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Water use growth rate
Year Value Units Series
2013 4.9 Percentage Water use growth rate
2015 -3.5 Percentage Water use growth rate
2017 1.2 Percentage Water use growth rate
2019 -0.8 Percentage Water use growth rate
2021 0.2 Percentage Water use growth rate
2013 -12.8 Percentage Water use per capita growth rate
2015 -1.5 Percentage Water use per capita growth rate
2017 -7.1 Percentage Water use per capita growth rate
2019 -1.6 Percentage Water use per capita growth rate
2021 4.0 Percentage Water use per capita growth rate
2013 37197793.0 Cubic metres Total water use
2015 35913582.0 Cubic metres Total water use
2017 36334509.0 Cubic metres Total water use
2019 36047231.0 Cubic metres Total water use
2021 36127599.0 Cubic metres Total water use

Source: Statistics Canada

Geographical Area: Canada

Unit of Measurement: Percentage, cubic metres

The table below contains more information regarding the indicator.

Indicator name

Water use growth rate
Target

No specific target
Indicator description

This indicator measures the growth rate in water use for different sectors of the economy as well as for households. Water use refers to the intake of water either self-supplied (i.e. direct abstraction from the environment) or supplied from municipal systems.
Geographical coverage

Canada
Unit of measurement

Percentage, cubic metres
Calculations

Water use growth rate = ((Water use in a given year - Water use in the year prior) / Water use in the year prior) x 100

Water use per capita = Water use of households / Population

Water use per capita growth rate = ((Water use per capita in a given year - Water use per capita in the year prior) / Water use per capita in the year prior) x 100
Comments and limitations

The data does not include an estimate for the volume of water that passes through hydro-electric turbines, nor of the water that flows through agricultural crops and cultivated forests as a result of the uptake of soil water by plants.
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