use estimates for the natural gas distribution and water, sewage and other systems industries include water loss and leakages through water treatment and distribution systems. Mining and oil and gas extraction includes the coal mining, metal ore mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying, oil and gas extraction and support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction industries. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 153-0116 (accessed February 9, 2017). |
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