Residential Single Detached GHG Emissions by Energy Source and End Use
  2000   2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Single Detached GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c 52.0   49.8 48.4 48.9 45.2 46.3 46.2 46.0 42.4

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c
Electricity 19.3   17.8 18.3 16.6 15.6 15.4 15.5 15.8 14.4
Natural Gas 23.5   23.3 21.7 23.9 22.2 24.0 23.9 23.5 21.6
Heating Oil 6.8   6.1 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.5
Other1 0.6   0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8
Wood 1.8   1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0

GHG Emissions by End-Use (Mt of CO2e)b,c
Space Heating 33.9   33.5 31.3 32.6 29.5 31.4 31.9 31.1 28.4
Water Heating 8.6   8.2 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.4 7.6 7.1
Appliances 6.4   5.5 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.4
Lighting 2.5   2.1 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5
Space Cooling 0.6   0.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ)a,b,c 53.3   48.7 49.4 47.0 45.7 44.6 44.0 44.8 43.7
Total Single Detached GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e)a,b,c 32.7   32.1 30.1 32.3 29.7 30.9 30.8 30.2 27.9

GHG Emissions by End-Use (Mt of CO2e)b,c
Space Heating 26.5   25.8 23.9 25.7 23.3 24.7 24.9 24.1 22.2
Water Heating 6.0   6.0 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.5
Appliances 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Space Cooling 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ)a,b,c 33.5   31.3 30.8 31.0 30.0 29.8 29.3 29.4 28.8

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.

Sources:

a) Statistics Canada, Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, 2000-2020, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Natural Resources Canada, Residential End-Use Model, Ottawa, 2022.
c) Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Inventory Report 2000-2020: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Ottawa, 2022.