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Table 16Treatment of drinking water1 by households with well or other non municipal2 water supply, by province, 2006

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Treatment of drinking water by households with well or other non municipal water supply, by province, 2006
  Households with non-municipal water supply 2 , 3 Consumed tap water 4 Used a filter or purifier on tap or supply pipe 4 Used a stand-alone filter 4 Used any drinking water filter 4 Boiled or used other water treatment methods 4 Did not treat tap water 4
                  percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 81 24 30 47 F 52
Prince Edward Island 53 87 12 11 E 20 F 78
Nova Scotia 40 71 26 19 41 F 57
New Brunswick 45 83 24 17 37 F 61
Quebec 11 69 21 8 27 5 E 69
Ontario 11 65 42 21 55 8 41
Manitoba 18 62 24 23 43 F 49
Saskatchewan 14 61 F F 39 F 54
Alberta 12 56 32 10 E 41 F 54
British Columbia 9 67 28 17 E 40 F 58
Canada 13 68 30 16 41 6 55
1.
Treatment information relates only to households reporting that tap water is consumed.
2.
Includes private well, surface source or other sources.
3.
As a percentage of all households.
4.
As a percentage of households on non-municipal water supply.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.
Date Modified: 2007-12-06

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