Residential Energy Prices and Background Indicators
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Energy Prices by Energy Source (incl. taxes)
Natural Gas (cents/m3)a,d 31.9   44.6 36.6 46.9 46.6 51.3 53.0
Heating Oil (cents/litre)f,d,e 53.6   53.5 49.8 57.2 62.2 78.3 82.1
Electricity (cents/kWh)b,d 7.9   8.1 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.2 9.4

Background Indicators
 
Consumer Price Index (2012 = 100)c
Natural Gas 94.3   122.2 100.1 130.2 127.5 136.4 140.6
Fuel Oil and Other Fuels 45.3   45.4 41.7 47.9 52.7 66.2 69.2
Electricity 70.6   71.8 77.3 75.7 78.8 81.1 85.6
Real Personal Disposable Income per Household ($2012)c,g 63,466   64,682 65,094 64,415 65,301 65,198 67,720
Total Population (thousands)f 30,686   31,021 31,360 31,644 31,941 32,244 32,571

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.