Table 5
Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and province and territory

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Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and province and territory: Part 1
	Surface water			Groundwater
	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
	persons
Canada ¹	23,486,082 ^A	23,686,820 ^A	23,998,655 ^A	3,256,474 ^A	3,310,860 ^A	3,388,934 ^A
Newfoundland and Labrador	403,648 ^B	376,474 ^B	379,389 ^A	x	x	x
Prince Edward Island	0 ^…	0 ^…	0 ^…	60,074 ^A	60,427 ^A	60,827 ^A
Nova Scotia	388,597 ^B	389,349 ^B	394,879 ^B	58,792 ^C	59,346 ^C	60,511 ^C
New Brunswick	212,201 ^A	211,736 ^A	211,379 ^A	110,662 ^A	112,921 ^A	112,996 ^A
Quebec	5,844,932 ^A	5,875,002 ^A	5,949,804 ^A	847,364 ^A	853,493 ^A	867,892 ^A
Ontario	9,163,966 ^A	9,227,654 ^A	9,317,774 ^A	1,302,012 ^A	1,330,022 ^A	1,360,863 ^A
Manitoba	822,161 ^A	824,490 ^A	829,138 ^A	84,266 ^C	88,707 ^B	89,808 ^B
Saskatchewan	593,140 ^A	594,027 ^A	595,078 ^A	133,356 ^A	131,663 ^A	132,394 ^A
Alberta	2,581,365 ^A	2,659,175 ^A	2,751,250 ^A	120,235 ^B	124,929 ^B	130,034 ^A
British Columbia	3,425,700 ^A	3,480,251 ^A	3,526,439 ^A	514,244 ^C	521,223 ^C	538,906 ^C
Yukon and Northwest Territories	50,372 ^B	48,662 ^B	43,525 ^C	x	x	x

Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and province and territory: Part 2
	Groundwater under the direct influence of surface water			Total
	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
	persons
Canada ¹	436,749 ^A	445,864 ^A	456,017 ^A	27,197,110 ^A	27,452,621 ^A	27,856,304 ^A
Newfoundland and Labrador	x	x	x	429,494 ^B	402,690 ^B	406,364 ^A
Prince Edward Island	0 ^…	0 ^…	0 ^…	60,074 ^A	60,427 ^A	60,827 ^A
Nova Scotia	0 ^…	0 ^…	0 ^…	447,389 ^B	448,695 ^B	455,390 ^B
New Brunswick	28,214 ^A	28,254 ^A	28,265 ^A	351,077 ^A	352,912 ^A	352,640 ^A
Quebec	172,299 ^C	177,225 ^C	186,798 ^B	6,873,823 ^A	6,914,798 ^A	7,016,273 ^A
Ontario	123,763 ^A	127,835 ^A	125,493 ^A	10,595,652 ^A	10,685,510 ^A	10,805,048 ^A
Manitoba	6,475 ^D	7,071 ^D	7,483 ^D	915,568 ^A	920,268 ^A	926,429 ^A
Saskatchewan	7,168 ^B	7,579 ^B	8,793 ^B	733,665 ^A	733,269 ^A	736,265 ^A
Alberta	20,183 ^A	19,407 ^A	20,151 ^A	2,721,782 ^A	2,803,511 ^A	2,901,434 ^A
British Columbia	60,721 ^A	60,548 ^A	61,058 ^A	4,000,665 ^A	4,062,022 ^A	4,126,403 ^A
Yukon and Northwest Territories	x	x	x	67,919 ^B	68,520 ^B	69,230 ^B

Excludes Nunavut due to low response.

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, 2009, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Survey of Drinking Water Plants (survey number 5149).

Table 5Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and province and territory

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Table 5
Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and province and territory