07/19/2013
Some interesting Canadian water facts:
Water Demand
• Residential indoor water use in Canada: toilet – 30%; bathing and showering – 35%; laundry – 20%; kitchen and drinking – 10%; cleaning – 5%
• The average Canadian uses 329 litres of fresh water on a daily basis.
Water Supply
• Annually, Canada's rivers discharge 7% of the world's renewable water supply — 105,000 cubic metres per second
• Wetlands cover an area of more than 1.2 million square kilometres (14% of Canada’s land areas) — this is roughly 25% of the world’s wetlands — making Canada the largest wetland area in the world
• Almost 9%, or 891,163 square kilometres, of Canada's total area is covered by fresh water
• Approximately 60% of Canada's fresh water drains north, while 85% of the population lives within 300 kilometres of the southern border
Currently, there are 2,921 active water level and stream flow stations being operated in Canada
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