Residential Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 30: Apartments and Mobile Homes Water Heater Stock by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total Apartments Water Heater Stock (thousands) 82.8   83.8 84.8 85.9 87.3 88.2 89.3 90.5 91.8 92.8 93.7 94.7 95.9 98.1 99.3 100.5 102.0 103.6

Water Heater Stock by Energy Source (thousands)
Electricity 44.6   44.8 44.6 44.5 45.5 45.5 46.1 47.1 48.3 50.0 51.5 53.2 55.5 58.5 60.9 63.2 65.6 68.1
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
Heating Oil 35.0   35.9 37.3 38.6 39.1 39.8 40.4 40.4 40.6 39.9 39.2 38.4 37.4 36.8 35.7 34.7 33.6 32.6
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.4   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Wood 2.8   2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.7

Shares (%)
Electricity 53.9   53.5 52.6 51.8 52.1 51.6 51.7 52.1 52.5 53.8 55.0 56.2 57.9 59.6 61.3 62.9 64.3 65.7
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
Heating Oil 42.3   42.9 43.9 44.9 44.7 45.1 45.2 44.7 44.2 43.0 41.8 40.6 39.0 37.5 36.0 34.5 32.9 31.4
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.5   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8
Wood 3.4   3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7
Total Mobile Homes Water Heater Stock (thousands) 15.5   15.6 15.8 16.0 16.1 16.3 16.4 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.4

Water Heater Stock by Energy Source (thousands)
Electricity 8.3   8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.0 9.3 9.6 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.9 11.2 11.5
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Heating Oil 6.5   6.7 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.5
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wood 0.5   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Electricity 53.9   53.5 52.6 51.8 52.1 51.6 51.7 52.1 52.5 53.8 55.0 56.2 57.9 59.6 61.3 62.9 64.3 65.7
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
Heating Oil 42.3   42.9 43.9 44.9 44.7 45.1 45.2 44.7 44.2 43.0 41.8 40.6 39.0 37.5 36.0 34.5 32.9 31.4
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.5   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8
Wood 3.4   3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.