How Montréal is built
- Before 1961 48%
- 1961–1990 38%
- 1991–2000 6%
- 2001 or later 8%
Getting your usage history in Montréal
Most of Montréal is served by Hydro-Québec for electricity and Énergir for natural gas.
- Hydro-Québec: Customer Space (Espace client), then My electricity use / Detailed consumption: hour-to-hour, daily, monthly and bill-to-bill history with year-over-year comparison. No Green Button offering found, and a file-export option wasn't confirmed. Link
What the analysis shows
Montréal gets about 4,028 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −22.3°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Mctavish. Weather-normalizing your bills against those degree-days separates heating from baseload (lights, appliances, hot water), so you can see how much of the bill a heating upgrade can actually touch, and compare a mild year with a harsh one fairly.
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Montréal
In Quebec, EnerGuide evaluations for existing homes run through the provincial Rénoclimat program; the organizations below are the ones NRCan lists for Montréal postal codes.
Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
- Expertbâtiment Services-Conseils
- ENERGIE3R
- Expertise en batiment Champagne
Programs in Montréal
Energy bill analysis in Montréal: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Montréal?
Hydro-Québec: Customer Space (Espace client), then My electricity use / Detailed consumption: hour-to-hour, daily, monthly and bill-to-bill history with year-over-year comparison. No Green Button offering found, and a file-export option wasn't confirmed. Link
What is Green Button?
A standard format for downloading your own energy data. Ontario electricity utilities have been required to offer Green Button Download My Data since November 1, 2023.
Why weather-normalize bills?
A cold winter raises heating bills even if nothing about the house changed. Normalizing to heating degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.