Energy leaks 2. Appliances use electricity 3. The traffic report 4. Canada is very energy-intensive compared to most other countries. By using energy more efficiently, we can reduce our impact on the Earth.
Canadian society uses more energy on average than any other country.
The United States uses almost as much energy per person as Canada, but both use about twice as much energy per person as Japan, where the standard of living is similar to ours. In part, Canada uses a large amount of energy because it is a northern country, with high heating requirements. Canada is also a large nation with significant transportation requirements. Much of Canada's energy is used by industry, which uses it to extract, transport and process natural resources for sale to other countries. When these resources are exported, the energy to produce them is included in Canada's per capita energy use, and not in that of the people who use the resource.