Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 11: Freight Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Region
  2000   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Freight Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 908.9   1,163.8 1,175.6 1,160.6 1,114.5 1,077.3 1,130.3 1,173.8 1,184.5 1,011.9 1,086.4

Energy Use by Region (PJ)
Newfoundland and Labrador 21.4   18.6 15.7 18.0 20.3 19.2 19.4 19.8 19.4 15.4 14.7
Prince Edward Island 4.4   4.2 3.5 4.1 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.9
Nova Scotia 36.1   28.3 26.7 25.5 25.7 24.2 26.8 28.8 28.3 25.6 26.3
New Brunswick 35.0   28.3 21.7 22.0 21.4 22.8 20.4 20.3 19.1 18.6 18.0
Quebec 174.0   205.5 197.7 184.5 183.1 183.7 198.8 198.4 200.3 170.8 189.2
Ontario 281.4   320.2 327.2 319.5 312.0 301.5 313.3 331.7 336.3 284.9 315.4
Manitoba 27.2   44.7 40.5 42.8 39.9 42.2 45.3 47.3 47.1 41.9 42.2
Saskatchewan 32.8   76.3 87.3 83.4 85.3 81.2 88.2 91.7 91.5 82.8 87.8
Alberta 157.4   273.8 288.4 298.1 261.6 234.0 239.8 250.2 254.4 204.1 212.8
British Columbia and Territories 139.3   163.8 166.8 162.8 160.7 163.6 173.4 180.4 183.1 163.1 174.9

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.3   1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Nova Scotia 4.0   2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4
New Brunswick 3.9   2.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7
Quebec 19.1   17.7 16.8 15.9 16.4 17.1 17.6 16.9 16.9 16.9 17.4
Ontario 31.0   27.5 27.8 27.5 28.0 28.0 27.7 28.3 28.4 28.2 29.0
Manitoba 3.0   3.8 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9
Saskatchewan 3.6   6.6 7.4 7.2 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.8 7.7 8.2 8.1
Alberta 17.3   23.5 24.5 25.7 23.5 21.7 21.2 21.3 21.5 20.2 19.6
British Columbia and Territories 15.3   14.1 14.2 14.0 14.4 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 16.1 16.1

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 775,466   886,133 916,756 961,842 969,781 974,905 1,011,089 1,011,573 1,028,088 951,833 982,998
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.17   1.31 1.28 1.21 1.15 1.10 1.12 1.16 1.15 1.06 1.11
Freight Transportation GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 64.8   82.5 83.2 82.1 78.7 75.9 79.7 82.8 83.5 72.4 77.6

GHG Emissions by Region (Mt of CO2e)
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.5   1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0
Prince Edward Island 0.3   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Nova Scotia 2.6   2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.9
New Brunswick 2.5   2.0 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
Quebec 12.4   14.6 14.0 13.1 12.9 12.9 14.0 14.0 14.1 12.2 13.5
Ontario 20.0   22.6 23.1 22.5 22.0 21.2 22.0 23.3 23.7 20.3 22.5
Manitoba 1.9   3.2 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.1
Saskatchewan 2.4   5.4 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.3
Alberta 11.2   19.5 20.5 21.1 18.5 16.5 16.9 17.6 17.9 14.6 15.2
British Columbia and Territories 10.0   11.6 11.8 11.5 11.3 11.5 12.3 12.7 12.9 11.6 12.5

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.3   1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Nova Scotia 4.0   2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4
New Brunswick 3.9   2.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7
Quebec 19.2   17.7 16.9 15.9 16.4 17.0 17.6 16.9 16.9 16.8 17.4
Ontario 30.8   27.4 27.7 27.4 27.9 27.9 27.6 28.2 28.3 28.1 29.0
Manitoba 3.0   3.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.9
Saskatchewan 3.6   6.5 7.4 7.2 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.9 7.8 8.3 8.2
Alberta 17.3   23.6 24.6 25.7 23.5 21.7 21.2 21.3 21.4 20.2 19.6
British Columbia and Territories 15.4   14.1 14.2 14.0 14.4 15.2 15.4 15.4 15.5 16.1 16.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.3   70.9 70.8 70.7 70.6 70.4 70.5 70.5 70.5 71.5 71.5

Footnotes:

1) There is no electricity used in freight transportation.