Fluoridated and Non-Fluoridated Canadian Municipalities
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INDEX
D = Defeated or repealled
N = Never fluoridated
R = Currently resisting against efforts to fluoridate the public water supply
F = Currently fighting to have fluoridated water repealled
FD = Cessation of fluoridation efforts recently defeated by council vote or referendum
CANADA
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According to Health Canada, in 2007, 45.1% of Canadians drink fluoridated public water. Canada is one of the most fluoridated countries in the world. In comparison, less than 5.7% of the world's population has their public water supply fluoridated.
YUKON
NO
Whitehorse (D 1968-1998)
NORTH WEST TERRITORIES
YES
Yellowknife
NUNAVUT
BRITISH COLUMBIA
YES
Prince George (1956-present)
Cranbrook,
Fort St. John,
Lake Cowichan,
Prince Rupert
NO
Burns Lake (D – 2003)
Campbell River (D 1960-1993)
Comox (D - 1992)
Courtney (D - 1992)
Golden (D - 1964-2005)
Fort Saint John (D – July 2009)
Kamloops (D – 1961-2001 ; 63%-37%)
Kelowna (D - 1954-1996)
Kitimat (D - 1998)
Port Hardy (D - 1974-1993)
Squamish (D - 1973-1993)
Vancouver (N)
Victoria (N)
NO (Naturally occurring fluoride present)
>>> List of locations in British Columbia where there is a risk of excess fluoride from well water.
NOTE: Naturally occurring fluoride, while still dangerous, is different from the articially created toxic waste by-product created by the phosphorus industry that is added to public water supplies. 3.1% of all communities in Canada have naturally-occurring fluoride above the levels of 1.5 mg/L recommended by Health Canada.
ALBERTA
YES
Airdrie (F)
Barrhead
Camrose
Chestermere
Drumheller
Edmonton (1967-present) (F)
Grand Prairie(F)
Hinton
Lethbridge (1972-present) (F)
Lloydminster
Okotoks
Red Deer (F)
St Albert (1962-present)
Taber
Wetaskiwin
NO
Calgary (D – 1991 to February 8, 2011)
Cochrane
Drayton Valley (D)
Falher (D)
Medicine Hat
SASKATCHEWAN
YES
Balgonie
Estevan
Indian Head
Melfort
Moosomin
Prince Albert
Saskatoon (F)
NO
Abernethy
Arm River Colony
Balcarres
Bethune
Biggar
Broadview
Chaven
Cupar
Dilke
Dysart
Earl Grey
Edenwold
Emerald Park
Fort Qu'Appelle
Francis
Grand Coulee
Gray
Grenfell
Holdfast
Imperial
Kelliher
Kindersley
Kronau
Lajord Colony
Lemberg
Lestock
Liberty
Lipton
Lumsden
McLean
Milestone
Montmarte
North Battleford
Odessa
Pense
Pilot Butte
Punnichy
Qu'Appelle
Quinton
Raymore
Regina (N)
Regina Beach
Riceton
Rocanville
Sedley
Simpson
Sintaluta
Southley
Swift Current
Vibank
Wapella
Weyburn
White City
Whitewood
Wilcox
Wolseley
Yorkton
MANITOBA
YES
Brandon
Flin Flon (F)
Opaskweyak IR
Sandy Bay IR
Steinbach
Tataskweyak IR
Winnipeg (1956-present) (F)
NO
Cranberry Portage (D)
Creighton (D)
Denare Beach
Snow Lake (D)
Thompson
ONTARIO
YES
Ajax
Amherstburg
Arnprior
Atikokan (FD)
Blind River
Brantford (1945-present)
Brockville
Brooklin
Chatham
Chatham Water System (Chatham, Dresden, Ebert's, Mitchell's Bay, Paincourt and Thamesville)
Cornwall
Courtice (only if supplied by Oshawa water supply plant)
Courtland
Delhi
Dresden
Elliot Lake
Georgina
Goderich
Halton Region (F)
Hamilton (FD)
Iroquois
Kenora
Keswick
Kirkland Lake
Lambton Area Water Supply (6 Municipalities including Sarnia)
London
Morrisburg
Norfolk Region
Oshawa
Ottawa (1964-present) (F)
Owen Sound
Peel Region (Brampton, Mississauga, Bolton, Caledon) (F)
Pembroke
Peterborough (1973-present) (F)
Pickering
Renfrew
St. Thomas
Sarnia (F)
Simcoe (Town of)
Smiths Falls
Sudbury (F)
Thamesville
- Chatham Water System (Chatham, Dresden, Ebert's, Mitchell's Bay, Paincourt and Thamesville)
Toronto and Southern York Region (F – 1963-present)
- York Region Municipalities affected: Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan
NOTE: The Kleinburg section of Vaughan has a seperate water supply and is not fluoridated.
>>> Map of the York Region water supply
Tottenham (1973-present)
Wawa
Whitby
Windsor - Windsor, LaSalle and Tecumseh
NO
Barry's Bay
Beachburg
Bobcaygeon
Cambridge
Cobalt (D – 1991-2001)
Casselman
Central Hastings (Madoc, Marmora, Stirling, Tweed) (Matt MacDonald, Town Clerk, Aug 5th 2010)
Dryden (D)
Durham Region (with the following exceptions: Ajax, Brooklin, Courtice, Pickering, Oshawa and Whitby)
Dutton-Dunwich (D – 2003)
NOTE: West Elgin and Dutton-Dunwich, the system distributes water to customers in Southwest Middlesex and Newbury and as far as Bothwell in Chatham-Kent.
Eganville
Essex
- Union Water System - Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and part of Lakeshore
Guelph (N)
Hawkesbury
Kingston
- fluoridation to CFB Kingston was discontinued by order of the military May 30, 2008
Kingsville
- Union Water System - Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and part of Lakeshore
Kitchener
Leamington
- Union Water System - Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and part of Lakeshore
Muskoka Region (Most communities are not-fluoridated)
Niagara Region (N/D)
- St. Catherines, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort Erie, Port Colborne, Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, West Lincoln, Wainfleet, Welland, Thorold, Pelham
Sault Ste Marie
Simcoe Region (All communities except for Tottenham)
Strathroy
Thunder Bay (R)
Timmins
Waterloo (Fluoridated from 1967 to 2010 Referendum)
Welland, Pelham and Thorold (D - 1999-2006)
West Elgin (D - 2003)
NOTE: West Elgin and Dutton-Dunwich, the system distributes water to customers in Southwest Middlesex and Newbury and as far as Bothwell in Chatham-Kent.
York Region (with the following exceptions: Georgina, Keswick, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan)
NOTE: The Kleinburg section of Vaughan has a seperate water supply and is not fluoridated.
NO (Naturally occurring fluoride present)
Chepstow (1.89mg/L)
Mitchell (1.93mg/L)
Sebringville (2.76mg/L)
Stratford (2.1mg/L)
NOTE: Naturally occurring fluoride, while still dangerous, is different from the articially created toxic waste by-product created by the phosphorus industry that is added to public water supplies. 3.1% of all communities in Canada have naturally-occurring fluoride above the levels of 1.5 mg/L recommended by Health Canada. Naturally occurring fluoride occurs in many communities in South-western Ontario.
QUEBEC
less than 3% of Quebec has an artificially fluoridated water-supply, as of Februray 2011, however the Liberal provincial government, under pressure from the Quebec Aluminum industry, has recommended universal fluoridation in Quebec and has begun encouraging municipalities to fluoridate their water. This effort is currently being successfully fought by a coalition of numerous environmental health conscious and anti-fluoridation activists in the province.
YES
Dorval
Dorval / Pointe-Claire: Dorval, Beaconsfield, Baie d'Urfé, Kirkland, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Bécancour: Village Bécancour, St-Grégoire, Ste-Angèle-de-Laval, Précieux Sang, St-Gabriel
Châteauguay: Châteauguay, Mercier, St-Paul-de-Châteauguay, St-Urbain, Sainte-Martine (D)
Windsor: Windsor
Fermont: Fermont
Lévis / Montmagny: Montmagny, Saint-David, St-Romuald (deux secteurs), Saint-Jean-Chrystostome
Farnham: Farnham, Village Saint-Ange-Gardien
Laprairie: Laprairie
Richmond: Richmond
Mont-Jolie (F)
NO
CFB Bagotville
Gatineau (D - May 4, 2010)
Montréal (N)
Québec City (D – 1972-2008)
Sherbrooke
Trois-Rivières
Verchères: Verchères - D - February 7, 2011
NEW BRUNSWICK
YES
Saint John (1992-present)
Loch Lamond
Spruce Lake
NO
Moncton, Riverview, Dieppe, stopped December 19, 2010
Fredericton
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
YES
CFB Summerside
Charlottetown (1968-present)
NOVA SCOTIA
YES
Halifax Area
- Pockwock (Halifax, Bedford, Sackville, Timberlea/Lakeside, Windsor Junction)
- Lake Major (Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage)
- North Preston
Kentville
Port Hawkesbury
Sydney Area
- Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford and North Sydney
Truro
NO
Bridgewater
NO (Naturally occurring fluoride present)
Mill Cove
NOTE: Naturally occurring fluoride, while still dangerous, is different from the articially created toxic waste by-product created by the phosphorus industry that is added to public water supplies. 3.1% of all communities in Canada have naturally-occurring fluoride above the levels of 1.5 mg/L recommended by Health Canada.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
YES
Gander
NO
(Most municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador)
NO (Naturally occurring fluoride present)
Rigolet
>>> Map of Newfoundland where there is a risk of excess fluoride from well water.
NOTE: Naturally occurring fluoride, while still dangerous, is different from the articially created toxic waste by-product created by the phosphorus industry that is added to public water supplies. 3.1% of all communities in Canada have naturally-occurring fluoride above the levels of 1.5 mg/L recommended by Health Canada.
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