Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Canada

Safely managed sanitation in Canada in 2024 — 81.3%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.1 pp.

2024 81.3% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 47of 141
Period maximum 81.3%2022
Period minimum 75.2%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Canada, 2000–202474767880822000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 75.2%2001: 75.2%2002: 75.2%2003: 75.5%2004: 75.8%2005: 76.2%2006: 76.5%2007: 76.7%2008: 77%2009: 77.3%2010: 77.5%2011: 77.8%2012: 78.1%2013: 78.4%2014: 78.7%2015: 79%2016: 79.3%2017: 79.6%2018: 80%2019: 80.3%2020: 80.6%2021: 80.9%2022: 81.3%2023: 81.3%2024: 81.3%
Change over the period: +6.1 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Canada 81.3%
World 58.5%
High-income countries computed 90.1%
Safely managed sanitation — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 81.3 −0 pp
2023 81.3 −0 pp
2022 81.3 +0.4 pp
2021 80.9 +0.3 pp
2020 80.6 +0.3 pp
2019 80.3 +0.3 pp
2018 80 +0.3 pp
2017 79.6 +0.3 pp
2016 79.3 +0.3 pp
2015 79 +0.3 pp
2014 78.7 +0.3 pp
2013 78.4 +0.3 pp
2012 78.1 +0.3 pp
2011 77.8 +0.3 pp
2010 77.5 +0.3 pp
2009 77.3 +0.3 pp
2008 77 +0.3 pp
2007 76.7 +0.3 pp
2006 76.5 +0.3 pp
2005 76.2 +0.3 pp
2004 75.8 +0.3 pp
2003 75.5 +0.3 pp
2002 75.2 −0 pp
2001 75.2 −0 pp
2000 75.2

Northern America, 2024

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

US United States 97 CA Canada 81.3

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.