Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 8: GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 22.3   29.9 30.5 24.0 24.6
Passenger Transportation 10.5   11.4 11.7 8.4 8.4
Freight Transportation 11.2   17.6 17.9 14.6 15.2
Off-Road2 0.6   0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode (Mt of CO2e)
Cars 4.1   2.7 2.8 2.2 2.1
Passenger Light Trucks 3.6   5.2 5.5 4.5 4.5
Freight Light Trucks 2.2   3.0 3.1 2.6 2.6
Medium Trucks 1.7   5.9 5.9 4.6 4.9
Heavy Trucks 5.5   6.9 7.0 5.5 5.8
Motorcycles 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
School Buses 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Urban Transit 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2
Inter-City Buses 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Air 2.2   2.8 2.8 1.3 1.4
Freight Air 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Passenger Rail 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Freight Rail 1.7   1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8
Marine 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Off-Road2 0.6   0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

Shares (%)
Cars 18.4   9.1 9.0 9.0 8.4
Passenger Light Trucks 16.2   17.4 18.1 18.9 18.4
Freight Light Trucks 9.7   9.9 10.3 10.8 10.5
Medium Trucks 7.7   19.6 19.2 19.3 19.9
Heavy Trucks 24.8   23.0 22.8 22.8 23.4
Motorcycles 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.8   0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Urban Transit 1.4   1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9
Inter-City Buses 0.4   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Passenger Air 9.8   9.4 9.1 5.4 5.6
Freight Air 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
Passenger Rail 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Freight Rail 7.8   6.2 6.2 7.7 7.4
Marine 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Off-Road2 2.5   3.2 3.1 4.1 4.1
Passenger Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   67.4 67.4 69.6 69.6
Freight Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.3   70.4 70.4 71.6 71.6

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.