Table 5.1 Buildings – Characteristics by hours of operation, 2019


Hours of operation per week Building count Floor space Energy use Energy intensity
# QI Share millions of m2 QI Share PJ QI Share GJ/m2
36 or less 66,717 A 12.0% 48.6 A 6.8% 36.8 A 3.8% 0.92
37 to 48 184,713 A 33.2% 186.4 A 26.2% 215.3 A 22.5% 1.15
49 to 72 117,216 A 21.1% 165.5 A 23.2% 190.2 A 19.9% 1.37
73 to 96 37,453 A 6.7% 67.6 A 9.5% 100.6 A 10.5% 1.98
97 to 120 19,798 A 3.6% 37.7 B 5.3% 107.2 F 11.2% 2.20
121 or more 26,457 A 4.8% 78.6 A 11.0% 192.5 C 20.1% 2.27
Not available Footnote 1 103,223 A 18.6% 128.0 A 18.0% 113.9 A 11.9% 1.03
Total Buildings 555,576 A 100.0% 712.4 A 100.0% 956.4 A 100.0% 1.29

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Quality indicators (QI) classify each estimate according to its quality as follows: A–20% or less, B–between 20% and 30%, C–between 30% and 40%, and F–more than 40%.

Notes:

  1. SCIEU 2019 collected data through two surveys: a survey for buildings and a survey for establishments. The latter includes universities, other post−secondary institutions (i.e. colleges / CEGEPs, technical schools) and hospitals, where one establishment may have one or multiple buildings. The establishment survey for SCIEU 2019 yielded a total of 1,444 establishments, comprised of 242 universities, 445 other post−secondary institutions, and 757 hospitals, representing 4,660 university buildings, 1,824 other post−secondary buildings, and 2,008 hospital buildings, respectively.
  2. Some totals may not be the same between tables due to rounding.

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