{"auto_progress_calculation":true,"computation_units":"Percentage (%)","copyright":"","data_footnote":"","data_non_statistical":false,"data_notice_class":"","data_notice_heading":"","data_notice_text":"","data_show_map":false,"data_start_values":[{"field":"Water quality category","value":"Total"},{"field":"Land use category","value":"Total"},{"field":"Geography","value":"Canada"}],"embedded_feature_footer":"","embedded_feature_html":"","embedded_feature_tab_title":"","embedded_feature_title":"","embedded_feature_url":"","expected_disaggregations":["Geography"],"graph_annotations":[],"graph_limits":[],"graph_stacked_disaggregation":"","graph_title":"Proportion of Canadian rivers with good to excellent ambient water","graph_titles":[],"graph_type":"bar","indicator_available":"Proportion of Canadian rivers with good to excellent ambient water","indicator_name":"Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality","indicator_number":"6.3.2","national_geographical_coverage":"Canada","page_content":"","permalink":"","precision":[],"progress_calculation_options":[{"direction":"positive","limit":100}],"reporting_status":"complete","sort":"","standalone":false,"tags":["Proxy"],"SDG_GOAL":"Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all\n","SDG_TARGET":"Target 6.3: By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally.\n","SDG_INDICATOR":"

Indicator 6.3.2: Proportion of Canadian rivers with good to excellent ambient water

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These indicators provide a measure of the ability of river water across Canada to support plants and animals. At each monitoring site, specific water quality data are compared to water quality guidelines to create a rating for the site. If measured water quality remains within the guidelines, it can maintain a healthy ecosystem.

Water quality at a monitoring site is considered excellent when parameters in a river almost always meet their guidelines. Conversely, water quality is rated poor when parameters usually do not meet their guidelines, sometimes by a wide margin. (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC))

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This is a proxy indicator. The UN Global indicator states: \"Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality\".

These indicators reflect the state of water quality in rivers in southern Canada. Northern Canada is under-represented.

The indicators only use data for a subset of variables where guidelines exist. They do not cover all potential water quality issues in Canada.

The indicators are based on the impacts of a number of parameters at each site. These concentrations do not show the effect of spills or other transient events unless samples were collected right after the spill happened or their effect on water quality is long-lasting. (ECCC)

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Ces indicateurs fournissent une mesure de la capacit\u00e9 des cours d'eau du Canada \u00e0 maintenir la flore et la faune. \u00c0 chaque site de suivi, des donn\u00e9es sp\u00e9cifiques sur la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau sont compar\u00e9es aux valeurs recommand\u00e9es de qualit\u00e9 de l'eau en vue de cr\u00e9er une cote pour le site. Si les mesures de la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau demeurent dans les seuils recommand\u00e9s, un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me sain peut \u00eatre maintenu.

La qualit\u00e9 de l'eau \u00e0 un site de suivi est cot\u00e9e excellente lorsque les param\u00e8tres dans un cours d'eau sont presque toujours conformes aux seuils recommand\u00e9s. \u00c0 l'inverse, la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau est cot\u00e9e mauvaise lorsque les param\u00e8tres ne sont habituellement pas conformes \u00e0 ces seuils, parfois de beaucoup. Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (ECCC)

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Aux fins de ces indicateurs, la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau est d\u00e9termin\u00e9e par la mesure des concentrations de produits chimiques et des valeurs de propri\u00e9t\u00e9s physiques (param\u00e8tres) de l'eau. Les valeurs de chaque param\u00e8tre sont compar\u00e9es aux valeurs recommand\u00e9es en mati\u00e8re de qualit\u00e9 de l'eau. (ECCC)

\n","REC_USE_LIM":"\"Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un indicateur de substitution. L\u2019indicateur mondial des Nations Unies indique: \u00ab\u00a0Proportion des masses d\u2019eau dont la qualite\u0301 de l\u2019eau ambiante est bonne\u00a0\u00bb. \n
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Ces indicateurs refl\u00e8tent l'\u00e9tat de la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau dans les rivi\u00e8res du sud du Canada. Le nord du Canada est sous-repr\u00e9sent\u00e9.\n
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Les indicateurs utilisent seulement les donn\u00e9es pour les sous-ensemble de sous-variables l\u00e0 o\u00f9 des recommandations existent. Ils ne couvrent pas tous les probl\u00e8mes \u00e9ventuels li\u00e9s \u00e0 la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau au Canada.\n
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Les indicateurs sont bas\u00e9s sur l'incidence de certains param\u00e8tres \u00e0 chaque site. Ces concentrations ne pr\u00e9sentent pas l'effet des d\u00e9versements ou d'autres \u00e9v\u00e9nements transitoires, \u00e0 moins que des \u00e9chantillons aient \u00e9t\u00e9 recueillis tout de suite apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9versement ou que leur effet sur la qualit\u00e9 de l'eau soit de longue dur\u00e9e. (ECCC)\"\n","PROGRESS_DETAILS":" ","SDG_GOAL__GLOBAL":"Objectif 6 : Garantir l'acc\u00e8s de tous \u00e0 des services d'alimentation en eau et d'assainissement g\u00e9r\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on durable.\n","SDG_TARGET__GLOBAL":"Cible 6.3 : D\u2019ici a\u0300 2030, ame\u0301liorer la qualite\u0301 de l\u2019eau en re\u0301duisant la pollution, en e\u0301liminant l\u2019immersion de de\u0301chets \net en re\u0301duisant au minimum les e\u0301missions de produits chimiques et de matie\u0300res dangereuses, en diminuant de moitie\u0301 la \nproportion d\u2019eaux use\u0301es non traite\u0301es et en augmentant nettement a\u0300 l\u2019e\u0301chelle mondiale le recyclage et la re\u0301utilisation \nsans danger de l\u2019eau\n","SDG_INDICATOR__GLOBAL":"Indicateur 6.3.2 : Proportion des masses d\u2019eau dont la qualite\u0301 de l\u2019eau ambiante est bonne\n","source_active_1":true,"source_url_text_1":"Qualit\u00e9 de l'eau des rivi\u00e8res canadiennes","source_url_1":"https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement-changement-climatique/services/indicateurs-environnementaux/qualite-eau-cours-eau-canadiens.html","source_organisation_1":"Environnement et Changement climatique Canada","source_periodicity_1":"Annuelle","source_geographical_coverage_1":"Canada et r\u00e9gions","un_designated_tier":"Niveau II","un_custodian_agency":"Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) (GEMS/Water)","goal_meta_link":"https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-06-03-02.pdf","goal_meta_link_text":"M\u00e9tadonn\u00e9es des objectifs de d\u00e9veloppement durable des Nations Unies","proxy":"proxy"},"national_metadata_updated_date":"2025-08-21","national_data_updated_date":"2026-01-27","target_number":"6.3","goal_number":"6","indicator_sort_order":"06-03-02","progress_status":"substantial_progress"}