Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in Canada
Canada: Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) was 95,784 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Canada, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food retail — energy use in Canada stood at 95,784 TJ.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Canada peaked at 98,066 TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 56,452 TJ, in 2001.
That places Canada 12th out of 198 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in Canada, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 70,217 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 71,632 TJ | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 71,560 TJ | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 73,446 TJ | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 73,705 TJ | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 75,821 TJ | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 76,843 TJ | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 78,590 TJ | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 77,641 TJ | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 78,619 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 57,253 TJ | -27.2% |
| 2001 | 56,452 TJ | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 61,333 TJ | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 63,498 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 62,958 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 75,710 TJ | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 74,731 TJ | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 78,117 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 80,736 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 80,657 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 82,275 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 84,248 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 83,278 TJ | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 85,277 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 88,498 TJ | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 88,536 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 88,486 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 94,651 TJ | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 96,609 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 98,066 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 94,684 TJ | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 94,553 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 95,925 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 95,784 TJ | -0.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 95,784 TJ is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,108 TJ, 8.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -27.2% | 78,619 TJ | 57,253 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74,807 TJ | 70,217 TJ | 78,619 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,145 TJ | 56,452 TJ | 80,736 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,992 TJ | 82,275 TJ | 98,066 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,237 TJ | 94,553 TJ | 95,925 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More climate change data for Canada
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.27 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 44,359 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 9,631 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,728 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,240 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,823 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 406.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 63.48 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Canada?
- Food retail — energy use in Canada was 95,784 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 98,066 TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,452 TJ in 2001.
- How does Canada rank for food retail — energy use?
- Canada ranks 12th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.