Safely managed sanitation in Canada

81.3% of people in Canada used safely managed sanitation in 2024.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2024 81.3% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 81.3%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 47th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation in Canada over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period CanadaWorld
2024 81.3% 58.5%
2023 81.3% 57.8%
2022 81.3% 57.0%
2021 80.9% 56.1%
2020 80.6% 55.2%
2019 80.3% 54.2%
2018 80.0% 52.8%
2017 79.6% 51.3%
2016 79.3% 49.9%
2015 79.0% 48.4%
2014 78.7% 46.9%
2013 78.4% 45.5%
2012 78.1% 44.1%
2011 77.8% 42.8%
2010 77.5% 41.5%
2009 77.3% 40.2%
2008 77.0% 38.9%
2007 76.7% 37.6%
2006 76.5% 36.3%
2005 76.2% 35.1%
2004 75.8% 34.0%
2003 75.5% 32.8%
2002 75.2% 31.7%
2001 75.2% 31.7%
2000 75.2% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 81.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 78.7%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Canada has the 47th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.SMSS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Canada
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene