Water Hardness/Total Households Canadian Cities

ONTARIO NEWFOUNDLAND MANITOBA PEI SASKATCHEWAN NEW BRUNSWICK ALBERTA NOVA SCOTIA BRITISH COLUMBIA QUEBEC

Water Hardness (grains) Total 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