Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 9: Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 252.3   385.7 347.5 331.6 337.9 352.8 361.8 281.2 288.2
Passenger Road Transportation 118.3   125.0 118.2 122.0 124.8 127.3 132.5 101.8 100.6
Freight Road Transportation 134.0   260.7 229.2 209.6 213.1 225.5 229.2 179.4 187.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Natural Gas 0.1   1.2 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5
Motor Gasoline 151.0   191.3 191.1 200.0 204.7 208.8 217.6 164.9 167.0
Diesel Fuel Oil 96.6   182.9 153.4 128.7 130.1 140.9 141.0 113.4 118.4
Ethanol n.a.   8.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 4.4   1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas 0.0   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Motor Gasoline 59.8   49.6 55.0 60.3 60.6 59.2 60.1 58.6 57.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 38.3   47.4 44.1 38.8 38.5 39.9 39.0 40.3 41.1
Ethanol n.a.   2.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.8   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 53,862   62,901 59,322 60,444 63,956 63,991 66,281 52,304 52,000
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 44,758   90,051 83,108 79,988 80,436 77,544 81,688 65,727 68,757
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.20   1.99 1.99 2.02 1.95 1.99 2.00 1.95 1.93
Freight Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.99   2.90 2.76 2.62 2.65 2.91 2.81 2.73 2.73
Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 17.7   26.6 23.9 22.7 23.2 24.2 24.8 19.8 20.3
Passenger Road Transportation 8.3   8.4 7.9 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.9 7.1 7.0
Freight Road Transportation 9.4   18.2 16.0 14.6 14.8 15.7 15.9 12.7 13.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 10.6   12.9 12.8 13.4 13.8 14.0 14.6 11.6 11.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.9   13.0 10.9 9.2 9.3 10.0 10.0 8.1 8.4
Ethanol n.a.   0.6 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Motor Gasoline 59.7   48.4 53.7 59.1 59.4 57.9 58.9 58.6 57.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 38.7   49.0 45.7 40.3 40.0 41.5 40.5 40.7 41.5
Ethanol n.a.   2.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.5   0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   67.0 67.0 66.9 66.8 66.9 66.9 69.6 69.6
Freight Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.2   69.9 69.7 69.5 69.6 69.6 69.5 70.8 70.8

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.