Canadian Monthly Natural Gas Distribution by Sector and Province, 2016-Present

Monthly natural gas deliveries in gigajoules, cubic metres, and Canadian dollars from January 2016 to the present, compiled by Statistics Canada. The data covers deliveries to residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional customers across Canada and its provinces. It is provided in CSV, HTML, and XML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Forecast residential natural gas demand based on monthly delivery volumes.
• Analyze industrial energy consumption patterns across Canadian provinces.
• Model price and volume relationships using data reported in both physical units and Canadian dollars.
• Track seasonal and long-term trends in commercial and institutional natural gas use.

Strengths

• Data spans from January 2016 to the present, providing a multi-year time series.
• Covers four distinct customer sectors (residential, industrial, commercial, institutional) and all Canadian provinces.
• Provides measurements in three complementary units: gigajoules, cubic metres, and Canadian dollars.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-06-30 12:48:41.950116; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Time Range

January 2016 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-30 12:48:41.950116

Geography

Canada and its provinces