Residential Energy Prices and Background Indicators
  2000   2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Energy Prices by Energy Source (incl. taxes)
Natural Gas (cents/m3)a,d 31.9   50.6 52.3 44.1 45.1 43.8 40.6
Heating Oil (cents/litre)f,d,e 53.6   85.0 111.1 77.5 90.2 112.6 118.1
Electricity (cents/kWh)b,d 7.9   9.6 9.6 9.7 9.8 10.5 10.7

Background Indicators
 
Consumer Price Index (2012 = 100)c
Natural Gas 94.3   131.4 146.9 117.4 115.3 111.5 100.0
Fuel Oil and Other Fuels 45.3   71.9 94.0 65.9 76.4 95.7 100.0
Electricity 70.6   87.2 87.5 89.0 93.3 96.1 100.0
Real Personal Disposable Income per Household ($2012)c,g 63,466   68,617 69,874 70,153 72,473 72,062 73,051
Total Population (thousands)f 30,686   32,889 33,247 33,629 34,005 34,339 34,714

Sources:

a) Statistics Canada, Natural Gas, Monthly Sales, Table 25-10-0033-01. Natural gas prices for 2016 onward are calculated using Canadian Monthly Natural Gas Distribution, Canada and Provinces, Table 25-10-0059-01, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Hydro-Québec, Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities, 2020.
c) Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index annual, Table 18-10-0005-01, Ottawa, 2022.
d) Statistics Canada, Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, 2000-2020, Ottawa, 2022.
e) Statistics Canada, Estimates of Population, by Age Group and Sex for July 1, Canada, Provinces and Territories, Table 17-10-0005-01, Ottawa, 2022.
f) Statistics Canada, Monthly Average Retail Prices for Gasoline and Fuel Oil, by Geography, Table 18-10-0001-01, Ottawa, 2022.
g) Statistics Canada, Current and Capital Accounts - Households, quarterly, Table 36-10-0112-01, Ottawa, 2022.