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Table 27Primary energy consumption indicators1

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Primary energy consumption indicators
  Population Gross domestic product Primary energy consumption 1 Energy consumption per capita Energy consumption per dollar of real GDP
    millions of chained 2002 dollars terajoules GJ/person MJ/$
1980 24,516,071 625,414 8,214,887 335.1 13.1
1981 24,820,393 647,323 7,862,627 316.8 12.1
1982 25,117,442 628,816 7,381,457 293.9 11.7
1983 25,366,969 645,906 7,299,903 287.8 11.3
1984 25,607,651 683,462 7,737,547 302.2 11.3
1985 25,842,736 716,132 7,908,762 306.0 11.0
1986 26,101,155 733,468 7,834,444 300.2 10.7
1987 26,448,855 764,664 8,122,249 307.1 10.6
1988 26,795,383 802,702 8,660,052 323.2 10.8
1989 27,281,795 823,728 8,945,237 327.9 10.9
1990 27,697,530 825,318 9,229,938 333.2 11.2
1991 28,031,394 808,051 9,090,962 324.3 11.3
1992 28,366,737 815,123 9,176,260 323.5 11.3
1993 28,681,676 834,185 9,314,103 324.7 11.2
1994 28,999,006 874,261 9,564,313 329.8 10.9
1995 29,302,091 898,814 9,695,204 330.9 10.8
1996 29,610,757 913,364 10,097,156 341.0 11.1
1997 29,907,172 951,962 10,200,117 341.1 10.7
1998 30,157,082 990,968 10,194,873 338.1 10.3
1999 30,403,878 1,045,786 10,518,257 346.0 10.1
2000 30,689,035 1,100,515 10,830,985 352.9 9.8
2001 31,021,251 1,120,146 10,950,393 353.0 9.8
2002 31,372,587 1,152,905 11,163,501 355.8 9.7
2003 31,676,077 1,174,592 11,478,526 362.4 9.8
2004 31,995,199 1,210,656 11,527,500 360.3 9.5
2005 32,312,077 1,247,780 11,310,201 350.0 9.1
2006 32,649,482 1,282,204 .. .. ..
Defined as the amount that was availabe for use in the Canadian economy. Includes the use of energy resources for non-energy purposes (for example, petrochemical feedstocks in fertilizer production). Excludes the use of wood and wastes as energy sources.
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 128-0002, 128-0009, 051-0001 and 380-0017