Table 16.1 (Revised) Buildings – Primary fuel types for buildings with water heating 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 distillates Footnote 1 | Buildings using other fuels Footnote 2 | Buildings without water heating / Not known | Not available Footnote 3 | ||||||||
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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 | 258.6 | A | 260.1 | A | 6.7 | A | 15.7 | A | 42.3 | B | 129.0 | B | ||
Bank branch | 3.0 | B | 0.5 | A | 0.1 | F | − | − | 0.6 | F | 1.4 | F | ||
Public safety – police and fire station | 6.2 | F | 1.8 | A | 0.0 | A | 0.0 | C | 0.0 | C | 0.8 | F | ||
Assisted living facility | 1.6 | C | 10.5 | C | 0.2 | F | 0.6 | F | 0.6 | C | 3.1 | A | ||
Hotel, motel, hostel, or lodge | 4.9 | B | 13.0 | A | 0.2 | C | 1.7 | C | 0.6 | B | 4.2 | C | ||
Preschool or daycare | 2.6 | A | 1.3 | B | 0.0 | F | 0.0 | F | 0.1 | B | 0.7 | B | ||
Primary or secondary school | 27.8 | A | 45.6 | A | 1.8 | B | 1.1 | C | 0.7 | F | 7.0 | A | ||
Restaurant | 5.2 | B | 4.2 | A | 0.1 | B | 0.3 | B | 0.8 | C | 2.8 | B | ||
Food or beverage store | 15.0 | B | 8.3 | B | 0.2 | F | 1.3 | F | 1.9 | C | 4.0 | A | ||
Retail – non−food | 34.2 | A | 26.0 | C | 0.4 | F | 0.3 | C | 12.3 | F | 13.9 | B | ||
Office space – medical | 4.3 | B | 2.4 | A | 0.2 | F | 5.2 | F | 0.5 | F | 2.5 | B | ||
Office space – excluding medical | 28.4 | A | 35.9 | B | 1.0 | C | 2.3 | F | 2.6 | C | 31.5 | B | ||
Recreation centre | 3.5 | B | 5.2 | A | 0.1 | F | 0.1 | F | 0.6 | B | 1.9 | B | ||
Ice rink | 1.5 | F | 3.0 | A | 0.2 | C | 0.3 | C | 0.1 | B | 0.9 | B | ||
Place of worship | 13.4 | C | 6.3 | A | 0.6 | F | 0.3 | F | 2.3 | F | 2.7 | F | ||
Museum or gallery | 1.2 | C | 1.3 | B | 0.0 | B | 0.1 | F | 0.1 | B | 0.3 | F | ||
Library or archives | 2.2 | F | 0.7 | A | 0.0 | F | 0.1 | F | 0.0 | C | 0.2 | F | ||
Warehouse | 35.2 | A | 25.0 | A | 0.5 | F | 0.5 | F | 5.8 | B | 21.2 | C | ||
Vehicle dealership, repair, or storage | 14.7 | A | 9.1 | B | 0.2 | C | 0.1 | F | 3.6 | C | 4.0 | A | ||
Mixed use Footnote 4 | 33.9 | A | 32.5 | B | 0.7 | F | 0.8 | C | 3.4 | F | 16.8 | C | ||
Others in scope Footnote 5 | 19.9 | A | 27.6 | C | 0.4 | C | 0.5 | C | 5.7 | B | 9.1 | B | ||
Building size | 258.6 | A | 260.1 | A | 6.7 | A | 15.7 | A | 42.3 | B | 129.0 | B | ||
5,000 square feet or less (465 square metres or less) | 36.0 | A | 13.0 | A | 0.7 | B | 0.9 | B | 9.8 | A | 11.8 | A | ||
5,001 to 10,000 square feet (466 to 929 square metres) | 30.3 | A | 20.3 | A | 0.7 | C | 0.5 | B | 3.1 | A | 11.8 | A | ||
10,001 to 50,000 square feet (930 to 4,645 square metres) | 108.5 | A | 90.5 | A | 3.4 | A | 3.3 | C | 14.2 | A | 36.6 | A | ||
50,001 to 200,000 square feet (4,646 to 18,580 square metres) | 55.0 | A | 84.3 | A | 1.5 | B | 7.4 | F | 14.2 | F | 34.0 | A | ||
Over 200,000 square feet (over 18,580 square metres) | 28.8 | B | 52.1 | B | 0.3 | A | 3.6 | B | 1.0 | B | 34.8 | B | ||
Number of floors | 258.6 | A | 260.1 | A | 6.7 | A | 15.7 | A | 42.3 | B | 129.0 | B | ||
1 | 108.0 | A | 89.9 | A | 2.6 | B | 2.0 | B | 22.3 | A | 0.1 | F | ||
2 | 108.0 | A | 94.5 | A | 2.4 | A | 3.2 | C | 15.5 | F | 0.0 | − | ||
3 | 28.7 | B | 21.4 | A | 1.2 | C | 1.1 | B | 1.8 | F | − | − | ||
4 to 9 | 11.7 | A | 40.8 | B | 0.5 | F | 6.1 | F | 0.7 | F | 0.1 | B | ||
10 or more | 2.2 | B | 13.4 | F | 0.1 | F | 3.4 | B | 2.0 | F | 0.7 | − | ||
Not available Footnote 3 | − | − | 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
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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