Coal stoves in the Northeast -- how many of those are there? I know of quite a few places in RI and MA with oil heaters, though I'd wager natural gas is on in probably 50% of my network's residences.
In 2015 it was estimated that around 127k homes still used coal heating.
Source, found on a ddg search: https://forgreenheat.blogspot.com/2017/06/trends-in-heating-...
Other sources give comparable numbers, in no case more than ~150k
[0]: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/03/699325560/for-the-few-who-hea...
Unless you live next to a coal mine you wouldn’t even be able to purchase coal in the US.
Holy hell $100 in the mild BC summer?! According to Google Vancouver varies between 14 and 22 degrees Celsius in June and July. That's t-shirt weather - don't even need heating at night if you've got good insulation.
I think your problem might be your general usage patterns (running clothes dryer, dishwasher too much or at peak times, inefficient lighting or leaving lights on everywhere, zombie draw from electronics) and the efficiency of your insulation, not merely the cost of electric baseboards. Or maybe power is just crazy expensive up there, I dunno.
We were far outside of anywhere NG lines were run, and while some of our newer neighbors had Propane tanks, we didnt have any sort of central air, so propane wasnt really any option without a very expensive remodel. House burned a few years ago in a wildfire, so kind of a moot point now.
(depends on local prices and availability of course)