Health Canada
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
Health Canada is the government department or statistical office for Canada. It sets the maximum acceptable concentrations and aesthetic objectives for drinking water parameters in Canada, which provinces and territories then adopt into their own regulations.
Rights
- Commercial reuse
- Yes
- Redistribution
- Yes
- Derivative use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- YesData from Health Canada, used under Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Terms last checked
- 23 August 2026
Access and coverage
- Publisher
- Health Canada
- Website
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/water-quality.html
- Geographic coverage
- Canada
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Formats
- html, pdf
- Bulk download
- Available
- Registration required
- No
- Cost to Hydrionis
- Free
- Domains
- quality, contaminant
Notes
Canadian guidelines are federal guidance; enforceable limits are set provincially. Hydrionis records the jurisdictional status alongside every threshold (spec §28).