Chapter 4 - Industrial Sector

The Data Situation

The aggregate energy use data presented for the industrial sector are taken from Statistics Canada’s Report on Energy Supply-Demand in Canada (RESD) (Cat. No. 57-003-X). The RESD contains data derived primarily from Statistics Canada surveys of energy distributors and end users as well as administrative records received by Statistics Canada. Such data are supplemented with data from the the Canada Energy Regulator (formerly National Energy Board) and various energy-producing provinces. The major energy survey used for the industrial sector is the Industrial Consumption of Energy (ICE)¹ survey
(Cat. No. 57-505-X).

To provide more detail about the industrial end-use energy trends over time, the Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) developed the Industrial End-Use Model (IEUM). The detailed energy use data in the IEUM are taken from the ICE survey. The OEE also updates its energy end-use database by including energy consumption data from the Annual Census of Mines and other industry associations.

Statistics Canada provides 2020 data for gross domestic product at basic prices in Table 36-10-0434-03.

Industrial oil and natural gas prices are weighted averages of regional prices. Heating oil prices are provided by the Petroleum Resources Branch of Natural Resources Canada. Natural gas prices are from Statistics Canada’s Table 25-10-0033-01 for 2000 to 2015 and Table 25-10-0059-01 for 2016 onward. Electricity prices are a weighted average of the data found in Hydro-Québec’s Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities.

¹ From 1991 to 1994, not all of the 59 industries are available because of the conversion to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) in 2001.