Residential Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 14: Total Households by Building Type and Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Households (thousands) 359.5   403.5 408.0 413.0 418.0

Households by Building Type (thousands)
Single Detached 242.9   269.8 272.7 275.9 279.1
Single Attached 22.6   27.9 28.3 28.8 29.2
Apartments 79.3   90.6 91.7 92.9 94.1
Mobile Homes 14.7   15.2 15.3 15.4 15.6

Shares (%)
Single Detached 67.6   66.9 66.8 66.8 66.8
Single Attached 6.3   6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0
Apartments 22.1   22.4 22.5 22.5 22.5
Mobile Homes 4.1   3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7

Households by Energy Source (thousands)
Electricity 90.9   205.5 211.5 217.7 223.5
Natural Gas 0.0   11.3 12.0 12.6 13.1
Heating Oil 214.4   142.1 139.9 138.0 136.4
Other1 7.3   9.4 9.6 10.0 10.5
Wood 46.9   35.3 34.9 34.7 34.4

Shares (%)
Electricity 25.3   50.9 51.8 52.7 53.5
Natural Gas 0.0   2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1
Heating Oil 59.6   35.2 34.3 33.4 32.6
Other1 2.0   2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5
Wood 13.1   8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.