Table 3.7a – Natural Gas Consumption By Households By Region
Gigajoules of natural gas consumed by households (GJ) by region | ||||||||||||||
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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