Residential Sector
Nova Scotia
Table 23: Single Attached Heating System Stock by Heating System Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Single Attached Heating System Stock (thousands) 23.8   32.6 33.1 33.7 34.3

Heating System Stock by Heating System Type (thousands)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 6.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 6.8   10.5 10.5 10.4 10.4
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.1   0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
Electric 5.6   15.3 15.7 16.3 16.7
Heat Pump 0.9   2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Other1 0.5   0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Wood 2.4   2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 0.7   0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Wood/Heating Oil 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 26.9   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 28.6   32.1 31.7 30.7 30.3
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.5   0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.6   2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8
Electric 23.7   47.0 47.4 48.3 48.6
Heat Pump 3.8   6.8 6.9 7.0 7.2
Other1 2.0   2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4
Wood 10.2   6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 2.7   2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
Wood/Heating Oil 0.8   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.