Residential Sector
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 5: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 92.7   81.0 86.1 83.9 88.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 19.4   27.9 29.9 29.0 31.1
Natural Gas 52.0   45.1 48.2 47.5 49.9
Heating Oil 6.8   0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4
Other2 1.2   1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0
Wood 13.3   6.0 6.2 6.0 6.1

Shares (%)
Electricity 20.9   34.4 34.7 34.6 35.1
Natural Gas 56.2   55.7 56.0 56.6 56.3
Heating Oil 7.4   1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5
Other2 1.3   1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2
Wood 14.3   7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 214.9   304.2 310.8 317.0 323.6
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.43   0.27 0.28 0.26 0.27
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.5   2.5 2.7 2.6 2.7

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 2.6   2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5
Heating Oil 0.5   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wood 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 37.8   31.4 31.2 31.3 31.0
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.97   0.89 0.94 0.87 0.95
Heat Gains (PJ) 9.5   9.8 10.4 10.3 11.0

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production only.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.