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That’s a bit misleading. The same table says that 99.04% of the population of Canada has access to clean water. Those 30 ahead of us are only ahead by decimals of a percentage point.
It’s hilarious when you think of the fact that most of Canada is nothing but large areas of freshwater … especially in the province where I am from ‘Ontario’, an indigenous word that is in reference to ‘great lake’ or ‘sparkling water’, generally a reference to ‘fresh water’
It’s also frustrating in northern Ontario where we are literally surrounded by fresh water lakes and rivers, yet it is the same part of the country where many semi-remote and very remote communities either have little water, dirty water, tainted water or just no water.
Canada rank 31 in potable water. Not great but notable countries with worst ranking include:
Greese
Norway
Japan
USA
Switzerland
Italy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_access_to_clean_water
That’s a bit misleading. The same table says that 99.04% of the population of Canada has access to clean water. Those 30 ahead of us are only ahead by decimals of a percentage point.
It’s hilarious when you think of the fact that most of Canada is nothing but large areas of freshwater … especially in the province where I am from ‘Ontario’, an indigenous word that is in reference to ‘great lake’ or ‘sparkling water’, generally a reference to ‘fresh water’
It’s also frustrating in northern Ontario where we are literally surrounded by fresh water lakes and rivers, yet it is the same part of the country where many semi-remote and very remote communities either have little water, dirty water, tainted water or just no water.