Transportation Sector
Canada
Table 11: Freight Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Region
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Freight Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 908.9   914.4 896.8 959.3 1,018.2 1,041.1 1,045.7 1,099.5 1,115.4 1,109.3 1,160.5 1,163.8

Energy Use by Region (PJ)
Newfoundland and Labrador 21.4   21.3 20.8 21.6 22.3 22.4 20.8 24.7 21.7 24.3 26.0 24.4
Prince Edward Island 4.4   4.2 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.9
Nova Scotia 36.1   32.8 30.4 33.5 32.8 34.4 29.5 31.1 27.4 28.0 28.2 32.9
New Brunswick 35.0   33.9 32.0 29.2 31.7 31.9 30.6 29.2 25.7 24.5 28.0 35.3
Quebec 174.0   166.9 169.4 171.1 185.4 186.8 180.0 195.3 217.3 206.1 201.5 208.4
Ontario 281.4   276.2 270.1 286.9 294.0 305.1 295.2 301.0 300.0 298.8 320.2 326.6
Manitoba 27.2   27.0 24.7 27.5 30.5 32.6 31.8 32.2 32.6 36.5 38.4 40.6
Saskatchewan 32.8   33.8 37.1 41.1 43.6 48.4 52.9 57.0 60.0 67.4 75.4 72.5
Alberta 157.4   176.5 169.0 186.4 206.6 208.5 231.5 250.6 249.9 252.7 263.4 260.2
British Columbia and Territories 139.3   141.8 139.4 158.1 167.0 166.8 169.4 174.4 177.4 167.6 175.7 157.9

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.3   2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.1
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Nova Scotia 4.0   3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.8
New Brunswick 3.9   3.7 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.0
Quebec 19.1   18.3 18.9 17.8 18.2 17.9 17.2 17.8 19.5 18.6 17.4 17.9
Ontario 31.0   30.2 30.1 29.9 28.9 29.3 28.2 27.4 26.9 26.9 27.6 28.1
Manitoba 3.0   3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.5
Saskatchewan 3.6   3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.4 6.1 6.5 6.2
Alberta 17.3   19.3 18.8 19.4 20.3 20.0 22.1 22.8 22.4 22.8 22.7 22.4
British Columbia and Territories 15.3   15.5 15.5 16.5 16.4 16.0 16.2 15.9 15.9 15.1 15.1 13.6

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 775,466   760,576 786,128 821,278 856,415 896,000 896,470 897,749 870,314 783,961 850,874 852,462
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 1.17   1.20 1.14 1.17 1.19 1.16 1.17 1.22 1.28 1.41 1.36 1.37
Freight Transportation GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 64.8   65.2 64.0 68.5 72.6 74.3 74.4 78.3 79.4 78.8 82.3 82.5

GHG Emissions by Region (Mt of CO2e)
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.5   1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7
Prince Edward Island 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Nova Scotia 2.6   2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3
New Brunswick 2.5   2.4 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.5
Quebec 12.4   12.0 12.1 12.2 13.2 13.4 12.8 13.9 15.5 14.7 14.3 14.8
Ontario 20.0   19.6 19.2 20.4 20.9 21.7 20.9 21.3 21.2 21.1 22.6 23.0
Manitoba 1.9   1.9 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.9
Saskatchewan 2.4   2.4 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.3 5.1
Alberta 11.2   12.6 12.1 13.4 14.8 14.9 16.5 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.7 18.5
British Columbia and Territories 10.0   10.2 10.0 11.3 11.9 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.6 11.9 12.5 11.2

Shares (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.3   2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.1
Prince Edward Island 0.5   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Nova Scotia 4.0   3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.8
New Brunswick 3.9   3.7 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.0
Quebec 19.2   18.3 19.0 17.9 18.2 18.0 17.2 17.8 19.6 18.7 17.4 17.9
Ontario 30.8   30.1 30.0 29.7 28.8 29.2 28.1 27.2 26.7 26.7 27.4 27.9
Manitoba 3.0   2.9 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.5
Saskatchewan 3.6   3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.6 5.0 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.5 6.2
Alberta 17.3   19.3 18.9 19.5 20.3 20.1 22.2 22.9 22.5 22.8 22.7 22.4
British Columbia and Territories 15.4   15.6 15.6 16.6 16.4 16.0 16.2 15.9 15.9 15.1 15.2 13.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.3   71.3 71.4 71.4 71.3 71.3 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.0 71.0 70.9

Footnotes:

1) There is no electricity used in freight transportation.