Residential Sector
New Brunswick
Table 14: Total Households by Building Type and Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Households (thousands) 285.1   326.0 329.0 333.0 337.0

Households by Building Type (thousands)
Single Detached 202.9   234.8 237.1 240.1 243.1
Single Attached 14.9   19.3 19.6 19.9 20.3
Apartments 52.9   57.4 57.8 58.4 58.9
Mobile Homes 14.4   14.5 14.5 14.6 14.7

Shares (%)
Single Detached 71.2   72.0 72.1 72.1 72.2
Single Attached 5.2   5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0
Apartments 18.5   17.6 17.6 17.5 17.5
Mobile Homes 5.0   4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

Households by Energy Source (thousands)
Electricity 163.2   252.6 256.3 260.5 264.2
Natural Gas 0.0   10.2 10.6 11.0 11.4
Heating Oil 67.4   23.6 22.6 21.7 20.8
Other1 1.0   4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2
Wood 53.5   35.1 35.1 35.5 36.4

Shares (%)
Electricity 57.2   77.5 77.9 78.2 78.4
Natural Gas 0.0   3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
Heating Oil 23.6   7.3 6.9 6.5 6.2
Other1 0.3   1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2
Wood 18.8   10.8 10.7 10.7 10.8

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.