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Table 6: Participants, by type of location and closest body of water

  Participants1 882
  Respondents2 610
  Response rate 69.2%

    Number Percentage
Type of location
  Rural 119 19.5%
  Small town 91 14.9%
  Suburban 125 20.5%
  Urban 220 36.1%
  Not specified 55 9.0%
  Total 610 100.0%
Body of water
  St. Lawrence River 63 10.3%
  Lake Ontario 91 14.9%
  Niagara River 4 0.7%
  Lake Erie 67 11.0%
  Detroit River 42 6.9%
  Lake St. Clair 15 2.5%
  St. Clair River 4 0.7%
  Lake Huron 90 14.8%
  St. Mary's River 5 0.8%
  Lake Superior 54 8.9%
  Lake Michigan 132 21.6%
  Did not live in the Great Lakes basin, or not specified 43 7.0%
  Total 610 100.0%

1 Number of participants counted at the meetings (does not include IJC personnel or contractors) and who registered for the Web dialogue (includes IJC personnel or contractors who registered for the dialogue).

2 Respondents to a voluntary, non-identifying survey that was handed out at the meetings and on registration in the Web dialogue. Not all those who attended the meetings completed the survey, though all the Web dialogue participants did. Some respondents did not answer all the questions.

 

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