Table 1.2a – Total Heated Area Of Dwelling (excluding Garage) By Region


 Heated area (excluding garage) in square metres by region
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba / Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Total heated area of dwelling (excluding garage)
Total heated area in square metres (m2) 2,658,019,375 A 184,555,458 A 584,707,084 A 1,060,594,318 A 170,283,903 A 308,780,935 A 349,097,676 A
Type of dwelling
Single detached house 1,943,020,925 A 158,039,582 A 380,423,595 A 776,966,720 A 146,895,945 A 234,558,864 A 246,136,219 A
Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex 332,142,341 A 9,034,019 M 87,752,193 A 149,494,011 A - U 44,866,189 A 35,495,625 A
Low-rise apartment 167,440,819 A 9,849,517 M 79,049,057 A 26,074,178 M 5,121,699 M 17,000,543 M 30,345,825 A
High-rise apartment 121,646,072 A - U 14,052,273 M 83,693,213 A 4,233,186 M - U 13,087,094 M
Mobile home 20,468,062 A - U - U - U - U - U 8,068,012 M
Don’t know/Not stated 73,301,154 A - U 18,176,689 M 21,688,973 M - U - U 15,964,901 M
Dwelling construction date
Before 1946 263,913,570 A 20,225,272 A 62,516,655 A 135,699,611 A 21,031,837 M - U 18,579,154 M
1946 – 1960 268,577,221 A 14,061,614 A 70,024,238 A 103,322,360 A 19,025,135 M 26,879,816 A 35,264,058 M
1961 – 1977 550,232,707 A 36,826,086 A 138,540,547 A 213,881,494 A 44,454,788 A 53,697,855 A 62,831,937 A
1978 – 1983 255,216,434 A 24,503,451 A 63,171,577 A 77,724,640 A 14,593,701 M 41,462,626 M 33,760,440 A
1984 – 1995 452,294,935 A 36,317,386 A 98,952,667 A 179,302,147 A 24,522,367 A 41,158,887 M 72,041,481 A
1996 – 2000 186,214,062 A 12,679,505 M 25,308,865 A 78,927,911 M - U 31,445,536 M 32,473,528 M
2001 – 2010 390,888,383 A 20,883,902 A 74,594,491 A 165,565,547 A 22,203,581 M 57,532,917 A 50,107,945 A
2011 or later 244,705,247 A 16,205,247 M 43,468,766 M 83,329,487 A 15,019,909 M 47,181,169 A 39,500,667 M
Not stated 45,976,816 M - U 8,129,279 M 22,841,119 M - U - U - U
Occupation Mode
Own 2,302,837,387 A 167,739,191 A 481,958,860 A 918,664,374 A 154,686,002 A 278,687,609 A 301,101,352 A
Rent 355,095,330 A 16,729,610 A 102,748,224 A 141,929,944 A 15,597,901 M 30,093,327 A 47,996,325 A
Don’t Know/Not Stated - U - U - - - - - - - - - -
Number of people in the household
1 member 609,080,867 A 44,594,453 A 182,547,638 A 208,083,847 A 42,022,846 A 60,818,769 A 71,013,315 A
2 members 974,566,316 A 76,749,178 A 202,989,028 A 380,548,564 A 64,013,534 A 121,256,993 A 129,009,019 A
3 members 388,372,379 A 27,866,808 A 88,266,841 A 160,937,599 A 17,035,374 A 40,228,998 A 54,036,760 A
4 or more members 685,999,813 A 35,345,019 A 110,903,578 A 311,024,307 A 47,212,150 A 86,476,177 A 95,038,583 A
Occupant demographics
Households with only 18 and 19 year old members - U - U - - - - - - - - - -
Households with only 20 to 24 year old members 7,451,545 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members 190,007,622 A 7,100,963 M 45,605,555 A 81,943,453 A 8,887,739 M 30,682,009 A 15,787,903 A
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members 486,903,111 A 40,409,262 A 118,724,412 A 165,700,443 A 41,244,209 A 54,907,892 A 65,916,892 A
Households with only 65 + year old members 681,448,419 A 54,936,023 A 165,704,165 A 276,767,634 A 45,062,884 A 63,247,465 A 75,730,246 A
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only 413,186,785 A 18,979,827 A 79,991,551 A 172,162,589 A 33,598,482 A 60,032,604 A 48,421,732 A
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only 289,003,836 A 17,655,265 A 66,109,640 A 122,705,285 A 13,938,345 M 28,062,919 A 40,532,382 M
Households with adults and members 0 to 19 only 143,273,426 A 12,244,716 M 27,974,873 A 49,065,735 M - U 20,734,378 M 21,685,885 M
Other compositions 446,648,196 A 32,110,123 A 78,558,988 A 192,170,798 A 15,654,160 M 49,763,876 A 78,390,251 A
Dwelling part of a condominium
Yes 171,164,860 A - U 43,435,736 M 61,283,645 A - U 25,673,080 A 35,905,601 A
No 251,431,132 A 12,556,125 M 72,189,605 A 120,663,460 A 6,603,259 M 11,756,197 M 27,662,485 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 2,234,039,228 A 170,007,267 A 469,042,372 A 878,381,367 A 160,658,268 A 271,351,658 A 284,598,295 A
Not stated - U - U - U - U - - - - - U
Household income
Less than $20,000 126,743,790 A 9,132,211 M 35,303,573 A 49,446,951 M 11,211,603 M - U 14,658,298 M
$20,000 to less than $40,000 326,747,300 A 34,039,197 A 76,531,710 A 124,424,500 A 19,757,610 M 33,374,250 A 38,620,033 A
$40,000 to less than $60,000 334,955,620 A 28,330,419 A 107,383,071 A 104,250,165 A 22,919,297 A 34,276,595 A 37,796,074 A
$60,000 to less than $80,000 341,722,720 A 29,125,387 A 68,397,229 A 127,622,051 A 27,071,843 A 40,670,613 A 48,835,596 A
$80,000 to less than $100,000 319,667,182 A 19,294,608 A 73,088,471 A 129,055,317 A 18,031,921 M 34,191,049 A 46,005,815 A
$100,000 to less than $150,000 558,010,991 A 32,374,294 A 112,492,776 A 234,119,469 A 35,794,315 A 72,569,245 A 70,660,892 A
$150,000 and over 650,171,772 A 32,259,343 A 111,510,255 A 291,675,864 A 35,497,313 A 86,708,028 A 92,520,969 A
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household
0 to 8 years or some secondary 134,945,146 A 11,705,701 A 39,082,085 A 57,302,984 M 11,759,123 M - U 9,330,296 M
Grade 11 to 13, graduate 346,476,006 A 26,111,756 A 77,614,819 A 126,267,308 A 28,608,744 A 38,674,266 A 49,199,112 A
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma 181,649,399 A 21,266,963 A 47,785,735 A 50,112,892 M 15,149,428 M 22,541,677 A 24,792,704 A
University 438,107,898 A 33,155,152 A 103,903,656 A 186,429,510 A 19,314,660 A 40,773,981 A 54,530,939 A
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level 107,425,941 A 8,930,928 M 26,854,257 A 32,115,792 A 8,776,243 M 11,714,265 M 19,034,457 M
Don’t know/Not stated 1,449,414,984 A 83,384,958 A 289,466,532 A 608,365,832 A 86,675,705 A 189,311,790 A 192,210,167 A
Households with someone home all day on an average weekday
Yes 1,742,442,831 A 124,219,986 A 364,447,966 A 701,562,958 A 114,295,660 A 201,435,995 A 236,480,266 A
No 584,122,683 A 36,787,151 A 135,811,574 A 219,728,830 A 38,743,128 A 81,217,952 A 71,834,049 A
Don’t know/Not stated 331,453,861 A 23,548,321 A 84,447,544 A 139,302,530 A 17,245,116 M 26,126,988 A 40,783,362 A
Complete weeks with no one home
Zero 1,260,826,389 A 99,558,264 A 244,819,918 A 494,294,949 A 87,994,081 A 141,977,695 A 192,181,483 A
One to two 424,913,099 A 22,965,222 A 97,378,311 A 172,709,870 A 31,664,490 A 54,101,187 A 46,094,020 A
Three to four 282,533,875 A 17,160,732 A 54,096,823 A 112,329,189 A 18,459,842 M 43,704,160 A 36,783,130 A
More than four 236,153,081 A 14,265,693 A 74,242,533 A 82,550,965 A 12,266,528 M 28,342,698 M 24,484,663 A
Don’t know/Not stated 453,592,930 A 30,605,547 A 114,169,499 A 198,709,346 A 19,898,962 M 40,655,196 A 49,554,381 A
How long have you lived in the dwelling?
5 years or less 699,664,037 A 36,935,808 A 150,435,442 A 273,414,852 A 40,906,091 A 101,569,075 A 96,402,768 A
6 to 10 years 490,262,853 A 31,279,146 A 93,436,087 A 189,285,563 A 31,680,016 A 65,341,999 A 79,240,041 A
11 to 20 years 696,227,336 A 42,138,369 A 153,803,669 A 284,057,993 A 38,111,486 A 84,415,646 A 93,700,172 A
21 to 30 years 346,701,296 A 24,861,178 A 78,656,638 A 142,363,884 A 22,706,628 A 25,339,071 A 52,773,897 A
More than 30 years 424,414,650 A 49,340,957 A 107,947,399 A 171,290,901 A 36,879,683 A 32,115,143 A 26,840,567 A
Not stated - 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.

Notes:

Due to rounding, the numbers may not add up and may differ slightly among tables.

Source:

2019 Survey of Household Energy Use