Residential Water Heating Energy Use and Water Heater Stock Share
  2000   2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total Water Heating Energy Use (PJ)a 256.3   276.0 269.6 261.4 258.6 270.9 265.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)a
Electricity 72.4   74.3 74.2 74.7 73.4 73.2 74.5
Natural Gas 162.2   180.4 176.5 168.4 166.5 180.0 174.4
Heating Oil 18.2   17.1 14.8 14.3 14.7 13.6 11.9
Other1 0.7   1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7
Wood 2.8   3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5

Activity
Total Households (thousands)a,b 11,652   12,985 13,164 13,417 13,378 13,551 13,706
Energy Intensity (GJ/household)a,b 22.0   21.3 20.5 19.5 19.3 20.0 19.3

Water Heater Stock Market Shares (%)a
Electricity 47.4   45.5 45.7 46.0 46.2 46.6 47.1
Natural Gas 46.6   49.1 49.0 48.8 48.8 48.7 48.4
Heating Oil 5.0   4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5
Other1 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wood 0.6   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Heat Loss (PJ)a 9.0   9.7 9.8 9.7 8.9 9.9 9.0

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.

Sources:

a) Natural Resources Canada, Residential End-Use Model, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending, 2000-2020, Ottawa, 2022.