Table 12.1 (Revised) Buildings – Primary fuel types for buildings with space heating by primary activity, building size and number of floors (floor space), 2019
Updated on January 11, 2023
| Buildings survey (excluding establishments) | Buildings using electricity | Buildings using natural gas | Buildings using distillates Footnote 1 | Buildings using other fuels Footnote 2 | Buildings Not heated/Not known | Not Available Footnote 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | |||
| Primary activity | 176.3 | A | 357.6 | A | 17.0 | A | 23.8 | A | 9.5 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| Bank branch | 2.7 | C | 1.5 | A | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | F | 0.0 | F | 1.4 | F | ||
| Public safety – police and fire station | 5.9 | F | 1.9 | A | 0.1 | C | 0.2 | F | 0.0 | A | 0.8 | F | ||
| Assisted living facility | 4.0 | B | 8.5 | C | 0.3 | C | 0.8 | F | 0.0 | A | 3.0 | A | ||
| Hotel, motel, hostel, or lodge | 11.4 | A | 6.9 | A | 0.6 | F | 2.0 | F | 0.3 | F | 3.5 | C | ||
| Preschool or daycare | 2.2 | A | 1.5 | B | 0.1 | B | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | B | 0.7 | B | ||
| Primary or secondary school | 11.0 | A | 62.1 | A | 2.9 | A | 0.8 | B | 0.1 | F | 7.0 | A | ||
| Restaurant | 4.4 | B | 5.2 | A | 0.3 | F | 0.6 | F | 0.2 | F | 2.8 | B | ||
| Food or beverage store | 13.2 | B | 11.7 | B | 1.0 | F | 0.5 | B | 0.1 | F | 4.0 | A | ||
| Retail – non−food | 28.2 | C | 42.0 | B | 1.1 | B | 1.3 | F | 0.6 | F | 13.9 | B | ||
| Office space – medical | 3.8 | B | 8.5 | F | 0.3 | F | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | F | 2.5 | B | ||
| Office space – excluding medical | 24.0 | A | 34.9 | A | 1.4 | B | 8.9 | F | 0.8 | F | 31.5 | B | ||
| Recreation centre | 2.3 | A | 6.2 | A | 0.7 | F | 0.2 | C | 0.0 | F | 1.9 | B | ||
| Ice rink | 1.3 | B | 2.5 | A | 0.9 | F | 0.2 | F | 0.1 | C | 0.9 | B | ||
| Place of worship | 6.4 | F | 12.9 | A | 2.0 | C | 0.6 | F | 1.0 | F | 2.7 | F | ||
| Museum or gallery | 0.8 | F | 1.7 | B | 0.0 | C | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | F | 0.3 | F | ||
| Library or archives | 1.8 | F | 1.0 | A | 0.0 | B | 0.2 | C | 0.1 | A | 0.2 | F | ||
| Warehouse | 13.5 | A | 48.6 | A | 1.1 | B | 1.9 | F | 1.9 | B | 21.2 | C | ||
| Vehicle dealership, repair, or storage | 6.1 | B | 17.1 | A | 1.7 | B | 1.4 | C | 1.3 | C | 4.0 | A | ||
| Mixed use Footnote 4 | 22.3 | B | 45.2 | A | 1.3 | B | 1.7 | A | 0.7 | F | 16.8 | C | ||
| Others in scope Footnote 5 | 11.2 | C | 37.8 | B | 1.0 | B | 2.0 | C | 2.2 | F | 9.1 | B | ||
| Building size | 176.3 | A | 357.6 | A | 17.0 | A | 23.8 | A | 9.5 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| 5,000 square feet or less (465 square metres or less) | 26.2 | A | 24.8 | A | 3.7 | A | 2.9 | A | 2.7 | B | 11.8 | A | ||
| 5,001 to 10,000 square feet (466 to 929 square metres) | 19.0 | A | 30.1 | A | 4.2 | B | 1.2 | B | 0.4 | B | 11.8 | A | ||
| 10,001 to 50,000 square feet (930 to 4,645 square metres) | 71.8 | A | 132.2 | A | 6.0 | A | 6.7 | B | 3.2 | C | 36.6 | A | ||
| 50,001 to 200,000 square feet (4,646 to 18,580 square metres) | 44.8 | B | 109.2 | A | 2.7 | B | 2.8 | A | 3.0 | B | 33.9 | A | ||
| Over 200,000 square feet (over 18,580 square metres) | 14.6 | A | 61.3 | A | 0.4 | B | 10.0 | F | 0.2 | − | 34.1 | B | ||
| Number of floors | 176.3 | A | 357.6 | A | 17.0 | A | 23.8 | A | 9.5 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| 1 | 61.5 | A | 142.1 | A | 9.3 | A | 5.1 | A | 6.8 | B | 0.1 | F | ||
| 2 | 73.7 | A | 135.2 | A | 5.9 | A | 7.1 | B | 1.7 | C | 0.0 | − | ||
| 3 | 17.9 | B | 33.7 | A | 1.3 | C | 1.0 | B | 0.1 | F | − | − | ||
| 4 to 9 | 18.2 | B | 39.6 | B | 0.5 | F | 1.5 | B | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | − | ||
| 10 or more | 5.0 | C | 7.0 | B | 0.1 | F | 9.0 | F | 0.7 | C | − | − | ||
| Not available Footnote 3 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | 0.0 | − | 128.0 | A | ||
Legend:
- 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%.
- A cell value of 0.0 is a valid value that indicates that the amount is greater than 0 but less than 0.05
- ’–’ means there are no observations
- ’–’ in the Quality Indicator (QI) column means that there are not enough observations to calculate it
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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