Table 4-5
Average household energy use, by household and dwelling characteristics, 2011 — Dwelling construction period

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Average household energy use, by household and dwelling characteristics, 2011 — Dwelling construction period
Table summary
This table displays the average household energy use by dwelling construction period for 2011. The row headers are comprised of the Canada total and each province. The column headers are comprised of the dwelling construction periods. There is also a 'Not stated' and an 'All households' category. The unit of measure is gigajoules per household and gigajoules per m2 of heated space.
  Before  1946 Between  1946  and  1960 Between   1961  and  1977 Between   1978  and  1995 1996  or later Not stated All households
  gigajoules per household
Canada 118 104 106 106 111 54 105
Newfoundland and Labrador F 126 E 124 108 113 F 111
Prince Edward Island 166 F 134 E 126 127 F 142
Nova Scotia 129 83 E 94 96 100 F 101
New Brunswick 112 107 93 98 76 E F 92
Quebec 96 89 103 97 102 47 95
Ontario 128 100 108 105 119 47 107
Manitoba 118 115 95 98 113 39 E 98
Saskatchewan 106 121 114 107 119 F 110
Alberta 145 149 128 133 130 76 130
British Columbia 108 114 92 104 94 81 99
Average household energy use, by household and dwelling characteristics, 2011 — Dwelling construction period (continued)
  Before  1946 Between  1946  and  1960 Between  1961 and  1977 Between  1978  and  1995 1996 or later Not stated All households
  gigajoules per m 2 of heated area
Canada 0.90 0.86 0.87 0.76 0.72 0.57 0.79
Newfoundland and Labrador F 0.92 0.84 0.84 0.73 F 0.80
Prince Edward Island 0.77 E F 1.00 E 0.88 0.75 F 0.87
Nova Scotia 0.93 0.60 E 0.82 0.69 0.70 F 0.74
New Brunswick 0.83 0.80 0.82 0.73 0.54 E F 0.72
Quebec 0.83 0.76 0.95 0.85 0.78 0.58 0.84
Ontario 0.89 0.83 0.82 0.68 0.67 0.47 0.74
Manitoba 1.16 1.06 0.97 0.80 0.76 0.56 E 0.89
Saskatchewan 0.98 1.13 0.91 0.94 0.97 F 0.95
Alberta 1.11 1.26 1.09 0.96 0.91 0.82 E 1.00
British Columbia 0.84 0.89 0.67 0.66 0.62 0.65 E 0.67
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.
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