Residential Sector
Ontario1
Table 5: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 344.7   371.6 353.5 314.3 298.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 47.9   53.8 57.7 52.3 50.7
Natural Gas 239.1   276.3 259.5 229.1 215.2
Heating Oil 31.1   10.6 9.0 7.5 7.1
Other2 4.8   7.8 7.9 7.9 8.9
Wood 21.7   23.2 19.5 17.6 16.8

Shares (%)
Electricity 13.9   14.5 16.3 16.6 17.0
Natural Gas 69.4   74.3 73.4 72.9 72.0
Heating Oil 9.0   2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4
Other2 1.4   2.1 2.2 2.5 3.0
Wood 6.3   6.2 5.5 5.6 5.6

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 597.3   824.0 841.5 860.4 880.2
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.58   0.45 0.42 0.37 0.34
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 14.9   15.4 14.3 12.7 12.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 11.9   13.6 12.8 11.3 10.6
Heating Oil 2.2   0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Other2 0.3   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Wood 0.5   0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 43.2   41.3 40.6 40.4 40.2
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.94   0.92 0.96 0.84 0.79
Heat Gains (PJ) 32.4   31.3 32.8 29.9 28.9

Footnotes:

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