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Table 1: Average Daily Water Use and Water Metering, by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

Corresponds to Table 1 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document

	Total Water Use per Capita (litres per capita per day)	Residential* Water Use per Capita (litres per capita per day)	Percent Population Served Residential** Metering	Percent Population Served Commercial*** Metering
NL	804	395	0.0%	63.6%
PEI	505	189	0.6%	94.8%
NS	512	292	98.4%	97.7%
NB	821	394	55.4%	83.9%
QC	706	386	13.8%	46.0%
ON	409	225	94.5%	97.3%
MB	355	199	97.4%	96.8%
SK	518	238	98.9%	98.2%
AB	395	209	87.2%	91.2%
BC	606	353	40.2%	85.9%
Territories	599	391	44.2%	95.9%
Population
< 1000	756	426	49.2%	47.7%
1001-2000	528	371	48.1%	48.0%
2001-5000	712	385	50.7%	53.7%
5001-50 000	570	313	54.9%	72.1%
50 001-500 000	489	280	64.3%	85.4%
> 500 000	497	251	88.4%	96.2%
Total, 2009	510	274	72.1%	86.7%
Total, 2006	591	327	63.1%	80.1%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Imputed for non-response using 2006 MWWS. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* Includes single-family and multi-family.
** Includes only single-family residential.
*** Small office/store only (max 1'' or 25mm connection).

 

Table 2: Residential Population Served Water by Rate Type, by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

Corresponds to Table 2 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document

	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Total Volumetric Rates**		Non-Volumetric Rates
			Pop.	%	Pop.	%
NL	33	286,159	20,050	7.0%	266,109	93.0%
PEI	4	52,582	35,975	68.4%	16,608	31.6%
NS	13	443,197	442,325	99.8%	872	0.2%
NB	28	256,247	209,163	81.6%	47,084	18.4%
QC	209	3,734,735	787,911	21.2%	2,946,824	78.9%
ON	151	10,075,747	9,761,159	96.9%	314,588	3.1%
MB	41	802,677	801,529	99.9%	1,148	0.1%
SK	73	599,106	594,450	99.2%	4,656	0.8%
AB	106	2,902,180	2,711,397	93.4%	190,783	6.6%
BC	74	2,949,064	2,348,590	79.6%	600,474	20.4%
Territories	4	22,795	22,195	97.4%	600	2.6%
Population
< 1000	149	70,345	33,270	47.3%	37,075	52.7%
1001-2000	110	125,558	55,411	44.1%	70,147	55.9%
2001-5000	139	359,978	190,575	52.9%	169,402	47.1%
5001-50 000	262	3,224,429	2,016,153	62.5%	1,208,276	37.5%
50 001-500 000	66	8,745,763	6,199,555	70.9%	2,546,208	29.1%
> 500 000	10	9,598,416	9,239,779	96.3%	358,637*	3.7%
Total, 2009	736	22,124,489	17,734,743	80.2%	4,389,745	19.8%
Total, 2006	559	22,139,444	17,052,634	77.0%	5,086,810	23.0%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Imputed for non-response using 2006 MWWS. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* While the municipality is in the 500,000+ size group, the population served by flat rate is under 500 000 because it is only certain systems in that municipality that have flat rate pricing.
** For systems with both volumetric pricing (for metered customers) and non-volumetric pricing (for unmetered customers), the entire population served water is classified as served volumetric pricing. Therefore, the population served volumetric rates may be higher than is actually the case.

Table 2b

			Population Served by Volumetric** Rate Types						Population Served by Non-Volumetric Rate Types
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Constant Unit Charge		Decreasing Block Rate		Increasing Block Rate		Flat Rate*		Assessed Tax
			Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
NL	33	286,159	0	0.0%	20,050	7.0%	0	0.0%	240,951	84.2%	25,158	8.8%
PEI	4	52,582	35,975	68.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	16,608	31.6%	0	0.0%
NS	13	443,197	339,287	76.6%	103,038	23.2%	0	0.0%	872	0.2%	0	0.0%
NB	28	256,247	68,631	26.8%	140,004	54.6%	528	0.2%	45,779	17.9%	1,305	0.5%
QC	209	3,734,735	520,744	13.9%	20,328	0.5%	246,839	6.6%	2,536,921	67.9%	409,903	11.0%
ON	151	10,075,747	8,021,125	79.6%	771,949	7.7%	968,085	9.6%	210,696	2.1%	103,892	1.0%
MB	41	802,677	46,940	5.8%	754,589	94.0%	0	0.0%	1,084	0.1%	64	0.0%
SK	73	599,106	328,622	54.9%	225,459	37.6%	40,368	6.7%	4,656	0.8%	0	0.0%
AB	106	2,902,180	1,790,671	61.7%	27,520	0.9%	893,206	30.8%	6,238	0.2%	184,545	6.4%
BC	74	2,949,064	2,067,138	70.1%	1,128	0.0%	280,325	9.5%	599,420	20.3%	1,054	0.0%
Territories	4	22,795	22,195	97.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	600	2.6%	0	0.0%
Population
< 1000	149	70,345	24,961	35.5%	2,938	4.2%	5,371	7.6%	36,017	51.2%	1,058	1.5%
1001-2000	110	125,558	48,384	38.5%	2,975	2.4%	4,052	3.2%	67,466	53.7%	2,681	2.1%
2001-5000	139	359,978	146,658	40.7%	29,126	8.1%	14,792	4.1%	149,171	41.4%	20,231	5.6%
5001-50 000	262	3,224,429	1,450,983	45.0%	292,511	9.1%	272,660	8.5%	1,065,572	33.0%	142,704	4.4%
50 001-500 000	66	8,745,763	4,394,781	50.3%	490,637	5.6%	1,314,137	15.0%	2,171,506	24.8%	374,702	4.3%
> 500 000	10	9,598,416	7,175,561	74.8%	1,245,879	13.0%	818,339	8.5%	174,092*	1.8%	184,545*	1.9%
Total, 2009	736	22,124,489	13,241,328	59.8%	2,064,066	9.3%	2,429,350	11.0%	3,663,824	16.6%	725,921	3.3%
Total, 2006	559	22,139,444	10,178,021	46.0%	2,124,738	9.6%	4,749,875	21.5%	3,153,910	14.2%	1,932,900	8.7%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Imputed for non-response using 2006 MWWS. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* While the municipality is in the 500,000+ size group, the population served by flat rate is under 500 000 because it is only certain systems in that municipality that have flat rate pricing
** For systems with both volumetric pricing (for metered customers) and non-volumetric pricing (for unmetered customers), the entire population served water is classified as served volumetric pricing. Therefore, the population served volumetric rates may be higher than is actually the case.

 

Table 3: Monthly Base or Minimum Charge for Water and Sewer (for Residential Customers with Volumetric Rates), by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

New table format and information. Table 3 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document provides similar information

				Base or Minimum Charge ($)				Average Percent of Total Charge that is Base/Min. Charge
	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Percent Population with Base or Min. Charge	Mean	Median	10th Percentile	90th Percentile	At 10 m3/ Month	At 25 m3/ Month	At 35 m3/ Month	At Average Monthly Consumption Level
NL	1	20,050	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
PEI	2	35,975	100.0%	9.91	9.61	9.61	9.61	31.7%	23.3%	19.9%	31.3%
NS	8	346,658	97.2%	12.30	12.33	12.33	12.33	41.3%	23.6%	18.1%	26.5%
NB	8	207,051	95.7%	11.97	7.67	7.50	18.03	34.5%	19.8%	15.5%	19.9%
QC	27	379,929	28.7%	10.85	9.17	2.58	19.42	44.4%	34.9%	26.6%	44.4%
ON	99	9,434,805	30.2%	12.53	9.78	5.00	22.74	34.8%	19.5%	15.4%	31.0%
MB	30	793,327	94.3%	5.10	4.56	4.56	4.56	14.8%	6.5%	4.7%	11.3%
SK	47	383,302	91.5%	14.36	13.38	13.00	17.24	35.1%	22.0%	17.6%	28.8%
AB	80	2,576,181	53.3%	8.76	5.51	5.36	17.52	23.8%	14.7%	11.8%	25.5%
BC	31	2,308,419	95.3%	8.06	2.17	1.67	21.37	30.8%	17.6%	14.0%	21.2%
Territories	3	22,195	100.0%	57.15	56.00	56.00	56.00	84.3%	84.3%	84.3%	95.4%
Population
< 1000	57	30,960	89.3%	19.74	16.00	4.64	36.81	56.1%	42.9%	37.3%	69.2%
1001-2000	38	44,942	92.0%	24.41	18.75	6.25	36.35	56.8%	43.4%	36.9%	55.7%
2001-5000	59	162,395	94.3%	19.03	15.00	5.00	38.50	54.4%	36.6%	29.9%	49.4%
5001-50 000	131	1,643,341	82.9%	17.42	13.81	5.20	46.09	41.6%	28.6%	23.7%	37.9%
50 001-500 000	42	5,474,378	82.4%	10.32	8.55	1.67	19.05	33.1%	18.0%	14.1%	27.1%
> 500 000	9	9,151,875	23.3%	4.21	4.56	2.17	5.51	16.0%	7.7%	5.8%	12.5%
Total, 2009	336	16,507,891	49.8%	10.17	6.59	2.17	19.42	30.7%	17.7%	14.0%	25.5%
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.
* Not enough responding municipalities to determine rates

 

Table 4: Residential Monthly Fixed Charges for Water and Sewer, by Province/Territory and Municipal Population

New table format and information. Table 4 in 2006 Water Pricing Summary Tables document provides similar information

	Responding Municipalities	Responding Population	Mean ($)	Median ($)	10th Percentile ($)	90th Percentile ($)
NL	20	221,725	42.29	47.50	22.00	47.50
PEI	4	52,582	41.32	39.55	39.55	45.80
NS	2	9,649	32.35	32.67	32.67	32.67
NB	15	108,198	66.17	78.00	39.92	78.00
QC	124	2,023,421	19.16	16.58	12.25	30.58
ON	47	692,973	42.02	31.00	12.78	80.42
MB	3	3,468	51.59	51.75	48.75	53.10
SK	16	5,642	48.38	48.42	35.00	60.00
AB	20	1,093,237	20.01	19.46	19.46	19.46
BC	47	2,018,297	57.01	53.67	36.76	72.33
Territories	4	22,795	70.12	67.50	67.50	67.50
Population
< 1000	70	34,880	37.23	33.33	18.75	58.75
1001-2000	51	62,888	41.02	36.00	15.42	67.88
2001-5000	65	160,243	33.79	30.00	17.50	50.67
5001-50 000	88	1,123,007	36.41	31.92	15.42	65.08
50 001-500 000	26	3,166,025	38.11	31.00	12.25	72.33
> 500 000	2	1,704,944	32.29	19.46	19.46	53.67
Total, 2009	302	6,251,987	36.13	29.33	12.25	72.17
Total, 2006	228	2,762,616	33.00	23.25	8.23	57.90
Source - 2009 Municipal Water and Wastewater Survey. Sustainable Water Management Division, Environment Canada.