Water Hardness/Households in Canadian Cities
| Location |
Water Hardness (grains per gallon) |
Households |
| NEWFOUNDLAND |
|
|
| St. John's |
0.4 |
50,000 |
| PEI |
|
|
| Charlottetown |
6.8 |
24,000 |
| Summerside |
8.3 |
see Charlottetown |
| NEW BRUNSWICK |
|
|
| Andover |
10 |
1,545 |
| Bathurst |
5.8 |
32,200 |
| Campbelton |
3.3 |
4,870 |
| Chatham |
2.5 |
2.324 |
| Dalhousie |
3.3 |
2,115 |
| Edmundston |
5 |
6,150 |
| Fredicton |
6.5 |
33,585 |
| Moncton |
3.1 |
36,000 |
| Newcastle |
5.8 |
5,429 |
| Saint John |
2.5 |
46,370 |
| St. Stephen |
2 |
5,067 |
| Sussex |
3.3 |
9,734 |
| Woodstock |
3.8 |
6,532 |
| NOVA SCOTIA |
|
|
| Amherst |
2.3 |
|
| Bridgewater |
1.3 |
7,300 |
| Dartmouth |
1.3 |
22,000 |
| Glace Bay |
1.3 |
42,666 |
| Halifax |
7.5 |
5,740 |
| Inverness |
1.8 |
58,523 |
| Kentville |
3.8 |
46,000 |
| Liverpool |
1.3 |
3,740 |
| Lunenburg |
2 |
11,612 |
| New Glasgow |
2.5 |
17,713 |
| New Waterford |
1.5 |
2,974 |
| Oxford |
7.8 |
3,230 |
| Picton |
6.8 |
N/A |
| Springhill |
1.8 |
2,513 |
| Sydney Mines |
1.3 |
2,428 |
| Truro |
1.8 |
10,498 |
| Westville |
2 |
N/A |
| Windsor |
0.8 |
5,202 |
| Yarmouth |
2.5 |
7,935 |
| QUEBEC |
|
|
| Asbestos |
4 |
3,110 |
| Ayers Cliff |
5.2 |
905 |
| Aylmer |
2.5 |
9,942 |
| Beauhamois |
7.5 |
2,796 |
| Beaupert |
5.8 |
30,638 |
| Beaurepre |
30 |
1,157 |
| Beaconsfield |
19.6 |
6,401 |
| Bois St. Paul |
3 |
2,818 |
| Bouriansque |
2 |
N/A |
| Buckingham |
2 |
4,642 |
| Cap del la Medeleine |
1.3 |
14,604 |
| Chamby Canton |
4 |
7,463 |
| Chicoutimi |
1.8 |
26,609 |
| Coaticook |
7 |
3,726 |
| Cowansville |
2 |
5,698 |
| Donnacona |
1.8 |
3,290 |
| Dorval |
3.8 |
6,993 |
| Drummondville |
4.1 |
25,476 |
| East Angus |
2 |
2,053 |
| Famham |
2.8 |
2,900 |
| Grand Mere |
3.3 |
8,073 |
| Hull |
10.7 |
29,034 |
| Iberville |
3.5 |
6,390 |
| Joliette |
2.8 |
16,245 |
| Jonquiere |
1 |
23,050 |
| Kenogami |
1.3 |
N/A |
| Lachine |
5.5 |
15,034 |
| Lachute |
2.3 |
6,365 |
| Laval des Rapids |
22.4 |
14,304 |
| Lauzon |
6.8 |
15,550 |
| Levis |
5.8 |
|
| Longueuil |
7.5 |
51,879 |
| Louisville |
1.3 |
3,533 |
| Magog |
4.3 |
10,418 |
| Megantic |
2 |
3,354 |
| Montebello |
1.4 |
654 |
| Montmagny |
2.3 |
5,038 |
| Montreal |
7.5 |
713,845 |
| Murray Ray |
7.5 |
N/A |
| Nicolet |
4.5 |
3,235 |
| Normando |
21.5 |
1,715 |
| Ormstown |
21.6 |
1,570 |
| Quebec City |
3.3 |
80,521 |
| Richmond |
3 |
1,630 |
| Rimouski |
3.3 |
14,390 |
| Rouyn |
10 |
12,395 |
| St. Hyacinthe |
3 |
17,873 |
| St. Jerome |
2 |
12,951 |
| St. Johns |
3.5 |
17,242 |
| St. Joseph d'elas |
1.3 |
1,614 |
| St. Lambert |
6.5 |
11,334 |
| Ste. Agathe des Mont |
1.5 |
3,350 |
| Ste. Anne de Bellevue |
16.2 |
1,148 |
| Ste. Rose |
14.4 |
9,072 |
| Ste. Scholarteque |
20 |
464 |
| Ste. Therese |
12.5 |
10,229 |
| Shaneville |
14.4 |
274 |
| Shawinigan Falls |
1.8 |
15,271 |
| Sherbrooke |
7.1 |
46,500 |
| Sorel |
3.5 |
11,300 |
| Thetford Mines |
2.5 |
9,361 |
| Trois Rivieres |
1.3 |
34,552 |
| Val d'Or |
2.3 |
11,080 |
| Valleyfield |
7.5 |
12,202 |
| Victoriaville |
4.5 |
17,223 |
| Ville St. Laurent |
7.8 |
27,453 |
| ONTARIO |
|
|
| Almonte |
17.5 |
2,805 |
| Amhurstburg |
6.5 |
6,060 |
| Ancaster |
19 |
6,718 |
| Arnprior |
12.2 |
8,663 |
| Aurora |
17 |
see Newmarket |
| Azilda |
12 |
1,403 |
| Barrie |
9.5 |
41,990 |
| Beamsville |
15.6 |
3,864 |
| Belleville |
6 |
34,391 |
| Bracebridge |
2 |
5,304 |
| Brampton |
24.2 |
58,571 |
| Brantford |
24 |
42,053 |
| Brockville |
7.5 |
11,302 |
| Burks Falls |
10 |
1,200 |
| Burlington |
9 |
47,562 |
| Carleton Place |
5.5 |
4,956 |
| Cayuga |
120 |
905 |
| Chatham |
13 |
19,874 |
| Cippawa |
8.6 |
N/A |
| Clifford |
15 |
660 |
| Clinton |
13.2 |
2,136 |
| Cobalt |
4 |
461 |
| Cobourg |
7.5 |
7,234 |
| Cochrane |
18 |
2,474 |
| Collingwood |
4.5 |
9,632 |
| Copper Cliff |
2 |
N/A |
| Cornwall |
7 |
19,290 |
| Craigment |
4 |
N/A |
| Delhi |
18 |
2,819 |
| Deseronto |
8.4 |
1,314 |
| Dryden |
3.5 |
5,900 |
| Dundas |
17 |
10,320 |
| Dunnville |
21 |
3,830 |
| Elmira |
29 |
390 |
| Essex |
33.4 |
3,658 |
| Etobicoke |
8 |
109,153 |
| Fonthill |
15.6 |
2,495 |
| Fort Williams |
1 |
N/A |
| Galt |
22 |
930 |
| Gannonoque |
7 |
3,759 |
| Goderich |
5.5 |
4,808 |
| Grimsby |
8 |
6,821 |
| Guelph |
22 |
30,652 |
| Hagersville |
30 |
2,055 |
| Haileybury |
2 |
1,243 |
| Hamilton |
7.5 |
147,943 |
| Harrow |
49.8 |
3,112 |
| Hanover |
13 |
3,915 |
| Hawkesbury |
2 |
5,300 |
| Hespeler |
26 |
550 |
| Ingersoll |
24.4 |
4,269 |
| Iroquois Falls |
4.5 |
2,005 |
| Islington |
16.2 |
20,137 |
| Kapuskasing |
6 |
3,490 |
| Kemptville |
16.4 |
6,130 |
| Kenora |
4 |
9,929 |
| Kingston |
7.5 |
37,776 |
| Kirkland Lake |
3 |
4,712 |
| Kitchener |
40 |
87,480 |
| Lansing |
21 |
N/A |
| Leamington |
14 |
17,253 |
| Lindsay |
8.5 |
27,220 |
| Listowel |
13 |
9,907 |
| London |
25 |
149,133 |
| Lucan |
13 |
N/A |
| Lucknow |
16.4 |
977 |
| Meaford |
12 |
2,978 |
| Merritton |
8.5 |
N/A |
| Midland |
8 |
16,268 |
| Mitchell |
16.2 |
1,907 |
| Matawa |
5 |
|
| Mount Forest |
25 |
2,937 |
| New Liskeard |
16 |
3,306 |
| Newmarket |
10.5 |
53,915 |
| New Toronto |
8 |
see Toronto |
| Niagara Falls |
8 |
29,250 |
| North Bay |
1 |
24,960 |
| North York Twsp. |
18 |
173,099 |
| Norwick |
14 |
1,220 |
| Oakville |
7 |
34,364 |
| Orillia |
10 |
19,999 |
| Oshawa |
7.5 |
38,796 |
| Ottawa |
3 |
181,258 |
| Owen Sound |
15 |
20,688 |
| Paisley |
19.5 |
829 |
| Paris |
20 |
2,984 |
| Parkhill |
14 |
1,145 |
| Parry Sound |
4 |
3,020 |
| Pembroke |
2 |
15,357 |
| Penetanguishene |
7.5 |
see Midland |
| Perth |
4 |
5,596 |
| Peterborough |
5 |
40,913 |
| Picton |
7 |
2,265 |
| Port Arthur |
6 |
N/A |
| Port Colborne |
7 |
6,291 |
| Port Dover |
13.2 |
N/A |
| Port Elgin |
38.4 |
1,852 |
| Port Hope |
7.5 |
5,553 |
| Prescott |
7 |
3,553 |
| Preston |
17 |
620 |
| Renfrew |
2.5 |
12,221 |
| Richmond Hill |
17.2 |
72,717 |
| St. Catharines |
7 |
40,750 |
| St. Mary's |
22.8 |
1,475 |
| St. Thomas |
11.5 |
29,300 |
| Sarnia |
7 |
38,869 |
| Sault Ste. Marie |
3 |
29,847 |
| Scarborough |
8.5 |
155,061 |
| Seaforth |
17.5 |
1,496 |
| Shelburne |
12 |
N/A |
| Simcoe |
12 |
16,900 |
| Smith Falls |
5 |
6,904 |
| Stratford |
30 |
14,604 |
| Strathroy |
17.5 |
5,543 |
| Sturgeon Falls |
2 |
3,134 |
| Sudbury |
2.5 |
53,168 |
| Tavistock |
30.4 |
1,893 |
| Tecumseh |
7.8 |
5,953 |
| Teeswater |
32 |
616 |
| Thorold |
8 |
5,848 |
| Tillsonburg |
12 |
8,925 |
| Timmins |
2 |
19,055 |
| Toronto |
7.5 |
319,202 |
| Trenton |
14 |
6,120 |
| Twin Province |
17.5 |
N/A |
| Uxbridge |
15.4 |
3,533 |
| Walkerton |
8.8 |
2,651 |
| Wallaceburg |
6.5 |
5,822 |
| Waterloo |
28 |
see Kitchener |
| Welland |
8 |
19,258 |
| Weston |
10 |
9,448 |
| Whitby |
7.5 |
19,750 |
| Windsor |
6 |
72,436 |
| Woodbridge |
16.2 |
11,770 |
| Woodroffe |
22.5 |
N/A |
| Woodstock |
2.5 |
26,041 |
| MANITOBA |
|
|
| Brandon |
21 |
15,689 |
| Dauphin |
15 |
6,866 |
| Melville |
32 |
N/A |
| Morris |
25 |
3,350 |
| Neepawa |
17.3 |
3,029 |
| Portage la Prairie |
20 |
5,300 |
| SASKATCHEWAN |
|
|
| Assiniboia |
62.5 |
596 |
| Biggar |
24.5 |
2,467 |
| Canora |
22 |
2,365 |
| Estevan |
23.8 |
11,305 |
| Fort |
25.4 |
2,130 |
| Glidden |
40 |
N/A |
| Kainsach |
31.5 |
N/A |
| Gravelbourg |
45.7 |
628 |
| Kerrobert |
18.5 |
890 |
| Komsach |
72.5 |
N/A |
| Maple Creek |
16.5 |
2,487 |
| Lloydminster |
25 |
12,500 |
| Melford |
24 |
4,600 |
| Melville |
26.2 |
3,933 |
| Moose Jaw |
26.2 |
21,116 |
| Moosomin |
50.4 |
3,340 |
| North Battleford |
14.8 |
9,730 |
| Prince Albert |
8.8 |
20,789 |
| Regina |
29 |
78,737 |
| Saskatoon |
15.5 |
70,812 |
| Strasbourg |
32.5 |
N/A |
| Swift Current |
13.3 |
17,925 |
| Weyburn |
12.5 |
9,195 |
| Willow Bunch |
31.8 |
103 |
| Yorkton |
34.6 |
189,626 |
| ALBERTA |
|
|
| Banff |
9.3 |
3,323 |
| Bow Island |
12 |
4,402 |
| Brooks |
10 |
2,242 |
| Bassario |
10 |
749 |
| Calgary |
11.7 |
216,305 |
| Cardston |
13.8 |
2,122 |
| Colemand |
9 |
N/A |
| Drumheller |
17.3 |
5,012 |
| Edmonton |
6.3 |
170,926 |
| Granum |
10.4 |
N/A |
| Linden |
31 |
400 |
| Macleod |
8.5 |
N/A |
| Medicine Hat |
5.3 |
23,000 |
| Michichi |
14 |
N/A |
| Olds |
13.3 |
8,400 |
| Pincher Creek |
16.8 |
2,417 |
| Raymond |
7 |
N/A |
| Red Deer |
12.3 |
46,536 |
| Stettler |
1 |
4,299 |
| Three Hills |
8.5 |
4,300 |
| Trochu |
25 |
1,000 |
| Taber |
16.4 |
3,398 |
| Vegreville |
11.8 |
10,250 |
| Vermillion |
12.6 |
7,220 |
| Westaskiwin |
1.8 |
12,126 |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA |
|
|
| Chilliwack |
8.2 |
22,210 |
| Clinton |
14 |
N/A |
| Cranbrook |
6.5 |
28,682 |
| Dawson Creek |
19.5 |
10,742 |
| Duncan |
4 |
20,656 |
| Fernie |
7.3 |
2,200 |
| Grand Falls |
7 |
N/A |
| Kamloops |
3 |
28,800 |
| Kelowna |
9 |
44,800 |
| Kimberley |
1.5 |
2,950 |
| Ladysmith |
1 |
2,669 |
| Herritt |
4.5 |
N/A |
| Nanimo |
4 |
34,400 |
| Nelson |
2.5 |
4,900 |
| New Westminster |
1.3 |
35,574 |
| North Vancouver |
1 |
57,338 |
| Penticton |
2 |
20,010 |
| Port Alberni |
5.5 |
7,500 |
| Powell River |
1 |
5,398 |
| Princeton |
5 |
2,174 |
| Prince Rupert |
1.5 |
7,200 |
| Prince George |
4.4 |
28,780 |
| Revelstoke |
2 |
1,938 |
| Rossland |
2.5 |
N/A |
| Trail |
3.9 |
9,020 |
| Vancouver |
0.3 |
137,976 |
| Victoria |
2 |
98,163 |
|