Residential Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 21: Heating System Stock by Building Type and Heating System Type
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Heating System Stock (thousands) 1,641.2   2,072.7 2,107.3 2,143.6 2,182.0 2,223.2

Heating System Stock by Building Type (thousands)
Single Detached 886.2   1,013.5 1,021.2 1,028.8 1,035.3 1,042.8
Single Attached 174.1   259.5 264.7 269.9 275.3 281.9
Apartments 518.7   728.5 749.8 772.4 797.8 823.8
Mobile Homes 62.2   71.1 71.7 72.6 73.6 74.6

Shares (%)
Single Detached 54.0   48.9 48.5 48.0 47.4 46.9
Single Attached 10.6   12.5 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.7
Apartments 31.6   35.1 35.6 36.0 36.6 37.1
Mobile Homes 3.8   3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

Heating System Stock by Heating System Type (thousands)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 54.7   2.1 1.9 1.4 2.0 0.9
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 36.5   72.4 70.7 69.4 66.8 65.6
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 404.2   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 314.6   427.5 401.9 375.8 349.5 323.7
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 170.2   507.6 536.2 571.7 608.4 647.1
Electric 460.9   801.1 831.3 855.1 880.0 905.5
Heat Pump 37.2   70.0 72.3 74.7 77.4 80.0
Other1 30.5   19.6 18.9 18.7 18.6 18.5
Wood 22.7   24.8 24.5 24.8 25.1 25.4

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 65.0   84.9 86.0 87.2 88.5 89.7
Wood/Heating Oil 25.2   33.0 33.4 33.9 34.4 34.9
Natural Gas/Electric 13.4   20.0 20.3 20.7 21.1 21.5
Heating Oil/Electric 6.1   9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.4

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 3.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 2.2   3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 24.6   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 19.2   20.6 19.1 17.5 16.0 14.6
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 10.4   24.5 25.4 26.7 27.9 29.1
Electric 28.1   38.6 39.5 39.9 40.3 40.7
Heat Pump 2.3   3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6
Other1 1.9   0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Wood 1.4   1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 4.0   4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0
Wood/Heating Oil 1.5   1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Natural Gas/Electric 0.8   1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.4   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.