Canada - Access to safely managed sanitation services

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) in Canada was 84.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 84.10 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.36 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 77.36
2001 77.36
2002 77.36
2003 77.80
2004 78.25
2005 78.66
2006 79.05
2007 79.44
2008 79.83
2009 80.22
2010 80.60
2011 80.99
2012 81.38
2013 81.76
2014 82.14
2015 82.52
2016 82.91
2017 83.29
2018 83.69
2019 84.10
2020 84.10

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population)

People using safely managed sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) in Canada was 84.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 84.43 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.63 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 77.63
2001 77.63
2002 77.63
2003 78.09
2004 78.54
2005 78.94
2006 79.34
2007 79.73
2008 80.13
2009 80.52
2010 80.91
2011 81.31
2012 81.70
2013 82.09
2014 82.48
2015 82.87
2016 83.26
2017 83.65
2018 84.04
2019 84.43
2020 84.43

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) in Canada was 84.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 84.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.57 in 2000.

Definition: The percentage of people using improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or transported and treated offsite. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines: ventilated improved pit latrines, compositing toilets or pit latrines with slabs.

Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (washdata.org).

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Year Value
2000 77.57
2001 77.58
2002 77.58
2003 78.03
2004 78.48
2005 78.89
2006 79.28
2007 79.68
2008 80.07
2009 80.46
2010 80.85
2011 81.25
2012 81.64
2013 82.03
2014 82.42
2015 82.80
2016 83.19
2017 83.58
2018 83.97
2019 84.37
2020 84.37

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention