Electricity, gas, water and waste in Canada
This page gathers the figures we hold on electricity, gas, water and waste in Canada. Each section names its own source.
Each source groups industries its own way, so the edges of electricity, gas, water and waste differ a little from section to section.
- EBITDA margin27.0%share of revenue, 2024
- Earnings change+12.7%the year to June 2026
Margins
In 2024, operating profit plus depreciation and amortisation came to 27.0% of revenue across the industry. The measure is close to EBITDA.
Operating profit came to 15.1% of revenue, and staff costs took 7.8%.
Utilities only (NAICS 22); waste services sit with administrative services in NAICS.
Every incorporated business in the industry is added together, so the figures are not a typical business. The measure close to EBITDA is our calculation from Statistics Canada's figures.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Balance sheet, income statement and taxation statistics with selected financial ratios, by non-financial industries (33-10-0500-01), 2024. Ratios computed by onestepright. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Businesses that started and stopped
Each is a share of the industry's businesses with employees in 2023.
Statistics Canada counts businesses with employees. A business counts as stopped when it no longer has employees. These are Statistics Canada's own rates.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Business Dynamics measures, by industry (33-10-0164-01), 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
What costs did
What earnings and raw material prices did in this industry. Each comes from its own Statistics Canada series and grouping of industries. Earnings move with the mix of jobs and hours as well as with pay, so they are not a pay rate.
Each bar comes from its own Statistics Canada series, named below.
Average weekly earnings in utilities, the Statistics Canada group nearest electricity, gas, water and waste, rose 12.7% in the year to June 2026.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted (14-10-0223-01), June 2025 and June 2026. Change computed by onestepright. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
No Statistics Canada price series measures this industry's inputs closely enough to show.
Adapted from Statistics Canada under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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