Affordable Natural Gas Energy Drives the Economy

Natural gas distribution utilities employ over 16,972 Canadians and close to 26,000 persons are directly employed in the upstream extraction and pipeline transmission segments of the industry. The real employment opportunity is represented by the benefit affordable energy delivers as a competitive advantage – attracting commercial and industrial employers and providing many indirect jobs because of it.

Source: CGA and Statistics Canada

Natural gas is less than half the cost of other competing fuel options in Canada. Residential consumers can save between $1,500 and $2,500 per year by switching to natural gas. Families who save money on energy costs introduce those savings back into the economy and that helps support the creation of further goods and services.