Table 3.7b – Natural Gas Consumption By Households By Dwelling Type


 Gigajoules of natural gas consumed by households (GJ) by type of dwelling
Single detached houses Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex Low-rise apartments High-rise apartments Mobile homes Don’t know / Not stated
Total Natural Gas consumption 554,294,600 A 89,689,064 A 35,705,074 A 21,177,919 M 4,707,366 M 18,285,061 A
Dwelling construction date
Before 1946 57,043,492 A - U - U - U - - - U
1946 – 1960 70,826,868 A - U - U - U - U - U
1961 – 1977 121,483,772 A 12,342,952 M 6,784,797 M - U - U - U
1978 – 1983 47,186,229 A 6,042,834 M - U - U - U - U
1984 – 1995 85,795,370 A 12,854,203 A - U - U - U 4,288,768 M
1996 – 2000 40,583,655 A 9,058,580 M - U - U - U - U
2001 – 2010 77,323,709 A 19,492,881 M 4,857,365 M - U - U - U
2011 or later 47,173,594 A 9,834,922 M - U - U - U - U
Not stated - U - U - U - U - U - U
Heated area of dwelling excluding garage
55 square metres or less (600 square feet or less) 2,869,638 M - U - U - U - U - U
56 to 95 square metres (601 to 1,000 square feet) 47,889,031 A 7,704,924 M 14,205,169 M - U - U - U
96 to 140 square metres (1,001 to 1,500 square feet) 160,325,651 A 37,931,589 A 9,113,420 M 4,898,634 M - U 8,415,619 M
141 to 185 square metres (1,501 to 2,000 square feet) 129,168,458 A 27,605,172 M - U - U - U - U
186 to 230 square metres (2,001 to 2,500 square feet) 90,980,038 A 8,628,813 M - U - U - U - U
231 to 280 square metres (2,501 to 3,000 square feet) 52,919,366 A - U - U - - - U - U
281 to 325 square metres (3,001 to 3,500 square feet) 22,450,795 M - U - - - - - - - -
326 to 371 square metres (3,501 to 4,000 square feet) 9,945,239 M - U - - - - - - - -
372 or more square metres (4,001 or more square feet) 13,809,608 M - U - U - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 23,936,775 M - U - U - U - U - U
Occupation Mode
Own 525,600,021 A 72,612,856 A 12,426,120 M 9,373,712 M 4,344,206 M 12,541,869 A
Rent 28,694,579 A 17,076,207 M 23,278,954 M 11,804,207 M - U - U
Don’t Know/Not Stated - U - - - - - - - - - -
Number of people in the household
1 member 85,363,405 A 18,333,813 A 19,018,193 M 12,657,142 M - U 9,215,717 M
2 members 202,709,045 A 31,073,387 A 10,548,575 M - U - U 4,957,228 M
3 members 92,176,999 A 11,628,613 M - U - U - U - U
4 or more members 174,045,151 A 28,653,251 A - U - U - U - U
Occupant demographics
Households with only 18 to 24 year old members - - - - - - - - - - - U
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members - U - U - U - U - - - -
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members 28,653,309 A 8,799,502 M - U - U - U - U
Households with only 65 + year old members 89,219,995 A 14,627,491 M 7,504,132 M - U - U - U
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only 126,969,939 A 19,732,532 M 9,470,745 M 7,947,150 M - U 7,134,975 M
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only 105,161,246 A 18,892,053 M - U - U - U - U
Households with adults and members 0 to 12 and 13 to 19 62,746,571 A 8,243,821 M - U - U - U - U
Other compositions 30,933,258 A - U - U - U - - - U
Not stated 109,792,776 A 14,279,239 A 3,576,919 M - U - U - U
Dwelling part of a condominium
Yes - - 21,221,435 A 16,965,303 M 10,421,530 M - - - -
No - - 16,296,985 M 18,739,772 M 10,756,389 M - - - -
Valid skip Footnote 1 554,294,600 A 51,986,817 A - - - - 4,707,366 M 18,285,061 A
Not stated - - - U - U - - - - - -
Household income
Less than $20,000 21,394,686 M - U - U - U - U - U
$20,000 to less than $40,000 50,024,508 A 11,890,904 M - U 4,109,326 M - U - U
$40,000 to less than $60,000 51,970,698 A 13,462,677 M 10,665,431 M - U - U - U
$60,000 to less than $80,000 68,697,767 A 13,372,946 M - U - U - U - U
$80,000 to less than $100,000 66,147,397 A 10,402,799 M - U - U - U - U
$100,000 to less than $150,000 123,327,071 A 22,945,577 M 5,195,218 M - U - U - U
$150,000 and over 172,732,472 A 12,475,705 M - U - U - U - U
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household
0 to 8 years or some secondary 19,502,701 A - U - U - U - U - U
Grade 11 to 13, graduate 67,647,970 A 11,869,064 M 5,298,288 M - U - U - U
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma 35,589,957 A - U - U - U - U - U
University 82,276,444 A 15,226,695 M 5,508,131 M - U - U - U
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level 20,696,849 A 3,301,399 M - U - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 328,580,680 A 50,398,329 A 19,656,263 M 11,439,679 M - U 6,897,538 M

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