Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Canada

Freshwater withdrawal in Canada in 2022 — 36.13 km³. Ranked 19 in the world out of 179. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 14.4%.

2022 36 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 19of 179
Period maximum 45 km³1991
Period minimum 36 km³2011

Trend over time

1986–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Canada, 1986–202235384043454819861990199419982002200620102014201820221986: 42.2 km³1987: 42.78 km³1988: 43.36 km³1989: 43.94 km³1990: 44.51 km³1991: 45.09 km³1992: 44.52 km³1993: 43.94 km³1994: 43.36 km³1995: 42.79 km³1996: 42.21 km³1997: 42.13 km³1998: 42.05 km³1999: 41.97 km³2000: 41.89 km³2001: 41.8 km³2002: 41.72 km³2003: 41.64 km³2004: 41.56 km³2005: 41.48 km³2006: 41.4 km³2007: 41.32 km³2008: 40.06 km³2009: 38.8 km³2010: 37.2 km³2011: 35.6 km³2012: 36.44 km³2013: 37.28 km³2014: 36.51 km³2015: 35.73 km³2016: 35.99 km³2017: 36.25 km³2018: 36.25 km³2019: 36.25 km³2020: 36.25 km³2021: 36.13 km³2022: 36.13 km³
Change over the period: −6 (−14.39%) Average annual rate: -0.43 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Canada

Canada 36 km³
World 3,853 km³
North America 480 km³
High-income countries computed 942 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 36 +0 +0%
2021 36 −0 −0.34%
2020 36 +0 +0%
2019 36 +0 +0%
2018 36 +0 +0%
2017 36 +0 +0.73%
2016 36 +0 +0.73%
2015 36 −1 −2.12%
2014 37 −1 −2.08%
2013 37 +1 +2.31%
2012 36 +1 +2.36%
2011 36 −2 −4.3%
2010 37 −2 −4.12%
2009 39 −1 −3.15%
2008 40 −1 −3.05%
2007 41 −0 −0.2%
2006 41 −0 −0.2%
2005 41 −0 −0.2%
2004 42 −0 −0.2%
2003 42 −0 −0.19%
2002 42 −0 −0.19%
2001 42 −0 −0.19%
2000 42 −0 −0.19%
1999 42 −0 −0.19%
1998 42 −0 −0.19%
1997 42 −0 −0.19%
1996 42 −1 −1.35%
1995 43 −1 −1.33%
1994 43 −1 −1.31%
1993 44 −1 −1.29%
1992 45 −1 −1.28%
1991 45 +1 +1.3%
1990 45 +1 +1.31%
1989 44 +1 +1.33%
1988 43 +1 +1.35%
1987 43 +1 +1.37%
1986 42

Northern America, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses: irrigation, industry, municipal supply. More than two-thirds of global withdrawal goes to agriculture, so the volume is tied more closely to the area under irrigation than to the number of residents or the size of industry. Withdrawal is not consumption: part of the water returns to water bodies, though usually in worse condition.

Important: Withdrawal, not consumptive use. It can exceed a country's own renewable resources: the country then takes water from across the border, from non-renewable groundwater, or desalinates it.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.