Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input
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Canada 8,961,583 9,238,376 16,265,183 18,010,801 25,226,766 27,249,178<br />
Table 2: Diversion of waste by province and territory 6<br />
Province<br />
Total Materials<br />
diverted<br />
Diverted materials<br />
per capita<br />
Diversion rate<br />
2004 2006 2004 2006 2004 2006<br />
(tonnes) (percent) (percent)<br />
Newfoundland and<br />
Labrador<br />
35,308 30,385 68 60 8.1 6.9<br />
Prince Edward<br />
Island<br />
n/a n/a n/a n/a 34 37.8<br />
Nova Scotia 239,845 275,983 256 295 37.5 40.7<br />
New Brunswick 139,262 252,174 185 337 24 35.9<br />
Quebec 1 2,130,100 2,456,300 282 321 24.8 26.5<br />
Ontario 2,414,552 2,396,856 194 189 19.8 18.7<br />
Manitoba 157,490 152,799 135 130 14.5 13<br />
Saskatchewan 114,182 106,868 115 108 12.6 11.4<br />
Alberta 620,080 652,637 193 194 16.8 14.6<br />
British Columbia 1,209,216 1,366,191 288 316 30.4 31.9<br />
Yukon Territory,<br />
NWT & Nunavut<br />
n/a n/a n/a n/a 11.9 15.9<br />
Canada 7,112,735 7,749,030 222 237 22 22<br />
Table 3: Quantity of total waste materials generated, by source and by province &<br />
territory, 2002 7<br />
Province<br />
Residential<br />
sources<br />
Industrial,<br />
commercial<br />
institutional<br />
(Tonnes)<br />
Construction<br />
& demolition<br />
sources<br />
All sources<br />
Newfoundland and Labrador 231,291 n/a n/a 414,979<br />
Prince Edward Island n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Nova Scotia 252,012 n/a n/a 558,918<br />
New Brunswick 256,190 216,432 63,941 536,563<br />
Quebec 3,471,000 3,196,000 619,800 7,286,800<br />
Ontario 4,388,239 6,514,191 1,158,701 12,061,131<br />
Manitoba 494,535 566,750 86,151 1,147,436<br />
Saskatchewan 321,069 n/a n/a 941,731<br />
6 Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0042.<br />
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16f0023x/2006001/5212387-eng.htm<br />
7 Statistics Canada –<strong>Waste</strong> Management Industry Survey : Business and Government Sectors, 2002<br />
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16f0023x/16f0023x2002001-eng.pdf<br />
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