Canadian Residential Energy Efficiency Evaluations by Postal Code

Over 400 fields of home-specific information are collected through Natural Resources Canada's voluntary EnerGuide Rating System. Data is aggregated at the Forward Sortation Area level and includes assessments for existing and new homes. The dataset is intended to support research on residential energy efficiency.

Use Cases

• Modeling residential energy consumption based on heating equipment fuel type and home characteristics
• Analyzing regional trends in energy efficiency based on Forward Sortation Area aggregations
• Evaluating the impact of retrofit recommendations on simulated annual energy consumption
• Studying potential self-selection bias in voluntary energy efficiency programs

Strengths

• Data includes over 400 fields of home-specific information
• Aggregation at the Forward Sortation Area level provides regional granularity
• Includes data for existing housing assessments and new home evaluations

Limitations

• Data is voluntary and may be affected by self-selection bias, not representative of the entire housing stock
• Some fields may be subject to human error during manual data entry
• FSAs with data from less than 10 homes are removed to protect privacy, potentially limiting coverage

Provenance

Source

Natural Resources Canada

Collection Method

Evaluations performed by independent service organizations and registered Energy Advisors using HOT2000 software.

Time Range

Data is provided by calendar year, with files available since 2004.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 10:51:34.181580

Geography

Canada, aggregated at the Forward Sortation Area level.