Table 6
Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region

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Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region: Part 1
	Drainage region code	Surface water			Groundwater
	Drainage region code	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
	code	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
Pacific Coastal and Yukon ²	101,105	2,315,837 ^A	2,345,382 ^A	2,371,455 ^A	175,888 ^C	177,901 ^C	185,734 ^B
Fraser–Lower Mainland ³	102	801,593 ^A	817,507 ^A	825,720 ^A	x	x	x
Okanagan–Similkameen	103	188,894 ^B	194,989 ^B	201,328 ^B	30,335 ^B	30,286 ^B	32,828 ^B
Columbia	104	106,501 ^D	107,191 ^D	106,860 ^D	35,688 ^A	38,045 ^B	38,859 ^B
Peace–Athabasca and Lower Mackenzie	206,207	259,084 ^A	270,212 ^A	277,209 ^A	x	x	x
Missouri	309	x	x	x	x	x	x
North Saskatchewan	410	1,026,825 ^A	1,040,495 ^A	1,057,460 ^A	53,638 ^B	54,586 ^B	55,243 ^B
South Saskatchewan	411	1,606,728 ^A	1,660,912 ^A	1,730,482 ^A	82,825 ^B	87,879 ^B	92,207 ^B
Assiniboine–Red	412	1,032,054 ^A	1,034,466 ^A	1,038,519 ^A	138,473 ^B	137,900 ^B	139,541 ^B
Winnipeg, Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson, Churchill and Northern Ontario	413,414,415,417	216,610 ^A	216,819 ^A	217,058 ^A	71,975 ^B	74,713 ^B	73,441 ^B
Northern Quebec	418	F	x	x	x	x	x
Great Lakes	519	8,149,639 ^A	8,200,928 ^A	8,280,934 ^A	1,230,896 ^A	1,258,473 ^A	1,288,214 ^A
Ottawa	520	1,522,329 ^A	1,542,946 ^A	1,558,968 ^A	96,021 ^B	98,579 ^B	102,607 ^A
St. Lawrence	521	4,906,941 ^A	4,907,286 ^A	4,945,360 ^A	557,383 ^B	559,804 ^B	575,411 ^B
North Shore–Gaspé	522	305,203 ^A	325,722 ^A	356,107 ^A	x	151,113 ^A	149,114 ^A
Saint John–St. Croix	523	33,544 ^A	33,534 ^A	33,561 ^A	83,732 ^A	84,827 ^A	84,904 ^A
Maritime Coastal	524	606,951 ^A	607,245 ^A	612,426 ^A	174,099 ^A	176,168 ^A	177,730 ^A
Newfoundland–Labrador	525	403,648 ^B	376,474 ^B	379,389 ^A	x	x	x

Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region: Part 2
	Drainage region code	Groundwater under the direct influence of surface water			Total
	Drainage region code	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
	code	persons
Canada ¹	…	436,749 ^A	445,864 ^A	456,017 ^A	27,197,110 ^A	27,452,621 ^A	27,856,304 ^A
Pacific Coastal and Yukon ²	101,105	36,570 ^A	36,632 ^A	37,050 ^A	2,528,295 ^A	2,559,915 ^A	2,594,238 ^A
Fraser–Lower Mainland ³	102	x	x	x	1,078,230 ^B	1,099,089 ^B	1,119,612 ^B
Okanagan–Similkameen	103	4,733 ^D	4,469 ^E	4,348 ^D	223,962 ^B	229,744 ^B	238,504 ^B
Columbia	104	0 ^A	0 ^A	0 ^A	142,189 ^C	145,236 ^C	145,719 ^C
Peace–Athabasca and Lower Mackenzie	206,207	x	x	x	317,200 ^A	327,692 ^A	335,192 ^A
Missouri	309	0 ^A	0 ^A	0 ^A	4,110 ^A	3,984 ^A	4,004 ^A
North Saskatchewan	410	4,766 ^A	4,789 ^A	4,869 ^A	1,085,229 ^A	1,099,870 ^A	1,117,572 ^A
South Saskatchewan	411	19,805 ^A	19,086 ^A	19,830 ^A	1,709,358 ^A	1,767,877 ^A	1,842,519 ^A
Assiniboine–Red	412	8,733 ^D	9,694 ^C	11,241 ^C	1,179,259 ^A	1,182,060 ^A	1,189,301 ^A
Winnipeg, Lower Saskatchewan–Nelson, Churchill and Northern Ontario	413,414,415,417	4,025 ^A	3,990 ^A	3,990 ^A	295,277 ^A	295,522 ^A	294,489 ^A
Northern Quebec	418	0 ^A	0 ^A	0 ^A	44,751 ^A	53,430 ^A	53,701 ^A
Great Lakes	519	121,682 ^A	125,727 ^A	123,369 ^A	9,508,127 ^A	9,585,127 ^A	9,693,436 ^A
Ottawa	520	11,362 ^C	13,191 ^B	13,207 ^B	1,633,009 ^A	1,654,716 ^A	1,674,782 ^A
St. Lawrence	521	155,429 ^C	156,770 ^C	166,290 ^C	5,619,753 ^A	5,632,938 ^A	5,698,840 ^A
North Shore–Gaspé	522	x	4,469 ^A	4,523 ^A	470,927 ^A	481,304 ^A	509,744 ^A
Saint John–St. Croix	523	26,604 ^A	26,670 ^A	26,682 ^A	143,880 ^A	145,030 ^A	145,147 ^A
Maritime Coastal	524	3,010 ^B	2,984 ^B	2,983 ^B	784,059 ^A	786,398 ^A	793,139 ^A
Newfoundland–Labrador	525	x	x	x	429,494 ^B	402,690 ^B	406,364 ^A

Excludes Arctic Coast–Islands and Keewatin–Southern Baffin Island due to low response.

Overestimated because some plants located here serve Fraser–Lower Mainland.

Underestimated because some of the population is served by plants located in Pacific Coastal.

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 6Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region

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Table 6
Population served by drinking water plants, by source water type and drainage region