Table 3.1a – Total Energy Consumption By Region


 Gigajoules of energy consumed by households (GJ) by region
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