Health Canada

Learn about the health effects of uranium and how to reduce your exposure if uranium is present at high levels in your drinking water.

Safe drinking water is everybody's business. Managing drinking water supplies properly, from the source water to the consumer's tap, takes a great deal of knowledge and coordination among multiple stakeholders--from governments and businesses, to individuals like you and me.

Learn about the health effects of strontium and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals. Short-term exposure to PFAS in drinking water at levels slightly higher than the maximum acceptable concentrations (MAC) or screening values, below, is not expected to result in health effects as these values are based on a lifetime of...

Learn about the health effects of manganese and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of lead and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of enteric viruses and how to reduce your exposure from your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of copper and how to reduce your exposure if copper is present at high levels in your drinking water.

Health Canada has developed a guideline value for chloramines in drinking water to protect the health of Canadians. Learn about what it means to have chloramines in your drinking water.

Questions and answers on drinking water treatment devices.

The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality are established by Health Canada in collaboration with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) and other federal government departments.