Commercial/Institutional Sector
Canada
Table 12: Retail Trade Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Region – Excluding Electricity-Related Emissions1
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 160.8   187.6 193.8 179.0 175.9

Energy Use by Region (PJ)
Atlantic 8.4   9.5 9.6 8.5 8.1
Quebec 31.9   32.6 33.0 28.7 28.6
Ontario 57.9   74.4 77.6 73.6 72.7
Manitoba 8.9   8.1 8.2 7.3 7.1
Saskatchewan 8.3   8.0 8.5 7.6 7.4
Alberta 25.0   37.2 38.6 35.9 34.6
British Columbia and Territories 20.6   17.8 18.3 17.3 17.4

Shares (%)
Atlantic 5.2   5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6
Quebec 19.8   17.4 17.0 16.1 16.2
Ontario 36.0   39.7 40.0 41.1 41.3
Manitoba 5.5   4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1
Saskatchewan 5.1   4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2
Alberta 15.5   19.8 19.9 20.0 19.6
British Columbia and Territories 12.8   9.5 9.5 9.7 9.9

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 92.95   117.17 117.16 116.27 116.49
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 1.73   1.60 1.65 1.54 1.51
Total GHG Emissions for Retail Trade Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 5.3   5.4 5.7 5.1 5.0

GHG Emissions by Region (Mt of CO2e)
Atlantic 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Quebec 0.8   0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6
Ontario 2.1   2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3
Manitoba 0.3   0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Saskatchewan 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Alberta 0.9   1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
British Columbia and Territories 0.6   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Shares (%)
Atlantic 4.8   2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5
Quebec 15.1   13.9 13.5 11.3 11.5
Ontario 40.3   41.8 43.1 45.1 45.4
Manitoba 5.9   4.5 4.5 4.3 4.3
Saskatchewan 5.3   4.6 4.6 4.3 4.2
Alberta 17.2   24.8 24.0 24.6 23.7
British Columbia and Territories 11.5   7.5 7.6 8.0 8.4
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 32.9   29.0 29.2 28.7 28.5

Footnotes:

1) At the regional level, data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production only.