| Specified Purpose | Proportion |
|---|---|
| Municipal | 11.1% |
| Recreation | 0.28% |
| Water Management | 3.1% |
| Other Purposes Specified by the Director | 0.12% |
| Wildlife Management | 0.12% |
| Oil & Gas | 4.6% |
| Commercial (Cooling) | 26.27% |
| Agricultural | 1.5% |
| Commercial | 6.5% |
| Fish Management | 0.3% |
| Habitat enhancement | 1.5% |
| Irrigation | 44.8% |
Total Licensed Volumes: 9,443,795,000 m3
(9,259,492,000 m3 surface water; 184,303,000 m3 groundwater)
In Canada, Almost two out of every three litres of water are withdrawn for thermal power generation. Here’s how Canada’s 44.7 billion cubic meters of annual freshwater withdrawals are put to use.
| Usage | Proportion |
|---|---|
| Thermal power generation | 64% |
| Mining | 1% |
| Rural | 2% |
| Agriculture | 9% |
| Municipal | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 14% |
Municipal and rural percentages include: residential, commercial/institutional and other non-industrial uses.