Residential Sector
Canada
Table 43: Single Attached Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by End-Use
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Single Attached Energy Use (PJ) 129.9   157.1 154.1 150.8 148.5

Energy Use by End-Use (PJ)
Space Heating 75.2   92.8 92.1 84.4 81.6
Water Heating 28.8   31.6 30.4 31.6 31.5
Appliances 18.3   22.6 23.1 24.4 24.7
Lighting 5.7   5.2 5.1 5.3 5.5
Space Cooling 2.0   4.9 3.4 5.1 5.2

Shares (%)
Space Heating 57.9   59.1 59.8 56.0 55.0
Water Heating 22.2   20.1 19.7 21.0 21.2
Appliances 14.1   14.4 15.0 16.2 16.7
Lighting 4.4   3.3 3.3 3.5 3.7
Space Cooling 1.5   3.1 2.2 3.4 3.5

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 153   252 258 264 271
Total Households (thousands) 1,221   1,739 1,772 1,807 1,842
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.85   0.62 0.60 0.57 0.55
Energy Intensity (GJ/household) 106.4   90.3 87.0 83.5 80.6
Total Single Attached GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 7.1   6.7 6.5 6.1 6.0

GHG Emissions by End-Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 4.0   4.1 4.1 3.6 3.5
Water Heating 1.5   1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Appliances 1.1   0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Lighting 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Space Cooling 0.1   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Shares (%)
Space Heating 56.5   61.9 62.6 59.7 58.8
Water Heating 21.7   21.7 21.4 23.2 23.6
Appliances 15.4   11.4 11.8 12.1 12.5
Lighting 4.8   2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7
Space Cooling 1.7   2.4 1.7 2.4 2.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 54.4   42.6 42.3 40.5 40.1
Total Single Attached GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 4.2   4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0

GHG Emissions by End-Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 3.0   3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8
Water Heating 1.1   1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2
Appliances 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Space Cooling 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Space Heating 72.4   72.0 72.4 69.8 69.0
Water Heating 26.9   26.6 26.2 28.8 29.5
Appliances 0.7   1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Space Cooling 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 32.1   29.0 28.4 27.3 26.9
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.96   0.95 0.98 0.88 0.85
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.91   1.89 1.23 1.76 1.84