Table 10-2
Water discharge in manufacturing industries, by point of discharge, 2009 — Drainage regions

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Drainage regions


Table summary
This table displays the results of drainage regions public and municipal utilities, surface water bodies, tidewater , groundwater, other, total water discharge and percentage of total water discharge, calculated using millions of cubic metres,  % and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Public and municipal utilities Surface water bodies Tidewater  Note 1 Groundwater Other Total water discharge Percentage of total water discharge
  millions of cubic metres  %
Canada 337.5  B 2,591.2  B 380.0  C 63.0  Note E: Use with caution 78.9  D 3,450.6  A 100.0
Pacific Coastal Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note F: too unreliable to be published 144.6  Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note F: too unreliable to be published 197.9  Note E: Use with caution 5.7
Fraser - Lower Mainland 10.0  D 141.8  D Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.3  Note E: Use with caution 159.9  C 4.6
Okanagan - Similkameen Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1.5  C 0.0
Columbia Note F: too unreliable to be published 171.3  Note E: Use with caution 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 171.4  Note E: Use with caution 5.0
Yukon Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.0  A 0.0
Peace - Athabasca 0.0  Note E: Use with caution 159.3  C 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 160.0  C 4.6
Lower Mackenzie Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Arctic Coast - Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Missouri Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
North Saskatchewan 11.0  Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 16.4  D 0.5
South Saskatchewan 10.8  Note E: Use with caution 7.6  B 0.0 0.1  Note E: Use with caution 15.5  Note E: Use with caution 33.9  D 1.0
Assiniboine - Red 21.5  Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.5  D 26.5  Note E: Use with caution 0.8
Winnipeg 0.2  B Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Lower Saskatchewan - Nelson Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 52.2  A 0.0 1.2  C Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 54.9  A 1.6
Churchill 0.0  Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Keewatin - Southern Baffin Island Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Northern Ontario Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 0.0  D Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 77.4  A 2.2
Northern Quebec Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 6.9  C 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 7.0  C 0.2
Great Lakes  Note 2 247.0  B 1,624.4  B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 25.3  C 1,901.3  B 55.1
Ottawa  Note 2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note .: not available for any reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
St. Lawrence  Note 2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note .: not available for any reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
North Shore - Gaspé 2.9  Note E: Use with caution 76.3  Note E: Use with caution 48.7  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 128.7  C 3.7
Saint John - St. Croix 4.4  Note E: Use with caution 103.3  A Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 131.0  A 3.8
Maritime Coastal 13.4  Note E: Use with caution 27.5  Note E: Use with caution 156.2  C Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 274.5  C 8.0
Newfoundland - Labrador 6.0  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.5  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 13.0  Note E: Use with caution 0.4
  percent
Percentage of total water discharge 9.8 75.1 11.0 1.8 2.3 100.0 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
For 2005, tidewater is included in surface water bodies and other points of discharge. As of 2007, it appears separately.              
As of 2007, data for the Great Lakes drainage region, the Ottawa drainage region and the St. Lawrence drainage region are combined under the Great Lakes drainage region.              
Note(s): Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.              
               
1.
For 2005, tidewater is included in surface water bodies and other points of discharge. As of 2007, it appears separately.
2.
As of 2007, data for the Great Lakes drainage region, the Ottawa drainage region and the St. Lawrence drainage region are combined under the Great Lakes drainage region.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0070 and 153-0071.
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