Transportation Sector
Atlantic
Table 24: Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Truck Energy Use (PJ) 93.9   94.0 105.0 108.8 108.7 110.4 107.5 93.6 96.2
Passenger Truck Transportation 34.3   40.5 48.4 52.6 53.3 52.8 52.0 44.9 46.2
Freight Truck Transportation 59.6   53.5 56.6 56.2 55.4 57.6 55.5 48.7 50.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 47.9   55.7 67.9 73.8 74.6 73.6 72.6 62.0 64.4
Diesel Fuel Oil 45.9   37.1 37.0 34.9 34.1 36.7 34.8 31.4 31.7
Ethanol n.a.   1.2 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 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 51.0   59.3 64.7 67.8 68.6 66.7 67.5 66.3 66.9
Diesel Fuel Oil 48.9   39.4 35.3 32.1 31.4 33.2 32.4 33.6 33.0
Ethanol n.a.   1.3 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 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 13,316   17,459 21,224 23,402 23,993 24,107 24,068 21,880 22,705
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 21,378   18,551 20,529 21,787 20,661 19,479 19,348 17,183 17,290
Passenger Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.58   2.32 2.28 2.25 2.22 2.19 2.16 2.05 2.04
Freight Truck Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.79   2.88 2.76 2.58 2.68 2.96 2.87 2.83 2.89
Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 6.6   6.5 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.4 6.6 6.8
Passenger Truck Transportation 2.4   2.7 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.2
Freight Truck Transportation 4.2   3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.5

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 3.4   3.7 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 3.3   2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 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 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 50.8   57.9 63.3 66.5 67.3 65.4 66.2 66.0 66.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 49.1   40.9 36.6 33.4 32.7 34.6 33.7 33.9 33.2
Ethanol n.a.   1.2 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 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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) 70.6   70.0 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.7 70.8 70.8

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