Canada's Source of water

Data provided by the Province of Ontario’s new open data site outlines drinking water sources for 204 municipalities in the province. That data, combined with population figures provided by Statistics Canada, show how many Canadians draw upon which water sources to survive. (Wolfe-Wylie, 2012)

The top five drinking water sources in the province are:

• Lake Ontario: 6.3 million people
• Ottawa River: 943,000 people
• Groundwater spread across the province: 657,000 people
• Lake Erie, Lake Huron: 366,000 people
• Detroit River: 284,000 people

The bottom five drinking water sources in the province are:

• Bay Lake: 387 people
• Lost lake: 476 people
• Killarney Channel: 505 people
• St Joseph’s Channel: 566 people
• Tukanee Lake: 607 people