Brandon business and residents benefit from the lowest electricity rates in Canada and below average natural gas prices. Brandon is ranked lowest utility costs of 34 Canadian cities compared. Across the Prairies and US Midwest Brandon also ranks lowest for utility costs in a 24 city comparison undertaken by KPMG in 2016.
Canadian Utility Cost Rankings
City |
Prov | Canadian Rank Lowest Total Utilities Costs |
Brandon | MB | 1 |
Winnipeg | MB | 1 |
Kelowna | BC | 2 |
Vancouver | BC | 3 |
Medicine Hat | AB | 4 |
Sherbrooke | QC | 5 |
Quebec City | QC | 5 |
Montreal | QC | 5 |
Gatineau | QC | 5 |
St. John's | NL | 6 |
Prince Albert | SK | 7 |
Moose Jaw | SK | 7 |
Regina | SK | 7 |
Saskatoon | SK | 7 |
Red Deer | AB | 8 |
Saint John | NB | 9 |
Calgary | AB | 9 |
Fredericton | NB | 10 |
Moncton | NB | 10 |
Edmonton | AB | 11 |
Lethbridge | AB | 12 |
Sydney | BC | 13 |
Thunder Bay | ON | 13 |
Saulte St Marie | ON | 14 |
Barrie | ON | 15 |
Grande Prairie | AB | 15 |
Belleville | QC | 16 |
Truro | NS | 17 |
Halifax | NS | 17 |
Lloydminster | AB | 17 |
Charlottetown | PEI | 18 |
Windsor-Essex | ON | 18 |
Niagara | ON | 19 |
Toronto | ON | 20 |
Source: KPMG Competitive Alternatives 2016 Business Costs Report
Average of 19 Operations
Current Electrical Rate Pricing
Prairie / US Midwest Utilities Cost Rankings
City |
Prov / State | Lowest Total Utilities Cost Ranking |
Brandon | MB | 1 |
Winnipeg | MB | 1 |
Sioux Falls | SD | 2 |
Oklahoma City | OK | 3 |
Medicine Hat | AB | 4 |
St. Louis | MO | 5 |
Salt Lake City | UT | 6 |
Omaha | NE | 7 |
Fargo | ND | 8 |
Kansas City | MO | 8 |
Red Deer | AB | 9 |
Minneapolis | MN | 9 |
Moose Jaw | SK | 10 |
Regina | SK | 10 |
Saskatoon | SK | 10 |
Prince Albert | SK | 10 |
Denver | CO | 10 |
Calgary | AB | 11 |
Edmonton | AB | 12 |
Lethbridge | AB | 13 |
Billings | MT | 13 |
Youngstown | OH | 14 |
Grande Prairie | AB | 15 |
Lloydminster | AB | 16 |
Source: KPMG Competitive Alternatives 2016 Business Costs Report
Average of 19 Operations
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