Canada's total electricity demand amounted to 577.7 terawatt-hours that same year.
The industrial sector is the largest end user of electricity in Canada. In 2022, the industrial sector had an electricity demand of 240.5 terawatt-hours, accounting for almost 42 percent of the total demand that year. It was the only sector that had seen a demand decline since 2005. By comparison, Canadian households consumed some 181.5 terawatt-hours in 2021. Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours)
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Canada Energy Regulator. (June 20, 2023). Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/
Canada Energy Regulator. "Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours) ." Chart. June 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/
Canada Energy Regulator. (2023). Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/
Canada Energy Regulator. "Electricity Demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by Sector (in Terawatt-hours) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/
Canada Energy Regulator, Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Electricity demand in Canada in 2005 and 2022, by sector (in terawatt-hours) [Graph], Canada Energy Regulator, June 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195242/electricity-demand-by-sector-in-canada/