Residential Sector
British Columbia
Table 24: Apartments Heating System Stock by Heating System Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Apartments Heating System Stock (thousands) 512.9   740.2 762.7 787.9 813.7

Heating System Stock by Heating System Type (thousands)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 21.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 8.7   14.0 13.2 12.4 11.5
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 130.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 103.0   137.1 127.7 118.2 108.7
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 59.3   217.1 234.8 253.8 273.3
Electric 157.4   331.5 345.4 360.7 376.2
Heat Pump 6.0   14.5 15.3 16.2 17.0
Other1 8.9   5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7
Wood 15.5   16.1 16.3 16.5 16.7

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 1.9   2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9
Wood/Heating Oil 0.2   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Natural Gas/Electric 0.6   1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 4.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 1.7   1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 25.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 20.1   18.5 16.7 15.0 13.4
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 11.6   29.3 30.8 32.2 33.6
Electric 30.7   44.8 45.3 45.8 46.2
Heat Pump 1.2   2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
Other1 1.7   0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Wood 3.0   2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 0.4   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Wood/Heating Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas/Electric 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.