Table 3.7a – Natural Gas Consumption By Households By Region


 Gigajoules of natural gas consumed by households (GJ) by region
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba / Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Total Natural Gas consumption 723,859,083 A 2,531,120 M 15,001,388 M 362,675,914 A 73,775,507 A 162,622,409 A 107,252,745 A
Type of dwelling
Single detached house 554,294,600 A - U 4,758,552 M 280,827,703 A 65,183,606 A 120,770,914 A 81,711,236 A
Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex 89,689,064 A - U - U 51,136,224 A - U 24,083,150 A 10,026,354 M
Low-rise apartment 35,705,074 A - U - U 7,781,507 M - U 11,134,562 M 7,036,882 M
High-rise apartment 21,177,919 M - U - U 14,684,592 M - U - U - U
Mobile home 4,707,366 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 18,285,061 A - U - U 7,316,017 M - U - U - U
Dwelling construction date
Before 1946 76,724,706 A - U - U 53,580,769 A 11,067,138 M - U 6,272,441 M
1946 – 1960 82,817,311 A - U - U 42,739,275 A 9,876,613 M 16,557,139 A 12,070,041 M
1961 – 1977 149,963,606 A - U - U 76,789,666 A 20,862,424 A 29,549,503 A 18,866,608 M
1978 – 1983 68,169,127 A - U - U 26,223,549 M 5,309,048 M 26,374,913 M 9,690,493 A
1984 – 1995 111,647,671 A - U - U 52,384,553 A 11,122,701 M 18,185,850 M 25,846,737 A
1996 – 2000 54,330,889 A - U - U 26,453,532 M - U 15,537,670 M 9,867,501 M
2001 – 2010 106,660,857 A - U 2,128,811 M 54,777,205 A 7,506,654 M 28,754,293 A 12,949,797 M
2011 or later 64,067,845 A - U - U 24,694,846 A - U 21,808,745 A 10,592,387 M
Not stated 9,477,070 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
Heated area of dwelling excluding garage
55 square metres or less (600 square feet or less) 13,973,331 M - U - U 6,668,244 M - U - U - U
56 to 95 square metres (601 to 1,000 square feet) 79,331,322 A - U - U 27,979,378 A 16,119,727 A 21,730,748 A 11,183,879 M
96 to 140 square metres (1,001 to 1,500 square feet) 223,219,657 A - U 5,474,366 M 95,783,550 A 26,836,922 A 67,930,462 A 26,282,316 A
141 to 185 square metres (1,501 to 2,000 square feet) 166,243,513 A - U - U 93,273,174 A 17,159,824 A 32,709,090 A 21,410,092 A
186 to 230 square metres (2,001 to 2,500 square feet) 101,368,624 A - U - U 56,887,105 A 6,339,855 M 20,740,921 M 16,338,607 A
231 to 280 square metres (2,501 to 3,000 square feet) 53,948,744 A - U - U 32,169,377 M - U 8,229,371 M 10,960,068 M
281 to 325 square metres (3,001 to 3,500 square feet) 22,604,997 M - U - U 13,440,795 M - U - U 6,057,822 M
326 to 371 square metres (3,501 to 4,000 square feet) 10,911,618 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
372 or more square metres (4,001 or more square feet) 15,894,397 M - U - U 7,248,241 M - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 36,362,880 M - U - U 24,364,578 M - U - U - U
Occupation Mode
Own 636,898,785 A - U 8,940,834 M 325,183,816 A 66,203,226 A 142,671,149 A 92,419,128 A
Rent 86,960,297 A - U - U 37,492,097 A 7,572,282 M 19,951,260 M 14,833,617 M
Don’t Know/Not Stated - U - U - - - - - - - - - -
Number of people in the household
1 member 146,884,889 A - U - U 68,759,740 A 18,111,354 A 34,761,014 A 18,010,953 A
2 members 257,689,551 A - U 5,006,383 M 127,170,691 A 22,791,088 A 63,226,793 A 38,490,210 A
3 members 108,110,623 A - U - U 60,100,386 A 9,637,701 M 18,883,611 A 17,549,111 A
4 or more members 211,174,020 A - U - U 106,645,097 A 23,235,364 A 45,750,991 A 33,202,471 A
Occupant demographics
Households with only 18 to 24 year old members - U - U - - - - - - - - - -
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members - U - U - U - U - U - U - U
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members 55,435,653 A - U - U 26,385,060 A - U 17,318,229 M 3,496,433 M
Households with only 65 + year old members 121,635,780 A - U - U 54,314,634 A 14,471,242 A 29,260,922 A 19,381,957 A
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only 173,846,409 A - U 2,096,554 M 94,154,858 A 18,760,692 A 34,205,537 A 23,517,058 A
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only 129,588,370 A - U - U 63,514,005 A 18,072,223 A 30,543,778 A 16,515,206 M
Households with adults and members 0 to 12 and 13 to 19 72,337,277 A - U - U 40,863,384 A 5,207,881 M 12,484,016 M 12,370,979 M
Other compositions 39,078,914 A - U - U 15,801,706 M - U - U - U
Not stated 130,926,466 A - U - U 67,642,266 A 6,840,996 M 26,917,752 A 26,647,708 A
Dwelling part of a condominium
Yes 48,608,268 A - U - U 17,892,592 M - U 13,656,138 M 11,215,425 M
No 45,793,145 A - U - U 26,730,178 A - U 8,103,449 M 4,435,204 M
Valid skip Footnote 1 629,273,844 A - U 7,585,791 M 317,971,420 A 70,139,259 A 140,862,821 A 91,500,013 A
Not stated - U - U - U - U - - - - - U
Household income
Less than $20,000 34,533,821 M - U - U 19,929,577 M - U - U - U
$20,000 to less than $40,000 80,386,006 A - U - U 38,857,874 A 7,337,741 M 16,859,695 M 13,489,971 M
$40,000 to less than $60,000 84,194,152 A - U - U 39,517,519 A 8,842,531 M 19,975,199 A 11,587,973 M
$60,000 to less than $80,000 90,117,319 A - U - U 39,409,251 A 11,788,578 M 21,792,653 A 16,432,092 M
$80,000 to less than $100,000 84,166,514 A - U - U 44,487,275 A 7,739,275 M 17,838,740 A 13,170,364 M
$100,000 to less than $150,000 157,933,529 A - U 3,229,298 M 78,572,077 A 18,051,925 A 34,995,819 A 22,368,684 A
$150,000 and over 192,527,743 A - U 2,247,758 M 101,902,341 A 15,106,714 M 45,673,779 A 27,313,316 A
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household
0 to 8 years or some secondary 30,415,686 A - U - U 21,344,552 M - U - U - U
Grade 11 to 13, graduate 93,077,483 A - U - U 41,331,823 M 12,666,766 A 21,058,037 A 15,426,877 A
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma 44,879,393 A - U - U 15,159,803 M 6,151,025 M 13,537,212 A 8,845,396 M
University 109,640,022 A - U - U 62,501,534 A 7,880,665 M 21,048,299 A 16,035,644 M
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level 28,514,628 A - U - U 11,456,044 M 3,580,118 M 6,142,397 M 6,365,539 M
Don’t know/Not stated 417,331,870 A - U 9,260,015 M 210,882,158 A 39,305,580 A 97,868,771 A 58,974,068 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