Table 6.1 Buildings – Characteristics by energy source used, 2019
| Energy source | Building count | Floor space | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QI | Share | millions of m2 | QI | Share | |
| Total Buildings | 555,576 | A | 100.0% | 712.4 | A | 100.0% |
| No electricity Footnote 1 | 20,091 | A | 3.6% | 16.9 | C | 2.4% |
| With electricity | 535,485 | A | 96.4% | 695.5 | A | 97.6% |
| Electricity only | 154,936 | A | 28.9% | 114.6 | A | 16.5% |
| Electricity and natural gas | 290,546 | A | 54.3% | 436.7 | A | 62.8% |
| Electricity and distillates Footnote 2 | 25,194 | A | 4.7% | 28.4 | B | 4.1% |
| Electricity and propane | 28,973 | B | 5.4% | 21.0 | A | 3.0% |
| Electricity and other fuel Footnote 3 | 4,710 | B | 0.9% | 10.0 | F | 1.4% |
| Electricity, natural gas and distillates Footnote 2 | 15,957 | A | 3.0% | 50.7 | A | 7.3% |
| Electricity, natural gas and propane | 6,312 | A | 1.2% | 11.2 | A | 1.6% |
| Electricity, natural gas and other fuel Footnote 3 | 1,286 | B | 0.2% | 9.1 | F | 1.3% |
| Electricity, distillates Footnote 2 and propane | 4,098 | B | 0.8% | 6.0 | B | 0.9% |
| Electricity and other | 3,473 | B | 0.6% | 7.6 | B | 1.1% |
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Quality indicators (QI) classify each estimate according to its quality as follows: A–20% or less, B–between 20% and 30%, C–between 30% and 40%, and F–more than 40%.
Notes:
- SCIEU 2019 collected data through two surveys: a survey for buildings and a survey for establishments. The latter includes universities, other post−secondary institutions (i.e. colleges / CEGEPs, technical schools) and hospitals, where one establishment may have one or multiple buildings. The establishment survey for SCIEU 2019 yielded a total of 1,444 establishments, comprised of 242 universities, 445 other post−secondary institutions, and 757 hospitals, representing 4,660 university buildings, 1,824 other post−secondary buildings, and 2,008 hospital buildings, respectively.
- Some totals may not be the same between tables due to rounding.
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