Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 4: GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 24.3   28.7 28.8 23.7 24.5
Passenger Transportation 13.5   14.6 14.5 10.7 10.6
Freight Transportation 10.0   12.7 12.9 11.6 12.5
Off-Road2 0.8   1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 11.3   13.3 13.0 11.8 12.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 6.8   8.5 8.7 8.0 8.8
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 1.4   1.0 1.1 0.7 0.3
Aviation Gasoline 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aviation Turbo Fuel 4.4   5.6 5.6 3.0 2.9
Propane 0.3   0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Motor Gasoline 46.4   46.3 45.3 49.9 49.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 27.9   29.7 30.2 33.6 35.9
Ethanol n.a.   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 5.9   3.3 3.9 2.8 1.4
Aviation Gasoline 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aviation Turbo Fuel 18.2   19.6 19.6 12.7 11.8
Propane 1.2   0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Passenger Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 69.7   67.6 67.6 69.4 69.4
Freight Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.6   70.6 70.7 71.4 71.2

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.

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