Table 5-1
Water intake in manufacturing industries, by
source, 2011 — Provinces and territories
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| Freshwater source | Saline water source | Total water intake | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | Self-supplied | Self-supplied | ||||||
| Surface water bodies | Groundwater | Other | Groundwater | Tidewater | Other | |||
| millions of cubic metres | ||||||||
| Canada | 457.7 A | 2,822.6 A | 122.2 D | 99.5 B | x | 173.7 C | x | 3,677.5 A |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | x | x | F | x | 0.0 | 3.9 E | 0.0 | 16.1 D |
| Prince Edward Island | x | 0.0 | 3.8 B | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 0.0 | 9.2 E |
| Nova Scotia | x | x | x | 32.2 B | x | x | x | 139.9 C |
| New Brunswick | 53.6 A | x | x | x | x | x | 0.0 | 191.1 C |
| Quebec | 156.8 B | 672.8 B | 13.6 E | x | x | 0.5 E | 0.0 | 850.0 B |
| Ontario | 148.4 C | 1,314.6 A | x | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | 1,496.7 A |
| Manitoba | 9.7 C | x | 9.7 B | x | x | 0.0 | x | 95.9 A |
| Saskatchewan | x | x | x | 0.1 B | 0.0 | 0.0 | x | x |
| Alberta | 34.4 C | 166.2 A | x | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 207.7 A |
| British Columbia | 24.8 C | 487.6 A | 46.5 E | 37.8 B | 0.0 | 57.6 D | 0.0 | 654.3 A |
| Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut | x | x | 0.0 B | 0.0 B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | x |
| percent | ||||||||
| Percentage of total water intake | 12.4 | 76.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | x | 4.7 | x | 100.0 |
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
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