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Canada's Most Electrification-Ready Communities
The Electrification Readiness Index scores every Canadian community on its capacity to shift away from fossil fuel heating — combining household income, building age, current heating fuel mix, housing type, and local climate. These communities score highest nationally.
What drives electrification readiness: Communities with newer housing stock, higher incomes, milder winters, and a higher share of detached homes score highest. Newer homes are easier and cheaper to retrofit with heat pumps. Milder climates mean smaller heating loads, so the economics of electric heat improve. BC suburbs dominate the top of this list because they combine newer construction with mild Pacific weather.
Energy Labs North Electrification Readiness Index computed from Statistics Canada 2021 Census (income, building age, housing type, heating fuel), and ECCC Climate Normals 1991–2020 (heating degree days). Index is 0–100; Ready ≥70, Developing 50–69, Early Stage <50. Source: Statistics Canada open government licence, ECCC open government licence.