OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says higher-income households and those with children are most likely to drink bottled water at home.
The agency says apartment dwellers, seniors and households with at least one university graduate were least likely to use bottled water. It says almost 30 per cent of all households used bottled water as their main drinking source in 2006.
It also notes that the amount of plastic waste generated by consumption of bottled water has raised environmental concerns, especially since most communities have perfectly good drinking water in the taps.
