Table 4.2a – Foundation By Region


 Number of households by region
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba / Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Dwelling has a basement for foundation
Yes 8,104,810 A 654,689 A 1,750,083 A 3,356,597 A 667,867 A 1,126,142 A 549,431 A
No 1,045,444 A 101,361 A 185,308 A 209,239 A 28,344 M 51,357 M 469,837 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 77,678 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
Not stated 710,478 A 49,041 M 260,604 A 239,718 M - U - U 110,484 M
Dwelling has a crawl space for foundation
Yes 1,099,204 A 114,192 A 125,205 M 368,995 A 99,164 M 96,296 M 295,352 A
No 8,051,050 A 641,857 A 1,810,187 A 3,196,841 A 597,047 A 1,081,203 A 723,915 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 77,678 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
Not stated 710,478 A 49,041 M 260,604 A 239,718 M - U - U 110,484 M
Dwelling has concrete slabs for foundation
Yes 1,071,658 A 58,375 A 311,940 A 264,914 A - U 98,801 M 319,730 A
No 8,366,684 A 724,071 A 1,759,044 A 3,355,560 A 689,512 A 1,086,695 A 751,803 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 202,479 M - U - U - U - U - U 68,974 M
Not stated 297,589 A - U 96,673 M 114,249 M - U - U - U
Dwelling has pillars for foundation
Yes 82,360 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
No 9,355,982 A 775,829 A 2,053,611 A 3,591,204 A 703,050 A 1,171,373 A 1,060,915 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 202,479 M - U - U - U - U - U 68,974 M
Not stated 297,589 A - U 96,673 M 114,249 M - U - U - U
Other type of dwelling foundation
Yes 154,143 A - U - U - U - U - U - U
No 9,284,199 A 766,469 A 2,035,683 A 3,588,411 A 693,123 A 1,165,356 A 1,035,157 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 202,479 M - U - U - U - U - U 68,974 M
Not stated 297,589 A - U 96,673 M 114,249 M - U - U - U
Dwelling has no foundation
Yes 53,864 M - U - U - U - U - U - U
No 9,384,478 A 771,484 A 2,056,694 A 3,607,567 A 706,644 A 1,184,527 A 1,057,561 A
Valid skip Footnote 1 5,016,526 A 213,587 A 1,479,950 A 1,837,296 A 225,173 A 438,013 A 822,506 A
Don’t know 202,479 M - U - U - U - U - U 68,974 M
Not stated 297,589 A - U 96,673 M 114,249 M - U - U - U
Basement/crawl space is heated
Yes 7,835,994 A 561,861 A 1,823,380 A 3,223,193 A 594,165 A 1,028,037 A 605,358 A
No 707,377 A 131,268 A 63,617 M 240,980 A 45,848 M - U 198,223 A
Valid skip Footnote 2 5,500,833 A 256,697 A 1,578,218 A 1,907,070 A 228,423 A 474,567 A 1,055,858 A
Don’t know - U - - - - - U - - - - - U
Not stated 896,695 A 73,444 M 234,128 A 265,321 A 81,783 M 109,834 M 132,185 M
Any of the basement/crawl space outside walls insulated on the inside
Yes 6,804,011 A 462,328 A 1,605,262 A 2,786,015 A 532,471 A 911,450 A 506,486 A
No 698,088 A 74,407 A 155,563 A 277,447 A 45,640 M 63,904 M 81,127 M
Valid skip Footnote 3 6,311,469 A 397,096 A 1,664,908 A 2,152,506 A 277,397 A 505,793 A 1,313,768 A
Don’t know 320,090 A - U 51,421 M 150,125 M - U - U - U
Not stated 821,278 A 66,073 M 222,189 A 279,734 A 69,856 M 107,250 M 76,176 M
Percentage of outside basement/crawl space walls insulated
25 percent or less - U - U - U - U - U - U - U
26 to 50 percent 348,029 A 23,579 M 47,051 M 168,538 A - U - U - U
51 to 75 percent 429,003 A 23,753 M 75,835 M 236,273 A 46,675 M - U - U
76 to 100 percent 4,338,319 A 312,860 A 1,188,533 A 1,516,087 A 344,528 A 653,709 A 322,601 A
Valid skip Footnote 4 7,009,557 A 471,503 A 1,820,470 A 2,429,952 A 323,038 A 569,697 A 1,394,896 A
Don’t know 1,688,528 A 100,507 A 265,178 A 856,687 A 118,737 A 215,474 A 131,945 A
Not stated 1,004,535 A 75,797 A 285,245 A 357,410 A 80,678 M 116,356 M 89,050 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