Table 6.1a – Main Heating System By Region
Number of households by region | ||||||||||||||
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Canada | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba / Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | ||||||||
Dwelling with a central heating unit or heating unit used by their household only | ||||||||||||||
Dwelling unit | 13,557,529 | A | 977,732 | A | 3,448,517 | A | 5,003,347 | A | 870,975 | A | 1,453,915 | A | 1,803,042 | A |
Central unit | 1,002,311 | A | - | U | 208,226 | M | 412,604 | M | 56,804 | M | 158,197 | M | 134,278 | M |
Don’t know | 347,059 | M | - | U | - | U | 218,066 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Not stated | - | U | - | - | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | U | - | U |
Main energy source used for heating | ||||||||||||||
Electricity | 4,692,939 | A | 359,714 | A | 2,410,002 | A | 1,043,299 | A | 168,386 | A | 116,397 | M | 595,141 | A |
Natural gas | 6,539,544 | A | - | U | 150,995 | M | 3,501,558 | A | 668,891 | A | 1,262,245 | A | 939,578 | A |
Heating oil | 438,317 | A | 211,865 | A | 113,999 | M | 92,634 | M | - | U | - | - | - | U |
Wood | 451,420 | A | 99,455 | A | 230,857 | A | 51,490 | M | - | U | - | U | 64,368 | M |
Propane | 222,321 | A | - | U | - | U | 156,944 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Other | 289,877 | M | - | U | - | U | 140,031 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Dual source | 784,103 | A | 80,271 | M | 116,476 | A | 352,804 | A | 35,991 | M | 136,332 | A | 62,228 | M |
Don’t know | 572,117 | A | 24,974 | M | 247,524 | A | 148,688 | M | - | U | - | U | 106,079 | M |
Not stated | 964,298 | A | 206,001 | A | 361,350 | A | 158,378 | M | - | U | - | U | 147,698 | A |
Type of main heating equipment | ||||||||||||||
Furnace | 8,039,858 | A | 229,337 | A | 574,062 | A | 4,246,077 | A | 799,785 | A | 1,331,405 | A | 859,191 | A |
Boiler | 1,461,953 | A | 137,789 | A | 259,898 | A | 528,343 | A | 49,382 | M | 205,744 | A | 280,798 | A |
Heating stove (burning wood, pellets, corn, coal …) | 486,607 | A | 91,643 | A | 232,441 | A | 75,567 | M | - | U | - | U | 74,411 | M |
Electric radiant heating | 442,817 | M | 38,469 | M | 224,747 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | 77,328 | M |
Electric baseboards | 3,465,881 | A | 314,191 | A | 2,084,424 | A | 461,130 | M | 74,944 | M | - | U | 480,381 | A |
Gas fireplace | 101,859 | A | - | U | - | U | 31,988 | M | - | - | - | U | 57,510 | M |
Heat pump | 652,861 | A | 190,806 | A | 255,789 | A | 82,489 | M | - | U | - | U | 108,079 | A |
Other | 301,283 | M | - | U | - | U | 145,913 | M | - | U | - | U | 56,886 | M |
Don’t know | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
Legend:
The letter beside each estimate classifies its quality as follows: A–Acceptable, M–Use with caution, U–Too unreliable to be published.
Source:2019 Survey of Household Energy Use