Commercial/Institutional Sector
Canada
Table 61: Retail Trade Non-Space Conditioning Secondary Energy Use by End Use and by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Lighting1 Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 24.8   29.6 31.1 29.4 29.2

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 92.95   117.17 117.16 116.27 116.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 266.92   252.30 265.08 252.66 250.64
Auxiliary Motors1 Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 8.9   6.9 6.8 5.9 5.9

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 92.95   117.17 117.16 116.27 116.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 96.13   58.91 57.87 51.13 50.71
Auxiliary Equipment Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 11.3   22.3 23.2 20.9 21.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 10.5   20.7 21.5 19.4 19.4
Natural Gas 0.3   0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.5   0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8

Shares (%)
Electricity 93.0   92.8 92.8 92.8 92.6
Natural Gas 2.4   3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 4.6   3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 92.95   117.17 117.16 116.27 116.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 121.14   190.61 198.12 179.59 179.92
Water Heating Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 10.3   11.7 11.6 9.2 9.1

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.7   0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Natural Gas 8.0   10.0 9.9 7.9 7.9
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.7   0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.8   0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2

Shares (%)
Electricity 6.9   4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
Natural Gas 77.2   85.6 85.5 86.4 86.6
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 6.8   6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 1.7   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 7.4   3.3 3.4 2.7 2.5

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 92.95   117.17 117.16 116.27 116.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 111.31   99.80 98.79 79.01 78.40

Footnotes:

1) Lighting and auxiliary motors consume only electricity.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.