Table 13.1 (Revised) Buildings – Primary fuel types for buildings with space cooling by primary activity, building size and number of floors (number of buildings), 2019
Updated on January 11, 2023
| Buildings survey (excluding establishments) | Buildings using electricity | Buildings using natural gas | Buildings using district chilled water | Buildings using other fuels | Buildings Not cooled/Not known | Not available Footnote 1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QI | # | QI | # | QI | # | QI | # | QI | # | QI | |||
| Primary activity | 301,038 | A | 43,542 | A | 79 | F | 5,054 | A | 102,567 | A | 103,295 | A | ||
| Bank branch | 5,785 | A | 231 | F | – | – | − | − | 42 | C | 2,361 | F | ||
| Public safety – police and fire station | 3,374 | C | 197 | C | – | – | 23 | F | 812 | B | 503 | F | ||
| Assisted living facility | 2,439 | A | 958 | F | – | – | 32 | A | 242 | F | 967 | A | ||
| Hotel, motel, hostel, or lodge | 5,012 | A | 201 | B | 38 | F | 159 | F | 1,555 | C | 3,094 | F | ||
| Preschool or daycare | 4,255 | A | 850 | C | – | – | 104 | F | 523 | B | 702 | A | ||
| Primary or secondary school | 9,202 | A | 651 | A | – | – | 13 | A | 6,034 | A | 2,217 | C | ||
| Restaurant | 31,330 | A | 2,826 | A | – | – | 167 | C | 3,697 | B | 9,968 | C | ||
| Food or beverage store | 18,009 | A | 2,814 | C | – | – | 384 | F | 5,689 | F | 9,691 | C | ||
| Retail – non−food | 39,609 | A | 9,870 | B | – | – | 1,278 | F | 12,613 | B | 16,379 | C | ||
| Office space – medical | 12,089 | A | 2,603 | B | – | – | 755 | F | 1,101 | C | 4,096 | A | ||
| Office space – excluding medical | 50,179 | A | 5,110 | A | – | – | 258 | B | 4,627 | B | 18,581 | A | ||
| Recreation centre | 3,449 | A | 264 | B | – | – | 44 | F | 3,070 | C | 1,256 | C | ||
| Ice rink | 1,336 | F | 46 | F | 3 | – | 14 | A | 339 | A | 162 | C | ||
| Place of worship | 12,622 | C | 1,511 | B | – | – | 129 | C | 8,569 | A | 1,959 | B | ||
| Museum or gallery | 2,131 | F | 163 | C | 1 | – | 6 | F | 1,234 | F | 761 | F | ||
| Library or archives | 2,229 | F | 44 | C | 6 | – | 44 | C | 716 | F | 269 | F | ||
| Warehouse | 18,089 | A | 2,305 | B | – | – | 31 | B | 9,429 | A | 12,366 | C | ||
| Vehicle dealership, repair, or storage | 19,495 | A | 2,929 | C | – | – | 255 | B | 16,688 | B | 5,654 | A | ||
| Mixed use Footnote 2 | 32,470 | A | 7,501 | B | 3 | – | 1,214 | F | 12,954 | C | 6,276 | B | ||
| Others in scope Footnote 3 | 27,935 | A | 2,469 | A | 28 | F | 142 | F | 12,633 | B | 6,034 | B | ||
| Building size | 301,036 | A | 43,542 | A | 79 | F | 5,054 | A | 102,567 | A | 103,296 | A | ||
| 5,000 square feet or less (465 square metres or less) | 165,982 | A | 20,949 | A | – | – | 2,640 | C | 57,962 | A | 60,795 | A | ||
| 5,001 to 10,000 square feet (466 to 929 square metres) | 52,102 | A | 5,112 | A | – | – | 542 | C | 21,186 | B | 17,957 | A | ||
| 10,001 to 50,000 square feet (930 to 4,645 square metres) | 67,125 | A | 15,149 | A | 25 | F | 975 | C | 20,581 | A | 19,533 | B | ||
| 50,001 to 200,000 square feet (4,646 to 18,580 square metres) | 13,739 | A | 1,902 | C | 8 | A | 871 | F | 2,732 | B | 4,204 | A | ||
| Over 200,000 square feet (over 18,580 square metres) | 2,088 | A | 430 | F | 46 | F | 26 | F | 106 | B | 807 | B | ||
| Number of floors | 301,038 | A | 43,542 | A | 79 | F | 5,054 | A | 102,567 | A | 103,295 | A | ||
| 1 | 179,620 | A | 24,207 | A | – | – | 3,341 | C | 69,332 | A | 36 | A | ||
| 2 | 97,432 | A | 17,784 | A | 22 | F | 754 | B | 29,164 | A | 23 | − | ||
| 3 | 15,842 | A | 841 | B | 11 | A | 143 | F | 3,213 | B | − | − | ||
| 4 to 9 | 6,395 | A | 432 | C | 9 | A | 777 | F | 613 | B | 7 | − | ||
| 10 or more | 1,749 | B | 276 | F | 38 | F | 39 | A | 245 | F | − | − | ||
| Not available Footnote 1 | – | – | 2 | − | – | – | − | − | – | – | 103,230 | A | ||
Legend:
- Quality indicators (QI) classify each estimate according to its quality as follows: A–20% or less, B–between 20% and 30%, C–between 30% and 40%, and F–more than 40%.
- ’–’ means there are no observations
- ’–’ in the Quality Indicator (QI) column means that there are not enough observations to calculate it
Notes:
- SCIEU 2019 collected data through two surveys: a survey for buildings and a survey for establishments. The latter includes universities, other post−secondary institutions (i.e. colleges / CEGEPs, technical schools) and hospitals, where one establishment may have one or multiple buildings. The establishment survey for SCIEU 2019 yielded a total of 1,444 establishments, comprised of 242 universities, 445 other post−secondary institutions, and 757 hospitals, representing 4,660 university buildings, 1,824 other post−secondary buildings, and 2,008 hospital buildings, respectively.
- Some totals may not be the same between tables due to rounding.
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