Encountered it in Canada in the maritimes. Anywhere on the coast there were places that just had a pipe going straight into the ocean. Cafes, restaurants, you name it. There were even portable toilets set up with the pipes so they never had to be pumped. I'm guessing they don't want to see tons of toilet paper floating in the ocean I guess, but excrement is not a problem? Maybe someone else has some better insight, for instance I know in the states if it rains too much and sewage backs up a bit, the beaches get closed. Do Canadians not see a problem with high bacteria levels?

It's not an isolated thing and comes up often... Canadians just seem backward at sewage management[1][2].

[1] http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-dumping-...

[2] https://qz.com/545922/canadas-new-government-just-approved-d...