Table 1
Water use parameters in manufacturing industries,
by industry group, 2011
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| Intake | Recirculation | Recirculation rate 1 | Gross water use 2 | Discharge | Consumption 3 | Consumption rate 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | millions of cubic metres | % | |||
| Total | 3,677.5 A | 100.0 | 1,870.0 A | 100.0 | 50.8 | 5,547.5 | 100.0 | 3,226.8 A | 100.0 | 450.7 | 100.0 | 12.3 |
| Food | 346.4 B | 9.4 | 49.5 B | 2.6 | 14.3 | 395.9 | 7.1 | 312.5 B | 9.7 | 33.9 | 7.5 | 9.8 |
| Beverage and tobacco | 46.8 B | 1.3 | 1.3 D | 0.1 | 2.8 | 48.1 | 0.9 | 34.4 A | 1.1 | 12.4 | 2.8 | 26.5 |
| Textile mills | 1.7 D | 0.0 | x | x | x | x | x | 1.6 D | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5.9 |
| Textile products | 1.4 E | 0.0 | F | F | F | F | F | 1.2 E | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.3 |
| Wood | 28.6 E | 0.8 | x | x | x | x | x | 19.0 E | 0.6 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 33.6 |
| Paper | 1,322.5 A | 36.0 | 598.9 B | 32.0 | 45.3 | 1,921.4 | 34.6 | 1,281.7 A | 39.7 | 40.8 | 9.1 | 3.1 |
| Petroleum and coal | 288.8 A | 7.9 | 212.4 D | 11.4 | 73.5 | 501.2 | 9.0 | 259.8 A | 8.1 | 29.0 | 6.4 | 10.0 |
| Chemicals | 451.0 C | 12.3 | 49.9 A | 2.7 | 11.1 | 500.9 | 9.0 | 317.8 B | 9.8 | 133.2 | 29.6 | 29.5 |
| Plastics and rubber | 26.7 D | 0.7 | 3.0 E | 0.2 | 11.2 | 29.7 | 0.5 | 22.3 D | 0.7 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| Non-metallic minerals | 44.3 C | 1.2 | 5.8 D | 0.3 | 13.1 | 50.1 | 0.9 | 29.0 C | 0.9 | 15.3 | 3.4 | 34.5 |
| Primary metals | 1,076.1 A | 29.3 | 930.7 A | 49.8 | 86.5 | 2,006.8 | 36.2 | 906.6 A | 28.1 | 169.5 | 37.6 | 15.8 |
| Fabricated metals | 6.0 D | 0.2 | x | x | x | x | x | 5.8 D | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Machinery | 3.6 E | 0.1 | F | F | F | F | F | 3.5 E | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Computers and electronics 5 | F | F | x | x | x | x | x | F | F | F | F | F |
| Electrical products 5 | 1.1 D | 0.0 | x | x | x | x | x | 1.1 D | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Transportation equipment | 24.1 B | 0.7 | 0.9 D | 0.0 | 3.7 | 25.0 | 0.5 | 22.6 B | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 1.4 B | 0.0 | x | x | x | x | x | 1.0 B | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 28.6 |
| Other 6 | 1.6 D | 0.0 | x | x | x | x | x | 1.2 E | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 25.0 |
Recirculation rate = Amount of recirculated
water as a percent of intake. The same water can leave a sub-system and re-enter
it or is used in another sub-system many times, resulting in a recirculation
rate > 100%.
Gross water use = Intake + Recirculation.
Consumption = Intake - Discharge.
Consumption rate = Consumption as a percentage
of Intake.
For 2005, computer and electronic product
manufacturing and electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing
are included in the other manufacturing industries category. As of 2007,
they appear separately.
Other manufacturing industries combines the
following industry groups 3-digit North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS): clothing manufacturing (315), leather and allied product manufacturing
(316), printing and related support activities (323) and furniture and related
product manufacturing (337). The industry groups included in other manufacturing
industries may vary from year to year.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 153-0047.
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