Community Development Halton have released a new issue in their Community Lens series, examining home energy poverty in the Halton Region. The report looks at Halton households spending more than twice the Canadian average on home energy needs, using 2016 Census data.

From the report:

"In 2016, over 22% of Ontario’s 5.1 million households were home energy poor. The average for Halton Region was 15.5%, representing almost 30,000 households. Almost one in five (18.3% or 3,800) households in Halton Hills spent more than 6% of their after-tax income on home energy"

Click here to read Community Lens #166 – Home Energy Poverty.