Table 2-2
Population served by drinking water plants — Source water type and drainage region

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Population served by drinking water plants — Source water type and drainage region
Table summary
This table displays the population served by drinking water plants, broken down by source water type and drainage region for 2011. The row headers are comprised of the Canada total and the 25 drainage region names. The column headers are comprised of the drainage region code and the four source water categories including total. The unit of measure is persons. The Pacific Coastal row has a note which reads "Overestimated because some plants located here serve Fraser-Lower Mainland." The Fraser-Lower Mainland row has a note which reads "Underestimated because some of the population is served by plants located in Pacific Coastal." The table has a note which reads "Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding."
  Drainage region Surface water Groundwater Groundwater under the direct influence of surface water Total
  code persons
Canada … 25,149,570 A 3,353,524 A 442,641 A 28,945,736 A
Pacific Coastal 1 1 2,289,172 A 131,660 A 16,509 A 2,437,341 A
Fraser–Lower Mainland 2 2 896,057 A 237,657 A 1,778 A 1,135,494 A
Okanagan–Similkameen 3 208,859 A 36,548 A 2,916 A 248,322 A
Columbia 4 86,053 A 26,433 A .. 112,487 A
Yukon 5 .. 24,796 A 3,500 A 28,296 A
Peace–Athabasca 6 254,122 A 44,470 B 4,210 A 302,802 A
Lower Mackenzie 7 46,721 A 1,500 A 0 … 48,221 A
Arctic Coast–Islands 8 F F F F
Missouri 9 1,481 A 1,341 E F 3,097 B
North Saskatchewan 10 1,287,949 A 47,780 A 6,496 A 1,342,225 A
South Saskatchewan 11 1,903,178 A 61,552 A 48,015 A 2,012,745 A
Assiniboine–Red 12 1,083,512 A 165,154 A 16,446 A 1,265,111 A
Winnipeg 13 49,512 A 0 … 0 … 49,512 A
Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson 14 33,777 A 39,991 A 0 … 73,768 A
Churchill 15 39,277 B 5,442 E .. 44,719 A
Keewatin–Southern Baffin Island 16 F F F F
Northern Ontario 17 61,947 A 29,241 A 0 … 91,188 A
Northern Quebec 18 8,743 C 49,830 E 0 … 58,573 E
Great Lakes 19 8,481,679 A 1,233,150 A 231,917 A 9,946,745 A
Ottawa 20 1,537,383 A 119,614 A 3,331 A 1,660,328 A
St. Lawrence 21 5,408,028 A 590,657 A 76,644 A 6,075,329 A
North Shore–Gaspé 22 295,818 B 156,496 A 5,212 C 457,526 A
Saint John–St. Croix 23 71,244 A 99,952 A 15,983 A 187,178 A
Maritime Coastal 24 686,525 B 220,663 A 5,170 A 912,358 A
Newfoundland–Labrador 25 379,755 A 29,196 B F 413,190 A
1.
Overestimated because some plants located here serve Fraser–Lower Mainland.
2.
Underestimated because some of the population is served by plants located in Pacific Coastal.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0106.
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