Water indicators
Water quantity and availability
- Water quantity in Canadian rivers (updated January 2018)
- Canada's water use in a global context (updated March 2016)
- Water availability in Canada (updated December 2012)
- Residential water use in Canada (updated August 2014)
- Water withdrawal and consumption by sector (updated April 2016)
Water quality
- Water quality in Canadian rivers (updated January 2018)
- Canada's freshwater quality in a global context (updated March 2011)
- Shellfish growing area quality indicator (updated December 2011)
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in fish and sediment (updated January 2015)
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in fish and water (updated November 2016)
Regional ecosystems
- Phosphorus levels in the offshore waters of the Great Lakes (updated May 2017)
- Nutrients in the St. Lawrence River (updated September 2016)
- Nutrients in Lake Winnipeg (updated January 2018)
Pressures on water quality
- Household use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers (updated October 2017)
- Municipal wastewater treatment (updated April 2012)
- Risk to soil and water quality from agriculture (updated August 2016)
- Releases of harmful substances to water (updated October 2017)
Performance and results
- Drinking water advisories in Canada (updated April 2016)
- First Nations water and wastewater system risk (updated April 2016)
- Managing metal mining effluent quality in Canada (updated November 2016)
- Managing pulp and paper effluent quality (updated October 2017)
- Monitoring disposal at sea (updated October 2017)
- Reducing phosphorus loads to Lake Simcoe and South-eastern Georgian Bay (updated October 2017)
- Restoring the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (updated October 2017)
- Number of marine pollution spills from identified vessels (updated June 2015)
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