Canada possesses somewhere between 6 and 9 per cent of the world’s renewable fresh water, yet only 0.5 per cent of the global population. From an ecological perspective, it might seem like that supply is abundant yet we really have no water to spare. Canada has 7% of the world’s land mass – meaning we have just about enough water to meet the ecological needs of our land mass (Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada’s Water Challenges). To complicate matters, the renewable supply of water is expected to decrease with climate change (Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Water Budget).
