Table 29
Water intake in thermal-electric power generation industries, by source and region, 2011

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Water intake in thermal-electric power generation industries, by source and region, 2011
  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.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0079 and 153-0082.
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