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Table 15Treatment of drinking water1 by households with a municipal water supply, by province, 2006

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Treatment of drinking water by households with a municipal water supply, by province, 2006
  Households with a municipal water supply 2 Consumed tap water 3 Used a filter or purifier on tap or supply pipe 3 Used any drinking water filter 3 Boiled or used other water treatment methods 3 Did not treat tap water 3
  percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 80 59 17 53 9 40
Prince Edward Island 46 70 14 41 F 56
Nova Scotia 59 69 11 48 F 49
New Brunswick 55 61 13 E 39 F 57
Quebec 88 68 9 25 7 69
Ontario 87 69 18 50 10 43
Manitoba 81 69 18 51 9 42
Saskatchewan 85 75 17 42 5 54
Alberta 88 73 17 44 5 52
British Columbia 90 76 17 45 8 48
Canada 86 70 15 42 8 52
1.
Information relates only to households reporting that tap water was consumed.
2.
As a percentage of all households.
3.
As a percentage of households on municipal water supply.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2006.
Date Modified: 2007-12-06

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