Water Allocation and Water Security in Canada: Initiating a Policy Dialogue for the 21st Century

This document is the product of a two year study by the Guelph Water Management Group (University of Guelph), funded by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation through the Fresh Water Resources Programme, with support from the Canadian Water Network. The aim of the project was to undertake a comprehensive, national assessment of provincial and territorial water allocation arrangements, with the goal of assessing how these water allocation systems contribute to Canada’s water security. This report synthesises main findings from the study. Two technical background reports present the data that were used to prepare this report.