Table 1 Average age of public infrastructure by province and type of infrastructure, 2007

 

Highways and roads

Bridges and overpasses

Water supply systems

Wastewater treatment

Sewer systems

Total

 

years

Canada

14.9

24.5

14.8

17.8

17.9

16.3

Newfoundland and Labrador

16.4

20.9

14.3

17.6

20.9

17.2

Prince Edward Island

13.9

15.6

14.8

22.8

20.0

15.5

Nova Scotia

16.3

28.6

17.0

16.8

19.7

18.0

New Brunswick

15.2

21.2

16.7

18.4

18.4

16.9

Quebec

15.2

31.0

18.5

19.1

18.1

17.2

Ontario

13.9

24.1

13.1

16.9

18.3

15.4

Manitoba

17.1

22.4

15.3

18.5

17.3

17.7

Saskatchewan

16.7

23.3

15.1

17.6

20.5

17.6

Alberta

14.4

23.0

14.0

17.7

16.3

15.6

British Columbia

15.8

23.0

11.4

17.2

16.9

16.3

Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation, Investment and Capital Stock Division.