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Primary energy consumption and selected indicators, Ontario, 1990 and 2003

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Variable Level Variation from 1990 to 2003 % share of energy consumed % contribution to change
1990 2003 value % 1990 2003
Primary energy consumption in terajoules
Refined petroleum products 1,084,058 1,291,027 206,969 19 39 39 43
Motor gasoline
 432,446 539,230 106,784 25 15 16 22
Diesel fuel
 169,466 248,437 78,971 47 6 8 16
Heavy fuel oil
 89,361 55,385 -33,976 -38 3 2 -7
Transformed into electricity
 13,415 14,880 1,465 11 0 0 0
Other products
 397,142 450,521 53,379 13 14 14 11
Natural gas 825,513 1,112,288 286,775 35 29 34 60
Transformed into electricity
 10,487 131,630 121,143 1,155 0 4 25
Coal 492,623 515,103 22,480 5 18 16 5
Transformed into electricity
 286,067 381,948 95,881 34 10 12 20
Primary electricity 408,404 373,293 -35,111 -9 15 11 -7
Total1 2,810,598 3,291,711 481,113 17 100 100 100
Selected indicators
Population (persons)
10,297,875
12,238,300
1,940,425
 19 ... ... ...
Per capita energy consumption (terajoule per person) 0.27293 0.26897 -0.00396 -1 ... ... ...
Real GDP (millions of 1997 $) 316,929 459,805 142,876 45 ... ... ...
Consumption of energy per real GDP $ (megajoules per $) 8.87 7.16 -1.71 -19 ... ... ...
1. The total is the sum of the four major components: refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal and primary electricity. These components might not add up to the total due to rounding.
Sources: Report on energy supply-demand in Canada, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 57-003-X, 1990 and 2003; population estimates, CANSIM Table 051-0001; Real GDP, CANSIM Table 384-0013.
Date Modified: 2009-11-12

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