Table 2.3
Freshwater quality, by drainage region, 2010 to 2012

Table 2.3 
Freshwater quality, by drainage region, 2010 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Freshwater quality code, Freshwater quality, Total, Poor, Marginal, Fair, Good and Excellent, calculated using number of sites units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  code Freshwater quality Total
Poor Marginal Fair Good Excellent
number of sites
Canada Note ...: not applicable 3 27 64 69 9 172
Pacific Coastal 1 0 0 4 2 0 6
Fraser–Lower Mainland 2 0 2 3 1 1 7
Okanagan–Similkameen 3 0 0 1 1 0 2
Columbia 4 0 0 2 5 0 7
Peace–Athabasca 6 0 1 4 0 1 6
North Saskatchewan 10 0 0 2 4 0 6
South Saskatchewan 11 0 2 2 5 2 11
Assiniboine–Red 12 0 3 9 3 0 15
Winnipeg 13 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson 14 0 1 4 7 0 12
Great Lakes 19 0 5 6 4 1 16
Ottawa 20 0 1 2 6 1 10
St. Lawrence 21 3 8 12 5 0 28
Saint John–St. Croix 23 0 0 3 7 0 10
Maritime Coastal 24 0 2 7 8 1 18
Newfoundland–Labrador 25 0 2 3 11 1 17
... not applicable
Note: Freshwater quality was assessed at 172 sites using the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment's Water Quality Index.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2016, “Regional freshwater quality in Canadian rivers,” Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, (accessed April 15, 2016).
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