Table 2.1a – Energy Profile By Region
Number of households by region | ||||||||||||||
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Canada | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba / Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | ||||||||
Main heating energy source | ||||||||||||||
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 energy source used by household | ||||||||||||||
Electricity | 13,832,411 | A | 926,175 | A | 3,630,629 | A | 4,921,192 | A | 900,833 | A | 1,569,932 | A | 1,883,650 | A |
Natural Gas | 7,264,966 | A | - | U | 184,931 | A | 3,780,938 | A | 691,854 | A | 1,406,107 | A | 1,177,986 | A |
Heating Oil | 643,755 | A | 305,132 | A | 182,021 | A | 107,484 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Propane | 663,986 | A | 127,540 | A | 209,735 | A | 237,807 | A | - | U | - | U | 59,082 | M |
Wood | 1,592,529 | A | 266,196 | A | 584,679 | A | 397,552 | A | 43,768 | M | 107,586 | M | 192,748 | A |
Solar Heat / Solar Electricity / Wind Power | 113,385 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Other | 161,171 | M | - | U | - | U | 61,127 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
No sources of energy used | - | U | - | U | - | 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