Energy Use Data Handbook,
1990 to 2008

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Preface

This is the ninth edition of the Energy Use Data Handbook, 1990 to 2008, which fulfils part of the mandate of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) to strengthen and expand Canada’s commitment to energy efficiency and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change.

The main objective of the handbook is to provide a statistical overview of Canada’s sectoral energy markets. The GHG emissions figures presented here are for analytical purposes. Readers should consult Environment Canada’s publication Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the official GHG inventory.

The ninth edition of the handbook differs from the previous ones in several ways:

• Data are presented for 1990 to 2008 for all sectors.
• In the industrial sector, the energy intensity of pulp mills and iron and steel is now presented on a gross output basis.
• In the residential sector, we incorporated a new methodology to assess changes in housing stock flow.
• In the transportation sector, the categories of small and large cars were merged into one category, due to data limitation.

The handbook covers five sectors at an aggregate level: residential, commercial/institutional, industrial, transportation and electricity generation. The year 1990 is the reference year for the Kyoto Protocol, whereas 2008 is the most recent year for which data are available.

This handbook provides data on energy use and GHG emissions as well as information on major activities and relevant indicators influencing energy use. Such data form the foundation for OEE analysis in publications such as Energy Efficiency Trends in Canada, 1990 to 2008, which assesses factors influencing changes in energy use and related changes in GHGs.

A comprehensive database, including most data that the OEE uses for its analysis of historical energy use and GHG emissions, is available on the following Web site: oee.nrcan.gc.ca/tables08.

For more information on this product or other services, contact the OEE by e-mail.

This handbook was prepared by Naima Behidj, Yantao Liu, Michael Warbanski, Stéphane Leblanc and Fumiko Yamada, all staff members of the Demand Policy and Analysis Division of the OEE, which is part of NRCan. The project leader was John Appleby, with Laura Oleson and Michel Francoeur providing overall direction.

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