Table 6.1a – Main Heating System By Region


 Number of households by region
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba / Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Dwelling with a central heating unit or heating unit used by their household only
Dwelling unit 13,557,529 A 977,732 A 3,448,517 A 5,003,347 A 870,975 A 1,453,915 A 1,803,042 A
Central unit 1,002,311 A - U 208,226 M 412,604 M 56,804 M 158,197 M 134,278 M
Don’t know 347,059 M - U - U 218,066 M - U - U - U
Not stated - U - - - U - U - - - U - U
Main energy source used for heating
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 main heating equipment
Furnace 8,039,858 A 229,337 A 574,062 A 4,246,077 A 799,785 A 1,331,405 A 859,191 A
Boiler 1,461,953 A 137,789 A 259,898 A 528,343 A 49,382 M 205,744 A 280,798 A
Heating stove (burning wood, pellets, corn, coal …) 486,607 A 91,643 A 232,441 A 75,567 M - U - U 74,411 M
Electric radiant heating 442,817 M 38,469 M 224,747 M - U - U - U 77,328 M
Electric baseboards 3,465,881 A 314,191 A 2,084,424 A 461,130 M 74,944 M - U 480,381 A
Gas fireplace 101,859 A - U - U 31,988 M - - - U 57,510 M
Heat pump 652,861 A 190,806 A 255,789 A 82,489 M - U - U 108,079 A
Other 301,283 M - U - U 145,913 M - U - U 56,886 M
Don’t know - 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