Author: Tricia Stadnyk, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Modelling, University of Calgary

Canadians are among some of the most water-rich people globally, with access to about 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater supply and seven per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater supply. As a result, Canadians are among the most water-greedy nations in the world, with per-capita water use in the average Canadian household coming in at more than 220 litres a day. Canadians consume double the United Nations’ recommended consumption limit. Canada was the second largest consumer of water in 2017, dropping only to the eighth largest consumer per capita in the world in 2022. Canada has been largely…