Energy score
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Toronto82/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Toronto
Toronto benefits from a low-carbon Ontario grid and ongoing building-efficiency efforts, with winter heat as a major energy lever. Energy in Toronto scores 82/100, placing it in the strong group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 82/100
Energy readiness
82/100
Low-carbon grid and policy direction support the score.
Primary transition lever
Heat pumps
Cold-climate heat pumps and retrofits are the main path.
Climate stressor
Cold and storms
Winter resilience is central to energy planning.
Toronto energy data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Energy readiness | 82/100 | Building heat is the main outstanding lever. |
| Primary transition lever | Heat pumps | Winter peak demand shapes infrastructure planning. |
| Climate stressor | Cold and storms | Severe weather events strain distribution networks. |
Energy city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto (this page) | 82/100 | Toronto benefits from a low-carbon Ontario grid and ongoing building-efficiency efforts, with winter heat as a major energy lever. |
| Vancouver | 90/100 | Vancouver operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work. |
| Laval | 84/100 | Laval's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Longueuil | 84/100 | Longueuil's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Burnaby | 83/100 | Burnaby's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Surrey | 82/100 | Surrey's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Airdrie | 82/100 | Airdrie's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Coquitlam | 81/100 | Coquitlam's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Saguenay | 80/100 | Saguenay's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Mississauga | 80/100 | Mississauga's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Markham | 80/100 | Markham's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Vaughan | 80/100 | Vaughan's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Burlington | 80/100 | Burlington's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Brampton | 79/100 | Brampton's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Delta | 79/100 | Delta's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Trois-Rivières | 78/100 | Trois-Rivières's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Calgary | 78/100 | Calgary's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Lévis | 78/100 | Lévis's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Maple Ridge | 78/100 | Maple Ridge's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Chatham-Kent | 77/100 | Chatham-Kent's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Pickering | 77/100 | Pickering's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Kawartha Lakes | 77/100 | Kawartha Lakes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Montreal | 76/100 | Montreal's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Ottawa | 76/100 | Ottawa's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Quebec City | 76/100 | Quebec City's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Victoria | 76/100 | Victoria's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Richmond Hill | 75/100 | Richmond Hill's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Terrebonne | 75/100 | Terrebonne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Lethbridge | 74/100 | Lethbridge's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Dartmouth | 74/100 | Dartmouth's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Saint John | 73/100 | Saint John's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
Interpretation
Energy readiness scoring weighs grid resilience and transition strategy. Toronto's grid carbon intensity is low; building heat is the main lever. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 64/100, so Toronto is 18 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
3 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.
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