Ontario · Energy · checked September 28, 2026

Energy bill analysis in Toronto

Your own bills are the most accurate starting point for any energy plan. In Toronto, that means electricity from Toronto Hydro and natural gas from Enbridge Gas.

Get matched in Toronto → The 12-month bill analysis
Utility bills and a phone showing a monthly energy-use chart on a kitchen table

Electricity

Toronto Hydro

Natural gas

Enbridge Gas

Heating degree-days

3,559

Cost

Free to do yourself

How Toronto is built

Toronto's houses by when they were built Ten house shapes, one for each tenth of Toronto's 455,985 houses. Before 1961: 46%, 1961–1990: 35%, 1991–2000: 6%, 2001 or later: 13%. Older houses glow hotter.
  • Before 1961 46%
  • 1961–1990 35%
  • 1991–2000 6%
  • 2001 or later 13%
Each house stands for one in ten of Toronto's 455,985 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row and duplex), drawn by when it was built. The glow shows the usual pattern: older houses tend to be leakier and less insulated. Snowfall scales with heating degree-days. Sources: Statistics Canada 2021 Census (table 98-10-0233-01), NRCan HOT2000 climate data.

Getting your usage history in Toronto

Most of Toronto is served by Toronto Hydro for electricity and Enbridge Gas for natural gas.

  • Toronto Hydro: Log in to My Account (self-serve portal), then Green Button Download My Data: consumption, billing and customer info as Green Button XML. Register online if you have no account. Link
  • Enbridge Gas: Gas utility (most of Ontario): My Account, then Share My Data, then Download your Data: up to 24 months of billing and usage data as Green Button XML. Link

What the analysis shows

Toronto gets about 3,559 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −16.3°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Toronto City Centre. 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.

How the 12-month bill analysis works.

NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Toronto

Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.

Only assessments from the seven HRSP-approved organizations qualify for the $600 Home Renovation Savings rebate and its assessment-path upgrade rebates; each listing below says whether it's one of them.

Source: NRCan list of licensed service organizations, checked September 28, 2026. Call to confirm your street is covered and ask about wait times.

Programs in Toronto

Provincial · needs an evaluation Home Renovation Savings — Home Energy Assessment path Up to $10,000 per home for insulation, windows and air sealing, plus $600 back on your assessments — if the follow-up assessment is done by December 31, 2026 Open · deadline Municipal · needs an evaluation Toronto Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) City loans up to $125,000 (or 10% of your home's assessed value) for energy retrofits, repaid on your property tax bill Open

Energy bill analysis in Toronto: common questions

How do I download my energy usage in Toronto?

Toronto Hydro: Log in to My Account (self-serve portal), then Green Button Download My Data: consumption, billing and customer info as Green Button XML. Register online if you have no account. Link Enbridge Gas: Gas utility (most of Ontario): My Account, then Share My Data, then Download your Data: up to 24 months of billing and usage data as Green Button XML. 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.

Energy bill analysis near Toronto

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Sources

Checked September 28, 2026. Census figures are for the municipality (Ontario); climate data is NRCan's HOT2000 station Toronto City Centre (9 km away).

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