Residential Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 22: Single Detached Heating System Stock by Heating System Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Single Detached Heating System Stock (thousands) 255.9   290.7 292.1 293.6 295.3

Heating System Stock by Heating System Type (thousands)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 55.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 71.4   83.2 82.7 80.3 79.7
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.4   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 1.4   1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 1.6   5.9 6.3 6.8 7.1
Electric 56.3   118.0 119.3 121.6 123.1
Heat Pump 9.8   17.3 17.6 18.0 18.4
Other1 5.1   5.8 5.9 6.0 6.3
Wood 1.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 21.9   24.2 24.2 24.4 24.5
Wood/Heating Oil 30.4   33.5 33.5 33.8 33.9
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 1.1   1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 21.5   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 27.9   28.6 28.3 27.4 27.0
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.5   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.6   2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4
Electric 22.0   40.6 40.9 41.4 41.7
Heat Pump 3.8   6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2
Other1 2.0   2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1
Wood 0.5   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 8.5   8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3
Wood/Heating Oil 11.9   11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.4   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.