Households and the Environment Survey (HES)

Domestic water conservation practices of household, category

Domestic water conservation practices refers to specific measures taken by the household to conserve water.

Household refers to a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada or abroad. The dwelling may be either a collective dwelling or a private dwelling. The household may consist of a family group such as a census family, of two or more families sharing a dwelling, of a group of unrelated persons or of a person living alone. Household members who are temporarily absent on reference day are considered part of their usual household.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• List of domestic water conservation practices, total responses