Residential Appliance Unit Energy Consumption (UEC)
  2000   2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
UEC1 for New Electric Appliances (kWh/year)a
Refrigerator 640   430 425 421 416 421 411 388 396
Freezer 391   356 365 390 362 376 355 313 328
Dishwasher2 172   88 84 80 75 74 73 72 72
Clothes Washer2 113   37 35 34 36 37 35 32 31
Clothes Dryer 910   921 928 933 929 926 924 923 923
Range 760   518 522 526 525 539 546 551 556

UEC1 for New Natural Gas Appliances (kWh/year)b
Clothes Dryer 880   880 880 880 880 880 880 880 880
Range 1,226   1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226

UEC1 for Stock of Electric Appliances (kWh/year)b
Refrigerator 958   580 549 527 511 498 485 471 459
Freezer 733   428 400 387 381 378 376 374 372
Dishwasher2 233   133 122 113 105 99 94 89 85
Clothes Washer2 145   95 89 82 76 70 64 59 53
Clothes Dryer 1,073   940 925 918 915 915 916 917 918
Range 781   682 664 648 632 618 606 595 585

UEC1 for Stock of Natural Gas Appliances (kWh/year)b
Clothes Dryer 888   880 880 880 880 880 880 880 880
Range 1,305   1,234 1,230 1,228 1,227 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226

Footnotes:

1) Unit energy consumption (UEC) is based on rated efficiency.
2) Excludes hot water requirements.

Sources:

a) Special tabulations from the Canadian Appliance Manufacturers Association, 2000-2011. Data for 2012 onward were provided by the Association of Home Appliance Manufactuers, Canada, 2022.
b) Natural Resources Canada, Residential End-Use Model, Ottawa, 2022.