REPORT

This is Efficiency Canada’s first provincial policy scorecard, marking the beginning of an annual process of tracking, benchmarking, and reporting on energy efficiency policies and performance. The scorecard is released in conjunction with a comprehensive database of provincial and territorial energy efficiency policies.

Efficiency is the unsung hero of our energy system. Without improvements in energy intensity between 1990 and 2015, Canada would have spent $38.2 billion more on energy and emitted 94.8 more megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gas emissions.

Canada’s economy also includes a large number of energy efficiency workers. A 2019 study by ECO Canada estimated that 436,000 workers were directly employed in energy efficiency in 2018. That is a larger work force than can be found in key sectors of our economy – such as oil and gas, or telecommunications – that receive considerably greater policy attention.