Canada’s freshwater supply and water quality across the country is generally very good, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute, an independent, nonpartisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“Canadians are rightly sensitive about the country’s water supply, and the good news is that, overall, the quantity and quality of Canada’s freshwater is quite good,” says Ross McKitrick, professor of economics at the University of Guelph, Fraser Institute senior fellow and co-author of Evaluating the State of Fresh Water in Canada.
The study finds that 82 percent of the country’s freshwater monitoring sites indicated fair to excellent quality between
