Table 18: Percent of Municipalities and Population Served with Various Water Conservation Measures (2), by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

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 Water Efficiency Plan Water Conservation Target Alternative Sources of "New" Water****Wastewater Reclamation or ReuseStormwater Reclamation or Reuse
 Mun.**Pop.***Mun.**Pop.***Mun.**Pop.***Mun.**Pop.***Mun.**Pop.***
NL
15.4%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
PEI
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
NS
7.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
NB
6.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
3.4%
39.1%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
0.4%
QC
11.3%
42.3%
5.4%
37.0%
8.2%
18.5%
1.1%
1.6%
1.1%
1.8%
ON
16.3%
64.8%
5.3%
56.8%
6.7%
1.2%
1.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
MB
13.6%
44.0%
4.9%
38.7%
4.5%
24.6%
0.0%
0.0%
4.4%
37.1%
SK
12.0%
4.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2.6%
26.1%
2.4%
18.8%
4.9%
13.9%
AB
17.1%
28.9%
8.1%
22.6%
13.6%
48.0%
13.5%
31.9%
6.4%
26.7%
BC
45.3%
57.7%
18.4%
6.9%
25.0%
48.4%
9.5%
9.8%
9.1%
51.6%
Territories
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Population
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
< 1000
8.4%
8.8%
1.1%
1.3%
3.1%
2.7%
0.5%
0.2%
1.0%
0.5%
1001-2000
9.0%
8.4%
4.0%
4.2%
4.7%
6.2%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
2.9%
2001-5000
14.6%
14.1%
2.8%
4.9%
9.1%
10.6%
5.0%
6.6%
2.5%
5.9%
5001-50 000
18.0%
29.2%
5.8%
9.3%
12.7%
22.4%
5.7%
9.8%
3.1%
4.5%
50 001-500 000
42.5%
46.4%
25.6%
21.3%
18.9%
9.2%
4.8%
2.3%
9.5%
8.0%
> 500 000
75.0%
77.7%
62.5%
75.1%
37.5%
23.1%
22.2%
2.5%
33.3%
23.2%
Total, 2009
15.4%
53.7%
5.4%
38.8%
8.7%
16.9%
3.3%
3.9%
2.8%
13.0%
           
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - The percentages were calculated on the basis of the responding population, which is slightly different for each of the survey questions.
* The number of responding municipalities and the responding population varies according to the survey question.
** Percent of municipalities with measure.
*** Percent of population with measure.
**** Municipalities that include alternative sources of "new" water (conservation, rainwater, recovered stormwater or wastewater) in their estimations of future water demand and water supply.

 

Appendix - A - Differences in survey sample 2004, 2006 and 2009

 

2004 MWWS

2006 MWWS

2009 MWWS

  
 Number of Munic-ipalities in Sample*Total Pop-ulation of Municipalities in Sample*Number of Munici-palities in Sample*Total Pop-ulation of Municipalities in Sample*Number of Munic-ipalities in Sample*Total Pop-ulation of Municipalities in Sample*Total Number of Munici-palities in Canada - 2009**Total Canadian Population - 2009**
Newfoundland & Labrador
144
450,663
143
445,433
174
460,007
377
508,925
P.E.I.
23
129,590
23
128,095
25
134,597
113
140,985
Nova Scotia
51
925,231
51
902,191
54
929,408
100
938,183
New Brunswick
194
707,755
194
687,163
203
712,443
276
749,468
Quebec
779
7,304,699
796
7,316,522
914
7,667,546
1,294
7,828,879
Ontario
325
12,296,901
322
12,078,574
360
12,996,811
585
13,069,182
Manitoba
144
1,070,014
142
1,052,341
157
1,130,663
297
1,221,964
Saskatchewan
304
783,073
301
760,939
404
843,793
984
1,030,129
Alberta
237
3,117,336
236
3,218,914
284
3,628,591
453
3,687,662
British Columbia
161
4,112,988
160
4,023,072
162
4,375,012
836
4,455,207
Yukon
10
27,195
10
26,612
8
29,714
35
33,653
N.W.T.
14
35,794
14
35,154
15
38,305
37
43,439
Nunavut
16
22,504
17
23,648
19
28,027
31
32,183
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Municipal Population
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Under 1000
616
283,029
630
298,428
1,000
486,798
3,317
1,122,682
1000 - 2000
618
882,784
612
863,205
611
863,423
748
1,060,614
2000 - 5000
528
1,659,695
519
1,620,416
524
1,632,831
639
1,997,973
5000 - 50 000
553
7,345,659
562
7,561,079
554
7,439,417
616
8,001,061
50 000 – 500 000
76
9,826,585
76
10,264,220
78
10,861,029
88
11,275,234
More than 500 000**
11
10,985,991
10
10,091,310
11
11,691,419
10
10,282,295
Canada Total
2,402
30,983,743
2,409
30,698,658
2,778
32,974,917
5,418
33,739,859
         
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Aggregated to municipal level and imputed for non-response using 2006 MWWS. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* This is not the number and population of municipalities that responded to the survey; for responding population, please see "Responding population" column associated with each statistic.
** In the over 500,000 population size group, the number and population of municipalities in the MWWS sample is higher than the total for Canada population because the MWWS grouped together certain municipalities into regions to facilitate survey response.