Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 27: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Truck Type
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 185.3   328.4 295.3 280.7 288.0 303.3 311.4 243.9 252.2
Passenger Truck Transportation 51.3   67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9 77.8 82.2 64.6 64.5
Freight Truck Transportation 134.0   260.7 229.2 209.6 213.1 225.5 229.2 179.4 187.7

Energy Use by Truck Type (PJ)
Passenger Light Trucks 51.3   67.6 66.0 71.2 74.9 77.8 82.2 64.6 64.5
Freight Light Trucks 30.8   38.4 37.6 40.5 42.6 44.2 46.7 36.9 37.1
Medium Trucks 25.2   101.0 90.3 84.1 81.0 84.9 84.8 65.4 69.3
Heavy Trucks 78.0   121.3 101.3 85.1 89.5 96.4 97.7 77.1 81.3

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 27.7   20.6 22.4 25.3 26.0 25.7 26.4 26.5 25.6
Freight Light Trucks 16.6   11.7 12.7 14.4 14.8 14.6 15.0 15.1 14.7
Medium Trucks 13.6   30.8 30.6 29.9 28.1 28.0 27.2 26.8 27.5
Heavy Trucks 42.1   36.9 34.3 30.3 31.1 31.8 31.4 31.6 32.2

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 17,412   26,153 25,775 27,948 29,622 31,012 33,018 27,275 27,404
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 44,758   90,051 83,108 79,988 80,436 77,544 81,688 65,727 68,757
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.94   2.59 2.56 2.55 2.53 2.51 2.49 2.37 2.35
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.99   2.90 2.76 2.62 2.65 2.91 2.81 2.73 2.73
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 13.0   22.8 20.4 19.3 19.8 20.9 21.5 17.2 17.8
Passenger Truck Transportation 3.6   4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5
Freight Truck Transportation 9.4   18.2 16.0 14.6 14.8 15.7 15.9 12.7 13.3

GHG Emissions by Truck Type (Mt of CO2e)
Passenger Light Trucks 3.6   4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5
Freight Light Trucks 2.2   2.6 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.6
Medium Trucks 1.7   7.0 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.9
Heavy Trucks 5.5   8.6 7.2 6.1 6.4 6.9 7.0 5.5 5.8

Shares (%)
Passenger Light Trucks 27.8   19.9 21.7 24.7 25.3 25.0 25.7 26.3 25.4
Freight Light Trucks 16.5   11.3 12.3 14.0 14.4 14.2 14.6 15.0 14.6
Medium Trucks 13.2   30.8 30.6 30.0 28.2 28.0 27.3 26.9 27.6
Heavy Trucks 42.5   38.0 35.3 31.3 32.1 32.8 32.4 31.8 32.4
Passenger Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.7   67.0 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 70.2 70.2
Freight Truck Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   69.9 69.7 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.5 70.8 70.8