Water use in Canada

Description

The Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) program provides data and information to track Canada's performance on key environmental sustainability issues. The water use in Canada indicator provides information about the volumes and proportions of water that are withdrawn, consumed and returned for all of Canada and divided by its five regions for seven of Canada's key economic sectors: thermal power generation, manufacturing, residential, commercial & institutional, irrigation (agriculture), mining and oil & gas. Information is provided to Canadians in a number of formats including: charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports. See the supplementary documentation for the data sources and details on how the data were collected and how the indicator was calculated. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: https://www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators

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Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Ontario, 2011 to 2021 - English (csv; 1.0 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2010.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Ontario%2c%202011%20to%202021-en.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Ontario, 2011 to 2021 - French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2010.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Ontario%2c%202011%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Ontario, 2021 - English (csv; 971 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2011.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Ontario%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Ontario, 2021 - French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2011.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Ontario%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Canada, 2005 to 2021 - English (CSV; 1,7 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%201.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%2c%20Canada%2c%202005%20to%202021-en.csv
Water wihdrawn by sector in Canada, 2005 to 2021 - French (csv;2.1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%201.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%2c%20Canada%2c%202005%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Prairie provinces, 2021 - English (csv; 1.1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2012.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202021-en.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Prairie provinces, 2021 - French (csv; 1.4 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2012.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202021-fr.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Prairie provinces, 2011 to 2021 - English (csv; 1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2013.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202011%20to%202021-en.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Prairie provinces, 2011 to 2021 - French (csv; 1.4 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2013.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202011%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Prairie provinces, 2021 - English (csv; 956 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2014.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Prairie provinces, 2021 - French (csv; 1.2 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2014.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Prairie%20provinces%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in British Columbia and the Territories, 2021 - English (csv; 1.1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2015.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20British-Columbia%2c%202021-en.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in British Columbia and the Territories, 2021 - French (csv; 1.4 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2015.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20British-Columbia%2c%202021-fr.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in the British Columbia and the Territories, 2011 to 2021 - English (csv; 1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2016.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20the%20British%20Columbia%20and%20the%20Territories%2c%202011%20to%202021-en.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in the British Columbia and the Territories, 2011 to 2021 - French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2016.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20the%20British%20Columbia%20and%20the%20Territories%2c%202011%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in the British Columbia and the Territories, 2021 - English (csv; 945 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2017.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20the%20British%20Columbia%20and%20the%20Territories%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in the British Columbia and the Territories, 2021 - French (csv; 1.2 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%2017.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20the%20British%20Columbia%20and%20the%20Territories%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by sector in Canada, 2021 - English (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%202.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20sector%2c%20Canada%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by sector in Canada, 2021 - French (csv; 1.7 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%202.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20sector%2c%20Canada%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Atlantic provinces, 2021 - English (csv; 943 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%203.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202021-en.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Atlantic provinces, 2021 - French (csv; 943 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%203.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202021-fr.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Atlantic provinces, 2011 to 2021 - English (csv; 966 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%204.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202011%20to%202021-en.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Atlantic provinces, 2011 to 2021-French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%204.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202011%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Atlantic provinces, 2021 - English (csv; 930 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%205.%20Water%20withdrawn%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Atlantic provinces, 2021 - French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%205.%20Water%20withdrawn%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Atlantic%20provinces%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Quebec, 2021 - English (csv; 1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%206.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Quebec%2c%202021-en.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Quebec, 2021 - French (csv; 1.3 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%206.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Quebec%2c%202021-fr.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Quebec, 2011 to 2021 - English (csv; 969 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%207.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Quebec%2c%202011%20to%202021-en.csv
Variation in water withdrawals by the most water-intensive sectors in Quebec, 2011 to 2021 - French (csv; 1.2kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%207.%20Variation%20in%20water%20withdrawals%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Quebec%2c%202011%20to%202021-fr.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Quebec, 2021 - English (csv; 906 B) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%208.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Quebec%2c%202021-en.csv
Water consumed and returned by the most water-intensive sectors in Quebec, 2021 - French (csv; 1.1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%208.%20Water%20consumed%20and%20returned%20by%20the%20most%20water-intensive%20sectors%20in%20Quebec%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Ontario, 2021 - English (csv; 1 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%209.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Ontario%2c%202021-en.csv
Water withdrawn by sector in Ontario, 2021 - French (csv; 2 kB) CSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/csv/cesindicators/water-use-in-canada/2025/Figure%209.%20Water%20withdrawn%20by%20sector%20in%20Ontario%2c%202021-fr.csv
Water use in Canada - English HTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-use.html
Data sources and methods - English HTML https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/water-use.html#DSM
Water use in Canada - French HTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/utilisation-eau.html
Data sources and methods - French HTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/utilisation-eau.html#DSM

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