Residential Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 24: Apartments Heating System Stock by Heating System Type
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total Apartment Heating System Stock (thousands) 518.7   522.5 530.4 537.4 549.8 564.5 577.7 593.5 611.3 626.9 638.9 648.1 660.2 673.1 685.9 698.7 712.2 728.5

Heating System Stock by Heating System Type (thousands)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 23.0   20.4 18.0 15.5 12.8 10.4 8.3 6.3 4.1 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 10.5   13.0 14.8 15.6 17.4 18.9 20.3 20.7 20.8 20.9 21.0 21.3 21.2 21.3 21.2 20.9 20.8 20.2
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 130.7   123.3 116.0 107.9 98.3 88.7 78.4 69.0 59.8 50.0 42.1 34.3 26.8 19.8 12.8 6.2 2.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 103.4   108.4 116.4 124.9 134.7 144.8 153.4 162.2 169.2 174.9 175.0 174.3 173.0 170.1 166.1 161.0 154.6 146.7
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 59.5   62.7 68.0 74.1 81.5 89.7 96.9 104.5 116.8 125.7 134.8 142.1 150.8 160.6 171.0 182.0 191.7 203.7
Electric 157.6   158.4 159.4 160.8 165.2 171.8 179.0 188.3 198.9 210.9 223.0 234.0 246.4 259.5 272.9 286.8 301.3 315.9
Heat Pump 6.0   6.3 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.7 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.7 11.1 11.6 12.2 12.7 13.3 13.8
Other1 9.4   9.7 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.1 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.0 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.7
Wood 15.8   17.5 18.4 18.6 19.4 19.2 20.0 20.6 19.4 18.8 18.6 18.3 18.1 17.8 17.5 17.3 17.0 16.7

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 1.9   1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
Wood/Heating Oil 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Natural Gas/Electric 0.6   0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 4.4   3.9 3.4 2.9 2.3 1.8 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 2.0   2.5 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 25.2   23.6 21.9 20.1 17.9 15.7 13.6 11.6 9.8 8.0 6.6 5.3 4.1 2.9 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 19.9   20.7 21.9 23.2 24.5 25.7 26.6 27.3 27.7 27.9 27.4 26.9 26.2 25.3 24.2 23.0 21.7 20.1
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 11.5   12.0 12.8 13.8 14.8 15.9 16.8 17.6 19.1 20.0 21.1 21.9 22.8 23.9 24.9 26.0 26.9 28.0
Electric 30.4   30.3 30.1 29.9 30.0 30.4 31.0 31.7 32.5 33.6 34.9 36.1 37.3 38.5 39.8 41.0 42.3 43.4
Heat Pump 1.2   1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9
Other1 1.8   1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
Wood 3.1   3.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3

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

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.