How Charlottetown is built
- Before 1961 20%
- 1961–1990 46%
- 1991–2000 12%
- 2001 or later 22%
Getting your usage history in Charlottetown
Most of Charlottetown is served by Maritime Electric for electricity; there is no piped natural gas for homes.
- Maritime Electric: MyPower account: consumption history and bill/payment history for the past five years. A new AMI customer portal with interval data is being rolled out (island-wide AMI by 2027). Link
What the analysis shows
Charlottetown gets about 4,404 heating degree-days a year, a measure of how much heating its climate needs, and its winter design temperature, the cold day heating systems are sized for, is −19.3°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Charlottetown in HOT2000, the home-energy software Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) gives energy advisors. 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.
In Charlottetown, summer air conditioning also shows up on the electricity bill: compare your July and August use with a spring month to see roughly what cooling costs, and how much a heat pump or better attic insulation could take off it.
Atlantic Canada Maritimes and Newfoundland
What this means in Charlottetown’s climate
Damp, windy, icy winters and costly oil: switch to heat pumps, seal, test for radon.
Atlantic winters are wet, windy and icy rather than extremely cold, and summers are mild. Heating oil is still common and its price rose sharply in 2026, while heat pumps already heat many homes. An EnerGuide evaluation here should plan the move off oil, seal wind-driven leaks, fix moisture before insulating, and include a radon test.
- Plan your move off oil. Oil prices rose 65% to 81% in a year, and corrosion is a leading cause of oil tank leaks. Cold-climate heat pumps can be up to three times as efficient as oil heating. Ask: Ask the advisor to note your oil tank's age and condition, and to size a cold-climate heat pump with a backup plan.
What else homes in Charlottetown need →
Sources for this climate guide · checked October 26, 2026
- National Building Code of Canada 2020, climate data (NRC)
- Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (ECCC)
- Keeping the Heat In (NRCan)
- Heat pumps, Canada Greener Homes (NRCan)
- Heat pump basics (NRCan)
- Heating and Cooling With a Heat Pump (NRCan)
- Primary heating systems by household, Table 38-10-0286-01 (Statistics Canada)
- Household heating oil prices, Table 18-10-0001-01 (Statistics Canada)
- Electricity price comparison, April 2025 (Hydro-Québec)
- Prevent oil tank spills (Government of Nova Scotia)
- Canada's top weather stories of 2019 (ECCC)
- Canada's top weather stories of 2022 (ECCC)
- Canada's top weather stories of 2023 (ECCC)
- 2024 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Exposure
- Guide for Radon Measurements in Homes (Health Canada)
- Conditions for thermal scans, ASTM C1060 summary (Cx Associates)
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Charlottetown
A service organization is a company that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) licenses to deliver EnerGuide evaluations; its registered energy advisors do the home visit. Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
- Clean Foundation
- Homesol Building Solutions
- RU-Green Energy Solutions
- Sensible Home Inspections
- Trinity Inspection Services
Programs in Charlottetown
Energy bill analysis in Charlottetown: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Charlottetown?
Maritime Electric: MyPower account: consumption history and bill/payment history for the past five years. A new AMI customer portal with interval data is being rolled out (island-wide AMI by 2027). 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, and a hot summer raises cooling bills. Normalizing to degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.