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Primary energy consumption and selected indicators, British Columbia, 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 371,476 432,370 60,894 16 44 44 44
Motor gasoline
 123,649 161,609 37,960 31 14 16 27
Diesel fuel
 98,650 125,694 27,044 27 12 13 20
Heavy fuel oil
 47,370 46,259 -1,111 -2 6 5 -1
transformed into electricity
 2,284 504 -1,780 -78 0 0 -1
Other products
 103,713 99,583 -4,130 -4 12 10 -3
Natural gas 281,436 345,560 64,124 23 33 35 46
transformed into electricity
 16,588 24,958 8,370 50 2 3 6
Coal 7,161 18,581 11,420
159
 1 2 8
transformed into electricity
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Primary electricity 193,710 195,729 2,019 1 23 20 1
Total1 853,783 992,240 138,457 16 100 100 100
Selected indicators
Population (persons)
3,290,814
4,146,580
 855,766 26 ... ... ...
Per capita energy consumption (terajoule per person) 0.25944 0.23929
-0.02015
 -8 ... ... ...
Real GDP (millions of 1997 $) 95,722 133,600 37,878 40 ... ... ...
Consumption of energy per real GDP $ (megajoules per $) 8.92 7.43 -1.49 -17 ... ... ...
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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