Table 29
Water intake in thermal-electric power generation
industries, by source and region, 2011
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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 | ||||||||
| Region | ||||||||
| Atlantic 1 | x | x | x | x | 0.0 | 1,649.2 A | 0.0 | 1,656.4 A |
| Quebec | 0.8 E | 632.9 A | 0.0 E | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 633.7 A |
| Ontario | x | 19,335.7 A | x | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19,344.0 A |
| Prairies 2 | 4.5 D | 1,385.6 A | x | x | 0.0 E | 0.0 | 427.7 A | 1,842.4 A |
| British Columbia and territories 3 | x | x | 0.0 | 0.1 A | 0.0 | 12.9 A | 0.0 | 20.8 A |
| Canada | 17.4 B | 21,362.2 A | 2.5 D | 25.5 E | 0.0 E | 1,662.0 A | 427.7 A | 23,497.2 A |
| percent | ||||||||
| Percentage of total water intake | 0.1 | 90.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 100.0 |
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.
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