Table 15: Commercial Prices ($/month) for Volume-based and Flat Rates for Water and Sewer at Various Levels of Consumption, by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

Corresponds to Table 15 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document

			10 m3/month ($)
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mean	Median	10th Percentile	90th Percentile	Average Marginal Price
NL	17	45,895	29.40	28.33	11.60	54.00	0.29
PEI	3	50,807	53.47	65.32	33.24	65.32	0.75
NS	8	346,108	50.63	50.29	50.29	50.29	1.54
NB	16	183,474	40.49	29.33	22.80	60.27	1.92
QC	111	1,498,536	24.84	15.67	8.72	39.17	0.44
ON	113	9,584,759	25.84	20.02	13.32	42.22	1.94
MB	30	791,070	37.36	38.08	32.81	38.08	3.07
SK	52	388,691	51.42	53.07	30.25	54.40	1.86
AB	69	2,509,953	42.49	47.63	27.00	53.42	2.06
BC	54	1,994,424	29.10	24.24	12.75	54.08	1.21
Territories	4	22,795	67.00	67.50	67.50	67.50	1.44
Population
< 1000	94	50,583	40.82	35.00	17.68	67.92	1.03
1001-2000	61	69,205	43.30	38.70	17.74	75.00	0.91
2001-5000	95	261,514	39.81	32.81	19.25	73.33	1.03
5001-50 000	170	2,288,069	43.94	34.08	15.42	85.00	1.31
50 001-500 000	49	6,234,755	32.57	28.69	12.75	53.38	1.65
> 500 000	8	8,512,386	24.74	18.91	13.32	47.63	2.03
Total, 2009	477	17,416,512	30.41	24.74	13.32	50.29	1.78
Total, 2006	469	18,836,153	32.08	24.17	8.35	54.70	0.55
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.

Table 15b

			35 m3/month ($)
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mean	Median	10th Percentile	90th Percentile	Average Marginal Price
NL	17	45,895	36.61	28.33	28.10	54.00	0.29
PEI	3	50,807	72.16	84.65	50.04	84.65	0.75
NS	8	346,108	89.18	89.84	89.84	89.84	1.54
NB	16	183,474	87.54	79.80	43.00	119.02	1.91
QC	111	1,498,536	34.07	30.52	14.38	51.52	0.44
ON	113	9,584,759	74.10	66.20	46.63	105.06	1.94
MB	30	791,070	113.31	118.08	84.88	118.08	3.06
SK	52	388,691	97.30	102.11	65.00	105.40	1.86
AB	69	2,509,953	93.36	97.50	82.00	97.50	2.07
BC	54	1,994,424	55.13	49.70	41.62	66.80	1.20
Territories	4	22,795	67.00	67.50	67.50	67.50	1.44
Population
< 1000	94	50,583	63.17	44.83	22.50	141.49	1.03
1001-2000	61	69,205	61.83	57.66	20.50	105.86	0.91
2001-5000	95	261,514	60.36	50.21	22.88	105.40	1.04
5001-50 000	170	2,288,069	72.18	70.12	24.78	123.72	1.32
50 001-500 000	49	6,234,755	73.28	70.15	33.48	109.76	1.67
> 500 000	8	8,512,386	75.37	66.20	46.63	97.50	2.01
Total, 2009	477	17,416,512	73.89	70.07	44.63	109.76	1.78
Total, 2006	469	18,836,153	46.99	37.63	16.08	77.92	0.62
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.

Table 15c

			100 m3/month ($)
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mean	Median	10th Percentile	90th Percentile	Average Marginal Price
NL	17	45,895	53.16	54.00	30.00	65.99	0.29
PEI	3	50,807	120.74	134.89	93.72	134.89	0.75
NS	8	346,108	187.00	192.67	162.80	192.67	1.54
NB	16	183,474	194.90	228.00	95.73	228.77	1.59
QC	111	1,498,536	60.98	72.00	14.38	107.90	0.44
ON	113	9,584,759	200.00	189.14	133.24	262.59	1.94
MB	30	791,070	310.05	324.50	228.23	324.50	2.90
SK	52	388,691	216.87	229.60	151.97	267.80	1.85
AB	69	2,509,953	228.13	227.16	217.76	247.40	2.03
BC	54	1,994,424	137.71	129.58	93.52	223.72	1.21
Territories	4	22,795	99.20	88.19	88.19	88.19	1.44
Population
< 1000	94	50,583	129.26	67.07	25.20	319.99	1.05
1001-2000	61	69,205	119.71	70.83	20.50	302.46	0.90
2001-5000	95	261,514	124.35	94.54	21.75	252.15	1.02
5001-50 000	170	2,288,069	155.13	151.97	27.95	271.00	1.29
50 001-500 000	49	6,234,755	182.97	200.42	81.50	291.08	1.66
> 500 000	8	8,512,386	205.98	189.14	133.24	252.80	1.99
Total, 2009	477	17,416,512	189.27	189.14	88.19	266.22	1.76
Total, 2006	469	18,836,153	90.89	66.67	20.00	178.75	0.73
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.

 

Table 16: 1991 - 2009 Comparison of Mean Commercial Price (2009$/month)* for Water and Sewer, Including Volume-Based and Flat Rates, for Selected Volumes of Service, by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

New table format and information

	Average Rate at 10 m3/month (2009 $*)
	1991	1994	1996	1999	2001	2004	2006	2009
NL	25.19	26.57	30.53	29.62	34.67	33.13	35.66	29.40
PEI	35.12	38.00	34.58	33.75	29.69	22.04	24.46	53.47
NS	37.35	36.83	36.92	36.76	74.14	53.06	83.91	50.63
NB	36.75	36.16	34.33	34.94	30.85	25.24	35.32	40.49
QC	20.71	21.14	21.99	23.31	24.35	22.47	25.73	24.84
ON	32.02	34.49	35.08	35.51	43.40	42.00	42.20	25.84
MB	33.80	37.32	36.25	37.34	31.54	27.76	22.12	37.36
SK	29.06	30.11	31.23	31.77	33.32	31.72	28.13	51.42
AB	39.62	41.48	41.47	43.90	47.86	37.26	36.53	42.49
BC	24.85	27.81	31.10	34.23	34.48	30.28	26.68	29.10
Territories	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	67.00
Population
< 1000	***	***	***	***	***	***	33.42	40.82
1001-2000	29.07	30.91	32.76	33.13	34.62	32.05	35.82	43.30
2001-5000	28.06	28.96	30.72	32.21	36.21	33.64	39.47	39.81
5001-50 000	28.64	30.03	30.25	31.40	39.96	31.13	31.55	43.94
50 001-500 000	26.17	30.18	32.03	32.12	34.73	32.99	25.89	32.57
> 500 000	21.14	23.46	24.35	26.90	26.13	33.11	29.59	24.74
Total	28.40	30.02	31.11	32.05	37.03	32.22	33.54	30.41
Unadjusted	20.48	22.30	24.14	25.90	31.83	29.50	32.08	30.41
Source - Table derived from MUP/MWWS Water Pricing Summary Tables for 1991-1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006, Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.
* Adjusted for inflation using CPI at www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html.
** Prior to 2009 the analysis was done for each territory separately; total for territories together is not available.
*** Results were reported for the "Under 1000" population size group beginning in 2006.

Table 16b

	Average Rate at 35 m3/month (2009 $*)
	1991	1994	1996	1999	2001	2004	2006	2009
NL	26.20	27.40	31.19	30.48	35.34	33.75	37.36	36.61
PEI	39.57	43.60	41.24	40.21	36.19	32.64	44.41	72.16
NS	47.43	46.72	48.01	48.99	85.76	63.42	99.41	89.18
NB	43.40	42.55	42.31	43.76	40.30	31.28	41.98	87.54
QC	24.34	24.98	25.53	26.76	27.36	43.15	30.59	34.07
ON	49.40	54.17	54.14	55.44	62.43	63.13	64.86	74.10
MB	57.41	61.03	59.84	60.65	52.16	47.20	43.29	113.31
SK	53.23	54.27	55.28	57.04	57.05	53.93	52.64	97.30
AB	64.83	68.21	69.61	72.09	74.84	63.69	61.86	93.36
BC	29.67	33.10	37.31	41.58	40.97	60.62	33.77	55.13
Territories	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	67.00
Population
< 1000	***	***	***	***	***	***	41.68	63.17
1001-2000	39.50	44.35	46.11	48.67	47.94	44.43	47.44	61.83
2001-5000	37.06	38.79	40.82	41.83	47.11	45.28	51.86	60.36
5001-50 000	41.14	43.13	43.38	44.64	54.49	65.85	49.11	72.18
50 001-500 000	42.14	47.54	49.48	51.26	55.74	61.91	47.13	73.28
> 500 000	49.31	52.30	55.42	54.80	54.16	66.93	62.57	75.37
Total	39.74	42.87	44.12	45.32	50.81	53.95	49.13	73.89
Unadjusted	28.65	31.84	34.23	36.62	43.68	49.39	46.99	73.89
Source - Table derived from MUP/MWWS Water Pricing Summary Tables for 1991-1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006, Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.
* Adjusted for inflation using CPI at www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html.
** Prior to 2009 the analysis was done for each territory separately; total for territories together is not available.
*** Results were reported for the "Under 1000" population size group beginning in 2006.

Table 16c

	Average Rate at 100 m3/month (2009 $*)
	1991	1994	1996	1999	2001	2004	2006	2009
NL	29.04	29.43	33.42	33.27	37.53	35.38	44.74	53.16
PEI	54.06	64.72	60.15	56.95	54.57	61.85	96.27	120.74
NS	71.80	71.57	75.77	79.26	84.44	88.68	139.68	187.00
NB	61.44	60.48	65.73	70.34	65.86	47.55	70.74	194.90
QC	36.65	37.64	37.39	38.59	37.72	147.53	44.53	60.98
ON	98.94	109.76	108.73	112.57	117.93	120.46	129.92	200.00
MB	141.58	151.58	149.76	150.07	129.12	116.99	106.64	310.05
SK	123.32	125.87	126.41	129.65	125.04	119.35	126.80	216.87
AB	137.74	147.61	151.49	158.58	152.53	138.17	133.22	228.13
BC	46.40	50.97	57.68	65.80	62.61	257.08	57.27	137.71
Territories	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	99.20
Population
< 1000	***	***	***	***	***	***	65.65	129.26
1001-2000	71.68	82.88	84.87	93.91	86.76	81.42	85.82	119.71
2001-5000	64.33	68.78	71.98	71.82	80.30	80.10	89.50	124.35
5001-50 000	77.98	82.85	82.86	85.20	94.69	232.44	100.32	155.13
50 001-500 000	86.11	96.37	98.67	104.80	114.31	134.51	105.33	182.97
> 500 000	123.27	133.82	137.48	134.33	130.41	136.71	147.57	205.98
Total	73.42	81.07	82.77	85.28	90.29	140.65	95.03	189.27
Unadjusted	52.94	60.22	64.22	68.93	77.61	128.76	90.89	189.27
Source - Table derived from MUP/MWWS Water Pricing Summary Tables for 1991-1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006, Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
Note - All commercial rates are for small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection). Data for larger commercial establishements is not collected by the MWWS.
* Adjusted for inflation using CPI at www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html.
** Prior to 2009 the analysis was done for each territory separately; total for territories together is not available.
*** Results were reported for the "Under 1000" population size group beginning in 2006.

 

Table 17: Percent of Municipalities and Population Served with Various Water Conservation Measures (1), by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

New table format and information. Tables 21 and 26 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document provides similar information

			Efficiency-Oriented (Metered) Water Billing		Automated Meter Reading		Summer Surcharge Water Rates		Water Conser-vation Information with Billing		System - Leak Detection and Repair		Water Use Bylaws/ Fines		Rebates / Installation of Efficient Appliances / Fixtures
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**
NL	29	252,440	3%	71%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%	55%	95%	17%	74%	0%	0%
PEI	5	53,689	20%	64%	20%	64%	0%	0%	20%	7%	20%	64%	20%	0%	20%	0%
NS	12	440,093	83%	98%	67%	97%	0%	0%	25%	17%	75%	99%	0%	0%	17%	90%
NB	27	253,553	52%	92%	22%	79%	0%	0%	48%	39%	59%	81%	37%	56%	4%	21%
QC	239	4,575,588	30%	76%	6%	51%	1%	0%	8%	7%	54%	94%	68%	91%	5%	8%
ON	138	9,163,154	62%	79%	30%	66%	3%	3%	40%	41%	54%	58%	73%	33%	15%	33%
MB	40	827,041	75%	95%	35%	90%	0%	0%	30%	92%	33%	93%	18%	6%	10%	87%
SK	77	116,584	62%	88%	21%	51%	6%	14%	21%	31%	23%	29%	34%	16%	9%	1%
AB	96	2,694,718	90%	94%	53%	87%	4%	1%	43%	85%	55%	91%	50%	84%	21%	84%
BC	67	2,034,902	46%	80%	33%	72%	9%	5%	52%	89%	55%	78%	76%	78%	40%	69%
Territories	5	6,883	60%	63%	20%	52%	0%	0%	40%	21%	80%	39%	60%	32%	0%	0%
Population
< 1000	170	76,503	41%	46%	14%	19%	3%	3%	18%	21%	41%	47%	38%	25%	7%	4%
1001-2000	120	126,843	38%	37%	14%	14%	3%	3%	15%	17%	34%	30%	43%	16%	5%	3%
2001-5000	152	388,563	49%	54%	18%	23%	2%	3%	25%	28%	51%	50%	56%	33%	9%	7%
5001-50 000	236	2,569,194	61%	62%	34%	42%	4%	6%	34%	38%	58%	66%	72%	56%	17%	20%
50 001-500 000	47	6,164,492	79%	77%	43%	39%	4%	5%	49%	42%	79%	82%	83%	67%	36%	28%
> 500 000	10	11,093,052	80%	90%	80%	90%	0%	0%	60%	49%	90%	76%	60%	51%	70%	54%
Total, 2009	735	20,418,645	52%	82%	24%	67%	3%	2%	27%	45%	51%	75%	56%	56%	13%	40%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* Percent of municipalities with measure.
** Percent of population with measure.

Table 17b

			Customer Water Audits		Voluntary Measures/ Restrictions		Lead by Example (Efficient Municipal Facilities)		Advertising: Media, Outdoor Advertising		School Curriculum Programs		Other
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**	Mun.*	Pop.**
NL	29	252,440	0%	0%	31%	83%	21%	83%	31%	81%	0%	0%	7%	4%
PEI	5	53,689	0%	0%	0%	0%	20%	64%	0%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%
NS	12	440,093	0%	0%	0%	0%	17%	76%	17%	17%	0%	0%	0%	0%
NB	27	253,553	7%	21%	30%	73%	48%	76%	30%	50%	11%	72%	22%	53%
QC	239	4,575,588	15%	21%	40%	35%	38%	38%	42%	39%	2%	4%	15%	10%
ON	138	9,163,154	7%	18%	23%	26%	35%	43%	35%	45%	14%	26%	14%	18%
MB	40	827,041	15%	81%	8%	0%	20%	0%	15%	81%	10%	86%	18%	1%
SK	77	116,584	8%	13%	22%	17%	31%	7%	17%	13%	6%	4%	19%	7%
AB	96	2,694,718	21%	80%	32%	37%	35%	84%	34%	86%	7%	82%	16%	34%
BC	67	2,034,902	22%	27%	48%	61%	61%	76%	73%	76%	33%	58%	27%	45%
Territories	5	6,883	0%	0%	0%	0%	40%	21%	40%	28%	0%	0%	20%	0%
Population
< 1000	170	76,503	8%	5%	28%	16%	26%	15%	21%	13%	5%	2%	14%	7%
1001-2000	120	126,843	11%	5%	27%	11%	28%	14%	31%	15%	2%	1%	13%	4%
2001-5000	152	388,563	13%	10%	34%	21%	38%	25%	35%	25%	5%	5%	16%	10%
5001-50 000	236	2,569,194	14%	13%	31%	28%	42%	42%	44%	38%	11%	16%	17%	16%
50 001-500 000	47	6,164,492	30%	27%	43%	40%	68%	62%	66%	53%	34%	21%	26%	15%
> 500 000	10	11,093,052	40%	36%	40%	30%	60%	48%	90%	59%	70%	46%	30%	25%
Total, 2009	735	20,418,645	13%	30%	31%	32%	37%	51%	37%	53%	9%	34%	16%	20%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* Percent of municipalities with measure.
** Percent of population with measure.