Table 3.1a – Total Energy Consumption By Region
Gigajoules of energy consumed by households (GJ) by region | ||||||||||||||
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Canada | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba / Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | ||||||||
Total energy consumption | 1,467,727,697 | A | 87,200,374 | A | 325,762,691 | A | 554,743,263 | A | 113,403,872 | A | 204,580,173 | A | 182,037,324 | A |
Type of dwelling | ||||||||||||||
Single detached house | 1,097,381,704 | A | 74,279,371 | A | 226,243,922 | A | 412,240,655 | A | 97,895,587 | A | 152,324,747 | A | 134,397,422 | A |
Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex | 172,501,623 | A | 4,646,989 | M | 43,052,272 | A | 74,099,607 | A | - | U | 29,837,528 | A | 17,332,726 | A |
Low-rise apartment | 86,693,398 | A | 3,976,726 | M | 37,682,904 | A | 15,275,174 | A | - | U | 13,230,408 | M | 12,728,673 | M |
High-rise apartment | 56,813,679 | A | - | U | 6,415,514 | M | 38,218,265 | A | - | U | - | U | 5,392,968 | M |
Mobile home | 13,632,354 | A | - | U | 3,011,285 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | 5,418,808 | M |
Don’t know/Not stated | 40,704,939 | A | - | U | 9,356,793 | M | 13,138,402 | M | - | U | - | U | 6,766,728 | M |
Dwelling construction date | ||||||||||||||
Before 1946 | 166,749,989 | A | 12,443,170 | A | 40,473,002 | A | 82,234,538 | A | 16,715,852 | M | - | U | 10,414,957 | M |
1946 – 1960 | 169,311,171 | A | 8,120,852 | A | 41,023,667 | A | 64,753,258 | A | 14,466,324 | M | 20,317,731 | A | 20,629,338 | M |
1961 – 1977 | 317,903,747 | A | 19,242,378 | A | 76,660,493 | A | 119,874,267 | A | 30,379,220 | A | 36,963,647 | A | 34,783,742 | A |
1978 – 1983 | 142,967,191 | A | 9,906,298 | A | 33,934,046 | A | 40,867,743 | A | 8,461,820 | M | 32,577,039 | M | 17,220,246 | A |
1984 – 1995 | 232,755,122 | A | 15,336,083 | A | 55,644,448 | A | 81,129,798 | A | 16,787,852 | A | 23,011,922 | M | 40,845,019 | A |
1996 – 2000 | 97,481,991 | A | 7,757,194 | M | 12,726,993 | A | 39,935,598 | M | - | U | 19,534,801 | M | 15,143,916 | M |
2001 – 2010 | 201,206,707 | A | 8,058,342 | A | 41,936,996 | A | 78,027,072 | A | 12,993,818 | M | 36,841,491 | A | 23,348,989 | A |
2011 or later | 115,068,449 | A | 5,202,856 | M | 19,067,324 | A | 35,810,343 | A | 8,870,382 | M | 28,294,084 | A | 17,823,460 | M |
Not stated | 24,283,331 | M | - | U | 4,295,721 | M | 12,110,646 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Heated area of dwelling excluding garage | ||||||||||||||
55 square metres or less (600 square feet or less) | 36,938,780 | A | 2,691,688 | M | 14,893,995 | M | 11,425,898 | M | - | U | - | U | 3,874,264 | M |
56 to 95 square metres (601 to 1,000 square feet) | 194,172,768 | A | 14,398,568 | A | 54,717,100 | A | 52,486,623 | A | 23,904,896 | A | 26,227,353 | A | 22,438,228 | A |
96 to 140 square metres (1,001 to 1,500 square feet) | 443,260,453 | A | 26,787,795 | A | 99,509,968 | A | 147,052,118 | A | 42,830,528 | A | 82,723,165 | A | 44,356,880 | A |
141 to 185 square metres (1,501 to 2,000 square feet) | 303,982,798 | A | 13,050,942 | A | 45,527,838 | A | 138,727,120 | A | 27,251,415 | A | 42,383,840 | A | 37,041,644 | A |
186 to 230 square metres (2,001 to 2,500 square feet) | 182,138,310 | A | 8,107,105 | A | 31,276,865 | M | 82,021,631 | A | 8,637,828 | M | 26,534,324 | M | 25,560,557 | A |
231 to 280 square metres (2,501 to 3,000 square feet) | 98,808,895 | A | 6,143,449 | M | 16,025,305 | M | 44,345,546 | M | - | U | 11,714,761 | M | 17,436,613 | M |
281 to 325 square metres (3,001 to 3,500 square feet) | 41,500,428 | A | - | U | 6,835,082 | M | 20,069,197 | M | - | U | - | U | 10,014,729 | M |
326 to 371 square metres (3,501 to 4,000 square feet) | 20,170,225 | M | - | U | - | U | 8,042,470 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
372 or more square metres (4,001 or more square feet) | 30,993,256 | A | - | U | 5,913,989 | M | 10,928,387 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Don’t know/Not stated | 115,761,784 | A | 11,756,670 | A | 48,386,711 | A | 39,644,273 | M | - | U | - | U | 4,486,885 | M |
Occupation Mode | ||||||||||||||
Own | 1,261,750,662 | A | 77,869,137 | A | 268,072,439 | A | 479,229,564 | A | 100,908,495 | A | 178,797,425 | A | 156,873,602 | A |
Rent | 205,885,819 | A | 9,240,021 | A | 57,690,252 | A | 75,513,699 | A | 12,495,377 | M | 25,782,749 | A | 25,163,723 | A |
Don’t Know/Not Stated | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Number of people in the household | ||||||||||||||
1 member | 319,784,222 | A | 20,512,574 | A | 91,642,910 | A | 107,081,037 | A | 26,308,021 | A | 41,230,216 | A | 33,009,463 | A |
2 members | 530,226,500 | A | 37,014,956 | A | 114,356,042 | A | 196,952,926 | A | 37,782,582 | A | 78,472,948 | A | 65,647,045 | A |
3 members | 217,390,032 | A | 12,481,804 | A | 48,247,661 | A | 89,341,511 | A | 14,595,994 | M | 23,962,172 | A | 28,760,890 | A |
4 or more members | 400,326,943 | A | 17,191,040 | A | 71,516,077 | A | 161,367,788 | A | 34,717,275 | A | 60,914,837 | A | 54,619,925 | A |
Occupant demographics | ||||||||||||||
Households with only 18 to 24 year old members | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members | 3,727,947 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members | 99,558,658 | A | 3,171,083 | M | 24,648,277 | M | 39,593,560 | A | 5,741,323 | M | 20,206,742 | A | 6,197,674 | M |
Households with only 65 + year old members | 260,544,518 | A | 19,356,669 | A | 63,337,555 | A | 85,213,947 | A | 24,096,622 | A | 35,632,806 | A | 32,906,919 | A |
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only | 363,949,456 | A | 24,524,218 | A | 83,904,038 | A | 145,365,799 | A | 27,942,211 | A | 42,525,944 | A | 39,687,246 | A |
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only | 242,048,825 | A | 7,114,479 | A | 45,034,284 | A | 96,321,814 | A | 26,256,655 | A | 40,062,950 | A | 27,258,643 | A |
Households with adults and members 0 to 12 and 13 to 19 | 156,492,687 | A | 9,004,195 | M | 37,708,343 | A | 61,292,828 | A | 9,440,376 | M | 16,899,364 | M | 22,147,581 | M |
Other compositions | 85,919,274 | A | 6,238,855 | M | 21,432,860 | M | 24,481,947 | M | - | U | 15,151,067 | M | 9,791,553 | M |
Not stated | 255,446,774 | A | 17,408,285 | A | 47,924,236 | A | 102,464,384 | A | 10,835,423 | M | 33,303,820 | A | 43,510,626 | A |
Dwelling part of a condominium | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 91,071,518 | A | - | U | 21,464,398 | M | 30,729,901 | A | - | U | 17,464,978 | M | 18,714,697 | M |
No | 116,765,499 | A | 5,480,789 | M | 32,237,097 | A | 55,079,775 | A | - | U | 9,605,779 | M | 9,692,998 | M |
Valid skip Footnote 1 | 1,259,246,446 | A | 80,690,093 | A | 272,048,842 | A | 468,784,425 | A | 107,029,980 | A | 177,509,417 | A | 153,183,690 | A |
Not stated | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | U |
Household income | ||||||||||||||
Less than $20,000 | 78,399,552 | A | 5,696,906 | M | 21,097,677 | A | 31,040,645 | M | 7,173,586 | M | - | U | 7,041,698 | M |
$20,000 to less than $40,000 | 189,913,604 | A | 18,222,440 | A | 49,462,457 | A | 65,547,190 | A | 12,870,472 | M | 21,754,144 | A | 22,056,901 | A |
$40,000 to less than $60,000 | 189,260,629 | A | 14,740,350 | A | 54,989,033 | A | 60,753,987 | A | 14,207,554 | A | 24,081,897 | A | 20,487,807 | A |
$60,000 to less than $80,000 | 187,505,081 | A | 13,278,826 | A | 38,590,192 | A | 65,523,568 | A | 17,651,116 | A | 26,584,360 | A | 25,877,018 | A |
$80,000 to less than $100,000 | 176,417,697 | A | 9,110,735 | A | 42,240,257 | A | 66,373,727 | A | 12,073,545 | M | 22,238,393 | A | 24,381,039 | A |
$100,000 to less than $150,000 | 305,347,208 | A | 12,998,980 | A | 65,577,270 | A | 119,154,841 | A | 26,258,573 | A | 44,807,245 | A | 36,550,298 | A |
$150,000 and over | 340,883,928 | A | 13,152,137 | A | 53,805,805 | A | 146,349,303 | A | 23,169,026 | A | 58,765,094 | A | 45,642,563 | A |
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household | ||||||||||||||
0 to 8 years or some secondary | 78,126,566 | A | 6,230,573 | M | 24,592,140 | A | 32,797,775 | M | 7,141,765 | M | - | U | 3,606,135 | M |
Grade 11 to 13, graduate | 196,104,170 | A | 12,155,864 | A | 46,174,226 | A | 67,335,183 | A | 19,378,517 | A | 26,020,763 | A | 25,039,617 | A |
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma | 104,183,206 | A | 9,772,454 | A | 28,317,616 | A | 25,306,740 | M | 9,114,488 | M | 16,412,375 | A | 15,259,533 | M |
University | 241,981,412 | A | 18,709,128 | A | 58,934,874 | A | 97,282,671 | A | 12,089,216 | A | 26,950,383 | A | 28,015,138 | A |
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level | 59,717,482 | A | 4,159,172 | M | 13,976,769 | A | 17,216,607 | M | 5,655,049 | M | 7,575,097 | M | 11,134,788 | M |
Don’t know/Not stated | 787,614,861 | A | 36,173,183 | A | 153,767,066 | A | 314,804,286 | A | 60,024,836 | A | 123,863,377 | A | 98,982,113 | A |
Legend:
The letter beside each estimate classifies its quality as follows: A–Acceptable, M–Use with caution, U–Too unreliable to be published.
Notes:Due to rounding, the numbers may not add up and may differ slightly among tables.
Source:2019 Survey of Household Energy Use