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The number of additional water facts you'll find by clicking here....
Source: Environment Canada
More than 24 million
The number of Canadians who receive municipal drinking water.
Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
About 4,000
The number of municipal water treatment plants in Canada that treatdrinking water taken from lakes, rivers and groundwater sources.
Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Less than 3%
The amount of municipally-treated water that is used for drinking.
Source: Environment Canada
1.5 litres
The amount of water the average adult drinks daily, including water used in drinks such as coffee, tea and juice.
Source: Health Canada
Per capita consumption of beverages (litres), 1997
Beverage:
Soft drinks
Coffee
Milk
Alcoholic
Tea
Fruit juice
Bottled water
Vegetable juice
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Amount consumed:
112.6
93.7
88.9
81.1
56.6
27.6
21.4
1.5
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21.4 litres
The amount of bottled water the average Canadian drank in 1997.
Source: Statistics Canada
343 litres
The amount of water the average Canadian used daily inside the home in 1998. Most indoor water is used in the bathroom.
Source: Environment Canada
50%
The percentage of all municipally-treated water used up during the summer months by people watering their lawns and gardens.
Source: Environment Canada
20%
The percentage of all municipal drinking water lost to leaks.
Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
1,420 cubic meters
Per capita water abstractions (m3/per capita, for 2002 or latest available year). Of the 29 member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operationand Development (OECD), only the United States uses more water thanCanada on a per capita basis. Canada’s per capita water consumption is 65 per cent above the OECD average.
source: OECD FactBook, 2005
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Average daily residential water use per capita (litres per person):
United States - 425L
Canada - 326L
Italy - 250L
Sweden - 200L
France - 150L
Israel - 135L
Taken from Household Guide to Water Efficiency - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. 2000
30%
The percentage of Canadians who rely on groundwater for domestic use.
Source: Statistics Canada
1-2 million
The number of water wells currently in use in Canada.
Source: Environment Canada
Breakdown of water used in the home
20-25%
The percentage of the world’s fresh water that is in Canada.
Source: Environment Canada
891,863 square kilometres
The amount of space covered by Canada's freshwater lakes, ponds andrivers. This accounts for about nine per cent of the Canada's totalarea.
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Almost 3,000 cubic metres
The amount of water that flows over Niagara Falls every second in thedaytime. At night about half of this water is diverted forhydroelectricity. Niagara Falls is the largest producer of electricpower in the world.
Source: Info Niagara
31,328 square kilometres
The size of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories, the largestlake entirely in Canada (the Great Lakes border the U.S.). Great BearLake is more than five times the size of Prince Edward Island.
Source: Statistics Canada
2,681 square kilometres
The size of Wollaston Lake in Saskatchewan, the largest lake in theworld that drains naturally in two directions - north into theMackenzie River basin and east into Hudson Bay.
Source: Natural Resources Canada
source: www.cbc.ca/news/background/water/bynumbers.html
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