Table 34
Water discharge in thermal-electric power generation industries, by type of final treatment and region, 2009

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Water discharge in thermal-electric power generation industries, by type of final treatment and region, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of water discharge in thermal-electric power generation industries water not treated before discharge, primary or mechanical, secondary or biological and tertiary or advanced, calculated using millions of cubic metres units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Water not treated before discharge Primary or mechanical Secondary or biological Tertiary or advanced
  millions of cubic metres
Region  
Atlantic  Note 1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1.6  Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Quebec 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 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Prairies  Note 2 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 F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
British Columbia and territories  Note 3 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 0.0
Canada 15,219.3  A x x x
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.        
Prairie provinces include: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.        
British Columbia and territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.        
Note(s): Thermal-electric power generation is defined as fossil-fuel electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221112) and nuclear electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221113). Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.        
         
1.
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
2.
Prairie provinces include: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
3.
British Columbia and territories include: British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Thermal-electric power generation is defined as fossil-fuel electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221112) and nuclear electric power generation (North American Industry Classification System, code 221113). Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 153-0093.
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