Water indicators

Water quantity and availability

• Water quantity in Canadian rivers (updated April 2022)
• Canada's water use in a global context (updated March 2016)  
• Water availability in Canada (updated December 2012) 
• Residential water use (updated August 2014) 
• Water withdrawal and consumption by sector (updated April 2016)

Water quality

• Water quality in Canadian rivers (updated February 2023)
• Canada's freshwater quality in a global context (updated March 2011)
• Shellfish harvest area water quality (updated February 2023)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish and sediment (updated January 2020)
• Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish and water (updated January 2019)  
• Bisphenol A in water and sediment (new July 2020)  

Regional ecosystems

• Phosphorus levels in the offshore waters of the Great Lakes (updated September 2020)
• Nutrients in the St. Lawrence River (updated January 2021)
• Reductions in phosphorus loads to Lake Winnipeg (updated January 2024)
  
• Nutrients in Lake Winnipeg (updated September 2018)
• Phosphorus loading to Lake Erie (updated December 2023)

Pressures on water quality

• Household use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers (updated October 2021)
• Municipal wastewater treatment (updated August 2023)
• Plastic particles in the Northern Fulmar (new December 2020)
• Releases of harmful substances to water (updated September 2023)
• Risk to soil and water quality from agriculture (updated August 2016)

Performance and results

• Boil water advisories (updated June 2022)
• Number of long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserve (updated January 2021)
• Metal and diamond mining effluent quality (updated October 2021)
• Pulp and paper effluent quality (updated June 2022)
• Monitoring disposal at sea (updated November 2020)
• Reducing phosphorus loads to Lake Simcoe and South-eastern Georgian Bay (updated October 2017)
• Restoring the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (updated September 2023)
• Marine pollution spills (updated December 2021)

Drivers and impacts

• Changes to water quantity: drivers and impacts (updated November 2022)