Commercial/Institutional Sector
Quebec1
Table 26: Water Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Water Heating Energy Use (PJ) 10.9   13.9 13.7 13.6 13.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 1.1   1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7
Natural Gas 6.2   6.4 6.1 6.5 6.6
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.4   4.3 4.4 4.3 4.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.4   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.9   1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 10.0   13.1 13.2 12.3 12.3
Natural Gas 56.5   46.3 44.6 48.0 48.6
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 22.1   31.1 32.3 31.9 31.5
Heavy Fuel Oil 3.6   0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 7.9   8.7 9.0 7.3 7.1

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 116.29   144.57 145.38 146.36 147.49
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.09   0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09
Total Water Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.6   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.2   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
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) 51.2   50.3 50.6 50.6 50.4

Footnotes:

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