Commercial/Institutional Sector
Ontario1
Table 6: Retail Trade Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 57.9   74.4 77.6 73.6 72.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 16.6   28.9 28.5 27.1 26.9
Natural Gas 37.1   43.3 47.0 44.7 43.9
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.4   0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 1.3   1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5

Shares (%)
Electricity 28.7   38.9 36.7 36.8 37.0
Natural Gas 64.1   58.2 60.5 60.7 60.4
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 4.2   0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.8   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 2.3   2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 34.94   46.63 46.92 46.74 47.05
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 1.66   1.60 1.65 1.57 1.55
Total GHG Emissions for Retail Trade Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 2.1   2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 1.8   2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 36.8   30.5 31.5 31.4 31.3

Footnotes:

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