Canada
Capital: Ottawa · High income · Pop. 41.3 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Canada, 96.89% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 1.3 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 81.3% use safely managed sanitation services and 98.59% have at least a basic service (2024).
Canada has about 73,197 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 1% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 11% of Canada's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Canada have safe drinking water?
96.89% of Canada's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 1.3 million people do not.
Does Canada have enough freshwater?
Canada has roughly 73,197 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 1% of it annually (low stress).