Table 14.1 (Revised) Buildings – Primary fuel types for buildings with space cooling by primary activity, building size and number of floors (floor space), 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | millions of m2 | QI | |||
| Primary activity | 411.1 | A | 67.4 | A | 1.6 | F | 10.1 | A | 94.0 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| Bank branch | 3.6 | A | 0.7 | F | – | – | − | − | 0.0 | F | 1.4 | F | ||
| Public safety – police and fire station | 7.4 | F | 0.3 | B | – | – | 0.0 | F | 0.4 | B | 0.8 | F | ||
| Assisted living facility | 12.2 | B | 1.0 | C | – | – | 0.1 | C | 0.2 | B | 3.0 | A | ||
| Hotel, motel, hostel, or lodge | 17.5 | A | 0.5 | B | 1.1 | B | 0.9 | F | 1.2 | C | 3.5 | C | ||
| Preschool or daycare | 3.0 | A | 0.6 | F | – | – | 0.1 | F | 0.3 | C | 0.7 | B | ||
| Primary or secondary school | 51.1 | A | 3.8 | C | – | – | 0.1 | C | 21.9 | A | 7.0 | A | ||
| Restaurant | 8.2 | A | 1.5 | B | – | – | 0.0 | B | 0.8 | C | 2.8 | B | ||
| Food or beverage store | 17.7 | A | 4.8 | F | – | – | 0.3 | B | 3.8 | F | 4.0 | A | ||
| Retail – non−food | 46.4 | B | 18.2 | F | – | – | 0.6 | F | 7.9 | C | 13.9 | B | ||
| Office space – medical | 5.9 | A | 1.0 | B | – | – | 5.0 | F | 0.7 | F | 2.5 | B | ||
| Office space – excluding medical | 57.9 | A | 5.7 | B | – | – | 0.9 | F | 5.6 | F | 31.5 | B | ||
| Recreation centre | 6.9 | A | 0.5 | A | – | – | 0.1 | C | 2.0 | B | 1.9 | B | ||
| Ice rink | 3.7 | B | 0.3 | F | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | B | 1.0 | A | 0.9 | B | ||
| Place of worship | 10.6 | A | 1.8 | B | – | – | 0.1 | F | 10.4 | C | 2.7 | F | ||
| Museum or gallery | 2.0 | B | 0.3 | F | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | B | 0.4 | F | 0.3 | F | ||
| Library or archives | 2.7 | F | 0.1 | C | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | F | 0.1 | F | 0.2 | F | ||
| Warehouse | 49.1 | A | 6.6 | A | – | – | 0.2 | F | 11.1 | A | 21.2 | C | ||
| Vehicle dealership, repair, or storage | 16.3 | A | 3.4 | F | – | – | 0.1 | C | 7.8 | B | 4.0 | A | ||
| Mixed use Footnote 2 | 46.1 | A | 13.3 | C | 0.0 | – | 0.6 | C | 11.2 | C | 16.8 | C | ||
| Others in scope Footnote 3 | 42.8 | B | 3.1 | A | 0.4 | C | 0.7 | F | 7.1 | B | 9.1 | B | ||
| Building size | 411.1 | A | 67.4 | A | 1.6 | F | 10.1 | A | 94.0 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| 5,000 square feet or less (465 square metres or less) | 40.0 | A | 5.2 | A | – | – | 0.5 | C | 14.6 | A | 11.8 | A | ||
| 5,001 to 10,000 square feet (466 to 929 square metres) | 36.4 | A | 3.5 | A | – | – | 0.3 | C | 14.8 | B | 11.8 | A | ||
| 10,001 to 50,000 square feet (930 to 4,645 square metres) | 143.5 | A | 31.7 | A | 0.1 | F | 2.0 | C | 42.6 | A | 36.6 | A | ||
| 50,001 to 200,000 square feet (4,646 to 18,580 square metres) | 118.1 | A | 18.2 | F | 0.1 | B | 6.8 | F | 19.3 | A | 33.9 | A | ||
| Over 200,000 square feet (over 18,580 square metres) | 73.0 | A | 8.9 | F | 1.4 | B | 0.6 | F | 2.8 | B | 34.1 | B | ||
| Number of floors | 411.1 | A | 67.4 | A | 1.6 | F | 10.1 | A | 94.0 | A | 128.2 | A | ||
| 1 | 149.9 | A | 28.8 | B | – | – | 2.3 | C | 43.8 | A | 0.1 | A | ||
| 2 | 150.1 | A | 33.5 | B | 0.1 | F | 1.4 | F | 38.4 | A | 0.0 | − | ||
| 3 | 43.5 | A | 1.7 | A | 0.1 | C | 0.4 | F | 8.4 | C | − | − | ||
| 4 to 9 | 49.2 | B | 2.1 | C | 0.3 | A | 5.6 | F | 2.7 | B | 0.0 | − | ||
| 10 or more | 18.4 | C | 1.2 | F | 1.1 | B | 0.4 | F | 0.7 | F | − | − | ||
| Not available Footnote 1 | − | − | 0.0 | − | − | − | − | − | – | – | 128.0 | 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%.
- A cell value of 0.0 is a valid value that indicates that the amount is greater than 0 but less than 0.05
- ’–’ 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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