Residential Sector
Canada
Table 8: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Building Type
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 883.6   922.8 962.2 953.6 873.8 840.4

Energy Use by Building Type (PJ)
Single Detached 654.9   670.4 697.8 688.5 630.0 604.1
Single Attached 75.2   88.3 92.8 92.1 84.4 81.6
Apartments 132.7   143.8 150.8 152.4 140.2 136.2
Mobile Homes 20.9   20.2 20.8 20.6 19.2 18.5

Shares (%)
Single Detached 74.1   72.6 72.5 72.2 72.1 71.9
Single Attached 8.5   9.6 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.7
Apartments 15.0   15.6 15.7 16.0 16.0 16.2
Mobile Homes 2.4   2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 1,500   2,085 2,125 2,165 2,205 2,247
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.59   0.44 0.45 0.44 0.40 0.37
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 46.2   40.9 41.9 41.3 36.9 35.2

GHG Emissions by Building Type (Mt of CO2e)
Single Detached 33.9   29.7 30.5 30.0 26.8 25.5
Single Attached 4.0   4.0 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.5
Apartments 7.3   6.3 6.4 6.4 5.6 5.4
Mobile Homes 1.1   0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 52.3   44.3 43.6 43.3 42.2 41.9
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 35.1   31.3 32.8 31.9 28.9 27.5

GHG Emissions by Building Type (Mt of CO2e)
Single Detached 26.5   23.5 24.6 23.9 21.7 20.6
Single Attached 3.0   3.1 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8
Apartments 4.8   4.0 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.6
Mobile Homes 0.8   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 39.8   33.9 34.1 33.5 33.1 32.8
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.96   0.92 0.95 0.98 0.88 0.85