WET 201 - Groundwater Information Network

Potable water use by sector and average daily use. Tabular Data available from 2011 - 2021. Geography by Province and Territory. By Residential, Industry, and losses through the distribution system, wholesale water provided to other jurisdictions, and unknown uses.

Total per capita water use, which includes residential, industrial, commercial and other uses of water provided by public utilities, averaged 401 litres per person per day in 2021, down 2% from 411 litres per person per day in 2019. The decline in per capita water use was attributable to a larger population and stable drinking water production.

Tabular Data. Date range 2011 - 2020. By North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

In 2019, total water use in Canada reached 36.1 billion cubic metres, a slight decrease of 0.5 billion cubic metres from 2017 levels. Industrial water use totalled 33.1 billion cubic metres (91.7% of the total) in 2019, which is a decrease of 1.7% compared with 2017. In comparison, economic growth was 4.9%, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) from 2017 to 2019.

Date range 2015 - 2021. includes ability to be filtered by Province and territory, including Census Metropolitan Are (CMA). Data collected as part of the Households and the Environment Survey (HES).

Statistics Canada Web Site.