Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 7: Secondary Energy Use by Transportation Mode
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use (PJ) 344.7   415.0 416.2 335.6 347.0
Passenger Transportation 194.1   216.5 214.9 153.7 153.0
Freight Transportation 139.3   180.4 183.1 163.1 174.9
Off-Road1 11.3   18.1 18.3 18.7 19.1

Energy Use by Transportation Mode (PJ)
Cars 69.5   56.4 53.9 44.3 44.0
Passenger Light Trucks 52.1   72.2 72.5 64.2 66.1
Freight Light Trucks 21.6   29.1 29.0 25.6 26.5
Medium Trucks 26.4   65.3 61.8 54.6 59.6
Heavy Trucks 39.8   44.7 45.7 41.3 46.4
Motorcycles 0.4   0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
School Buses 2.6   1.5 1.7 0.9 0.9
Urban Transit 5.1   5.4 5.4 2.5 2.5
Inter-City Buses 1.2   0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Passenger Air 62.6   79.9 80.3 41.1 38.5
Freight Air 2.3   1.9 1.9 2.7 3.8
Passenger Rail 0.6   0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2
Freight Rail 15.8   12.5 12.3 11.4 11.1
Marine 33.4   27.0 32.4 27.4 27.5
Off-Road1 11.3   18.1 18.3 18.7 19.1

Shares (%)
Cars 20.2   13.6 12.9 13.2 12.7
Passenger Light Trucks 15.1   17.4 17.4 19.1 19.0
Freight Light Trucks 6.3   7.0 7.0 7.6 7.6
Medium Trucks 7.7   15.7 14.9 16.3 17.2
Heavy Trucks 11.5   10.8 11.0 12.3 13.4
Motorcycles 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
School Buses 0.7   0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Urban Transit 1.5   1.3 1.3 0.7 0.7
Inter-City Buses 0.4   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Passenger Air 18.2   19.2 19.3 12.3 11.1
Freight Air 0.7   0.5 0.4 0.8 1.1
Passenger Rail 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Freight Rail 4.6   3.0 2.9 3.4 3.2
Marine 9.7   6.5 7.8 8.2 7.9
Off-Road1 3.3   4.4 4.4 5.6 5.5

Footnotes:

1) “Off Road” includes vehicles not registered for on-road travel such as ATVs, snowmobiles, golf carts and some military vehicles.