Energy Use Inside and Outside the Dwelling – 2007 Survey of Household Energy Use – Supplemental Report

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Outdoor equipment

Chainsaws

Chainsaws were used by nearly one quarter of households that did not live in an apartment in 2007. With the exception of the Atlantic Region, all regions across Canada were within 5 percentage points of the Canadian penetration rate of 24 percent. In the Atlantic Region, the penetration rate was 36 percent. Because chainsaws were most common in the Atlantic Region, it is noteworthy that this region also had the largest variations from the Canadian penetration rates for gas and electric chainsaws (see Figure 44).

Note: Category results may add up to more than 100 percent because households were not limited to one chainsaw type.

Among households in Canada that used a chainsaw in 2007, 84 percent used a gas-powered chainsaw, while 18 percent used an electric chainsaw. Similar penetration rates were observed across all regions, with the exception of the Atlantic Region. This region had the highest penetration rate for gas chainsaws (91 percent) and the lowest for electric chainsaws (9 percent) in Canada.

As previously mentioned, the Atlantic Region had the highest percentage of households in rural centres. This fact helps explain the high penetration rate for gas chainsaws and the low rate for electric chainsaws in the region, because rural households across Canada had similar penetration rates (see Figure 45). In contrast, among households in an urban setting that 91 used a chainsaw, gas chainsaws were more common than electric ones, but the penetration rate was only 75 percent for gas chainsaws and reached almost 30 percent for electric ones.

Note: Category results may add up to more than 100 percent because households were not limited to one chainsaw type.

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