Canadian households and businesses are still about as reliant on fossil fuels as they were in 1995 despite years of government policy trying to incentivize a shift to non-carbon energy sources, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute.
Fossil fuels accounted for 76.3 percent of Canada’s total energy use in 2024, compared with 76.7 percent in 1995, according to the report, which was released July 21.
Natural gas made up 37.6 percent of Canadian energy usage in 2024, while refined petroleum products like gas and diesel comprised 35.7 percent. Remaining sources such as hydro, nuclear and other renewable energy sources made up 23.7 percent.
The report, authored by Kenneth Green, Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari as part of the Fraser Institute’s Mathison Energy Research Initiatives, finds that total Canadian energy consumption rose 26.6 percent between 1995 and 2024 as the population and economy grew….