Who owns an EV in Canada? 3 provinces dominate EV registrations
It buys an increasing number of Canadian electric vehicles. Federal government, the transition from gas to electric vehicles “Climate is very important to achieve our goals“While keeping the air clean and saving people over time.
But so far, Canadian landlords tend to live in only three cities in certain groups of community and come from certain demographies.
So, who does the key? How does this change? And why some Canadian groups change their homes, others still get gas?
Canadian home drivers mostly live
In Canada, EVS represented 17 percent of all new cars sold in 2024, and in 2023, 13 percent International Energy Agency reported. Last year, 252,000 full electric or plug -in hybrid electric cars were sold in Canada.
The majority of sales are in BC, Ontario and Quebec 92 percent of new homes were recorded in 2024According to statistics, Canada.
Cara Clairman, President and CEO of Plug’n Drive, an organization that focuses on public education about the houses, loans, discounts and sales targets in BC and Quebec. Both of them BC. And Quebec They terminate discount programs, but they still have sales targets. For example, 26 percent of light service vehicles sold in BC should be zero emission vehicles in 2026. (Ontario had a home discount program between 2010-2018 and allowed homes to use Carpool strips.)
House sales requirements mean that more dealers have their parties in these states, and therefore sells more, Cla Clairman said. In many parts of Canada, it is still impossible to test a home driving, “and who will get one without trying?”
The organization is trying to fill the gap Traveling the country, offering test drivers The latest electric and add -on hybrid sedans, SUVs and vans from brands such as Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Volvo in different communities.
Federal government In 2023, ZeV launched its sales targetsStarting with 20 percent in 2026 and rose to 100 percent in 2035.
Why are suburbs ‘your best place to go electricity’
B.C. The home records maps in Southwest and Ontario show the strong purchase of the houses in the lower -density urban and suburban regions.
Julia Kyriazis is the Public Relations Director of Clean Energy Canada, a thought -tank of Simon Fraser University, which focuses on transition to renewable energy and cleaner technologies.
He said that the suburbs were “your best place to go to electricity” because they are dominated by single -family houses that are easy to install home charge.
Suburban inhabitants tend to travel longer and less transit options One of the people living in the city center. “The more driving with a house, the more you save compared to a gas car,” he said.
It has more than one cars in many suburban households, which means that they can hold a gas trips for road trips if they are worried about charging on the road.
A 16,041 Canada Survey The users of the Plugshare application, which helps drivers to find home charging stations, were held last October with the support of other groups, including Plugshare Research and Plugshare Research.
One instant image of the respondents is over 55 years old, four -fifths live in single -family houses, nine out of 10 people have their own homes and half of the home drivers are working with at least one gas in their homes.
Similar patterns in the USA 60 percent of the country’s 33 million houses are expected to be in suburban regions by 2030.. The remains will be divided evenly between urban and rural areas.
Urban and rural difficulties
Clairman said that in most provinces, the public home charging infrastructure is “quite good” in both urban and Surban areas.
However, in busy urban areas, many calm, living apartments or condemnation buildings may encounter difficulties to charge a house at home, and even single -family landlords can be “garage orphans” that trusts the street parking lot and does not have a reliable place to hang out at home.
Kyriazis recently wrote a study showing that governments did not do what they needed to provide. To charge the third of the Canadian households living in home apartments and condemnation buildings.
“This really locks them from the home passage, dedi he said, and he added that many young people who are willing to revive homes in this kind of housing are an abducted opportunity.
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Clairman in rural areas, “For some people [EVs] “Rural residents are likely to continue long distances and have a single -family host.
Quebec, which has 2,000 fast charging stations throughout the province and plans to buy 6,700 by 2030, says that there is a “quite too” rural adopts.
BC, Alberta and Ontario’nun charging networks in the rural areas of the Community Energy Association, when the public is available once, House adoption rates in rural areas may be equal to those in urban areas..
Clairman accepts that there are still rural roads without enough charging infrastructure such as North Ontario, and a complete battery house may not work there. However, “Remember the Hybrid of Plug-in, the perfect reconciliation tool.”
Are men still ahead of adopting home?
Clairman said that more men have noticed that Plug’n Drive tends to come to test drive events for years.
“Even when the couples arrived, the woman said, ‘Oh, she can drive,’ he said, both of which encouraged them to make a test drive.
Plugshare Research President David Kovach, the US-based group leading the CAA questionnaire, said that three-quarters of Plugshare application users are men-the same proportion of men responding to the Canada questionnaire. Although the survey represents the population of the Canadian home driver, other surveys show that men adopt homes more quickly. WE And England
Plug’n Drive established a partnership with women in renewable energy Survey Women About why. They found that women had security concerns about the public accusation, because there were not many options in the past, and they were often in more isolated places. Clairman said ChargePoint operators were more attention and changed.
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Kovach said more charging stations with more traffic to gas stations and travel centers. With the addition of stronger charger, rapid charging speeds in the US increased, reduced the charging time up to 10 or 15 up to 10 or 15, which makes a big difference in terms of people’s perception of security, “he added.
Plug’n Drive’s survey found that the supply of vehicles was a problem for women. On average, earn less money than men.
Clairman, “Early adopted those who tended to be higher income because then the vehicles were more expensive.” He said. “We see this change over time.”
Is the lack of information still a problem?
Both Kovach and Clairman say that the infrastructure has healed and costs have fallen, making the houses more accessible, but lack of information continues to be a major obstacle – especially in areas and groups with low home adoption.
Clairman said that even people were surprised to find a testing ride that resembles a regular car: “They dream of something difficult or really different.”
The theme of Tim Burrows and the Mississauga section of the group, which forms a series of “Canadian Electric Car Talks” for the electric vehicle Society. He helps to talk to people you trust, but “faith is one of the things that need to spread,” he said.
Both Kovach and Clairman said that fossil fuel infrastructure and sovereignty have been built for more than 100 years and that modern houses were released only 15 years ago.
“Don’t adopt a house, you know, there’s a few impact on the road here,” Kovach said, “But I think we’re passing these coups and… informing the consumers and changing their misunderstandings, the key of some of the growth we have.”
